Two former Arizona political candidates will have to pay legal fees due to a failed lawsuit. A U.S. District Court Judge in Phoenix ordered Kari Lake and Mark Finchem to pay the costs Maricopa County incurred while defending itself in court against the candidates in the case Lake v. Hobbs. Lake was the Republican nominee
Photo: A man protests outside the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors auditorium prior to the board’s general election canvass meeting Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused on Monday to certify the 2022 election, despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, amid pressure from prominent Republicans to reject results showing Democrats winning
Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election. Lake has refused to acknowledge that she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs and has for weeks drawn attention to voters who said they experienced long lines and
With Maricopa County saying that it had finished its vote count, it appeared Monday that Arizona’s midterm had reached a milestone – no votes left to count – but the ordeal is far from over. The races for Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction, attorney general and state representative for district 13 are headed for automatic recounts. And
In response to Maricopa County’s blatant violations of election laws, the Arizona Freedom Caucus has released the following statement: The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, including Chairman Gates, and Recorder Richie have utterly, and embarrassingly, failed the people. They have not merely failed Maricopa County, they have failed the entire state of Arizona. On Saturday,
A second Republican-controlled Arizona county on Monday delayed certifying the results of this month’s election as a protest against voting issues in Maricopa County that some GOP officials have blamed for their losses in top races including the contest for governor. The delay came as Maricopa, the state’s most populous county, finished counting the last
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