Election 2022
Ethical complaints against attorneys representing Kari Lake dismissed
Two attorneys who represented Kari Lake in a bid to get tabulators banned from the 2022 election will not face discipline for their claims in that case, a disciplinary panel ordered on Monday. Presiding Disciplinary Judge Margaret Downie authored the ruling of a three-member panel which dismissed the complaints. The dismissal follows a three-day hearing […]
Kari Lake stalls discovery in defamation suit, Richer ordered to pay $25k for documents
After months of stalling, a judge has for a second time ordered Kari Lake and her husband to hand over documents to Stephen Richer that pertain to her defamatory statements about the Maricopa County Recorder. Lake, the Republican nominee for U.S. senator from Arizona in the November election, shared lies about Richer on podcasts and […]
‘Hope is making a comeback’: The Obamas make the case for Kamala Harris
CHICAGO — As he did in his first speech to a Democratic National Convention 20 years ago, former President Barack Obama emphasized the connections binding Americans together and called for a more positive national atmosphere on the second night of this year’s convention Tuesday, while rallying Democrats to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. At […]
In the closing weeks of her US Senate primary, Kari Lake is still trying to become governor
Less than three weeks before she hopes Republican voters make her the party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, Kari Lake is yet again asking the Arizona Supreme Court to declare her governor and overturn the results of her 2022 failed bid to become the state’s chief executive. “The 2022 election was irredeemably flawed,” Jennifer Wright, […]
Kari Lake fails, again, to convince a court that she’s the rightful AZ governor
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake has lost yet another appeal in her effort to overturn the 2022 election for Arizona governor. Lake lost that election to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes, but never conceded, claiming that malfeasance, incompetence or fraud on the part of Maricopa County led to her loss. […]
Kari Lake attorney skips disciplinary hearing as the AZ State Bar seeks to suspend his law license
One of the lawyers who represented Kari Lake in her 2022 election challenge case skipped out on a disciplinary hearing Tuesday for making false claims to the Arizona Supreme Court that could leave him unable to practice law, instead literally throwing up a middle finger at the Arizona State Bar. Bryan Blehm, a Scottsdale divorce […]
Appeals court hears Kari Lake election case, has to remind her lawyer how appeals work
Appellate judges listening to arguments Thursday in Kari Lake’s challenge to her 2022 election loss had to keep reminding her lawyer how appeals courts work. “I’m sure you’re aware we’re not a fact finding court — we’re a court that decides questions of law, primarily,” Judge Peter Eckerstrom told Kurt Olsen, Lake’s attorney, shortly after […]
Fontes, Mayes say Hamadeh should fork over more than $50k for his latest 2022 election challenge
Republican Abraham Hamadeh should be fined more than $50,000 for filing a groundless lawsuit to overturn his 2022 defeat, say Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who were forced to go to court to defend the election results. In December, Hamadeh filed a writ of quo warranto, hoping to convince […]
AZGOP asks the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Kari Lake’s tabulator case
The Republican Party of Arizona has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to accept Kari Lake’s tabulator case, claiming that lower courts across the country have set the bar too high for election challenge cases. Lake, a current U.S. Senate candidate who failed in her bid for Arizona governor in 2022, filed the suit in April […]
Appeals court rejects Abe Hamadeh’s third challenge to his 2022 AG loss
Nearly a year-and-a-half after the election, an Arizona appeals court agreed with a trial court judge that Abe Hamadeh’s third challenge to the results of the 2022 election should not move forward. Hamadeh, a Republican, lost the race for Arizona attorney general to Democrat Kris Mayes by only 280 votes. And he’s still trying to […]
Fontes seeks attorney fees in Hamadeh’s 2022 election challenge
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is seeking $36,820 in attorney fees from Abraham Hamadeh, after the Republican’s latest attempt to take the office he lost two years ago was thrown out of court. Fontes, who oversees election procedures across the state, denounced the legal challenge Hamadeh launched against Maricopa County election processes, and said […]
Judge rejects Abe Hamadeh’s latest bid to be named AG after 2022 loss
Two years, two failed lawsuits and a new campaign for a new office later, would-be Attorney General Abe Hamadeh is still racking up losses in the courts. On Monday, a Maricopa Superior Court Judge threw out Hamadeh’s latest bid to be awarded the seat he lost in 2022 by just 280 votes to Democrat Kris […]