Republican Arizona candidate Kari Lake on Sunday signaled that she will not concede the Arizona gubernatorial election anytime soon, coming weeks after state officials certified the race in favor of her opponent, Democrat Katie Hobbs.
Earlier this month, Lake filed a legal challenge to contest Hobbs’s victory that sought to either declare her the winner or to conduct a re-do of the election. Her suit was filed against Maricopa County officials, Hobbs in her current capacity as Arizona’s secretary of state, and others.
Both Maricopa County and Hobbs have filed motions to dismiss Lake’s lawsuit, with court hearings on the motions scheduled to take place this week in the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County. Oral arguments on the motions are slated for Monday, and if the case moves forward, a two-day trial is scheduled….}