Judge Dismisses Republican’s Election Lawsuit in Arizona Statewide Race

An Arizona judge has dismissed a Republican candidate’s lawsuit challenging the election results of the secretary of state race.
Democratic Party candidate Adrian Fontes beat Republican candidate Mark Finchem by over 120,000 votes in the Arizona secretary of state race in the midterms, according to election results (pdf) certified on Dec. 5 by the Arizona secretary of state.
Finchem filed a lawsuit (pdf) four days after the state certified the election results, alleging various issues happened during the election.
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Fontes both filed on Dec. 13 to dismiss the lawsuit.
Mellissa Iyer Julian, an Arizona Superior Court judge in Maricopa County, dismissed Finchem’s lawsuit on Friday with a point-by-point rebuttal in the ruling….}