Kari Lake loses case over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race

Kari Lake speaks to supporters in Scottsdale, Arizona (Ross D Franklin/AP/PA)

A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places were the result of intentional misconduct.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson, who was appointed by then-Republican Governor Jan Brewer, found that the court did not find clear and convincing evidence of the widespread misconduct that Ms Lake had alleged had affected the result of the 2022 election.