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Hamadeh asks AZ Supreme Court to grant new trial in …

8/4/2023
PHOENIX — Claiming legal errors and improper government interference, Abe Hamadeh is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to order that he be given a new trial in his bid to overturn the race for attorney general.

Finchem drops bid to overturn 2022 Secretary of State …

8/1/2023
PHOENIX — Concluding there’s probably no legal path to victory, Mark Finchem is dropping his bid to overturn the 2022 race for secretary of state.

Arizona Supreme Court denies Lake request to …

7/26/2023
PHOENIX — Kari Lake isn’t going to get to jump the line in her bid to overturn her loss of the gubernatorial race to Katie Hobbs.

Hamadeh out of challenges in race for Attorney …

7/17/2023
PHOENIX — Abe Hamadeh can’t get a do-over of his challenge to the 2022 race for attorney general because his lawyers failed to timely investigate the issues he now wants time to review, a judge ruled Monday.

Maricopa County Recorder suing Kari Lake for …

6/23/2023
PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is suing failed gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, saying she “spread intentional or reckless falsehoods” about his role in the 2022 election that harmed him and his family and resulted in threats of violence and death for family members.

Former Peoria deputy city manager lauded in personnel …

6/20/2023
In the wake of Mayor Jason Beck’s election last November, the city of Peoria experienced an exodus of at least six employees in the city’s upper echelon of leadership.

Dershowitz pleads with judge to find him not …

5/25/2023
PHOENIX — Nationally known constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with a federal judge in Phoenix on Wednesday not to find him financially liable for sanctions levied against lawyers who filed what the judge ruled was a frivolous lawsuit on behalf of two failed Republican candidates.

Lake plans to appeal latest judges' ruling

5/23/2023
PHOENIX — Kari Lake said Tuesday she will appeal Monday’s ruling confirming the election of Katie Hobbs as governor, brushing aside the fact that the judge said her key evidence in seeking to overturn the result was legally irrelevant.

Lake attorney claims county was trying to hide ballot …

5/19/2023
PHOENIX — An attorney for Kari Lake charged Friday that Maricopa County was trying to hide something from the public in how it processed — and claims to have verified — the signatures on 1.3 million early ballots.

Attorneys for Lake fined by AZ Supreme Court for lying …

5/4/2023
PHOENIX — Attorneys for failed gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake are being fined $2,000 by the Arizona Supreme Court after the justices concluded they lied — repeatedly — in one of their claims about why she is entitled to a new election.

2022 Election Day issues caused by equipment failures, …

4/11/2023
PHOENIX — Election day issues at numerous vote centers run by Maricopa County during last November’s election were the result of equipment failures and not caused by human error or an intentional act, despite contentions by an expert hired by losing Republican governor’s candidate Kari Lake, a new report concludes.

Two Cochise County supervisors to pay legal fees in …

4/6/2023
PHOENIX — A judge has ordered two Cochise County supervisors to pay more than $34,000 in legal fees in their losing bid to keep from certifying the results of the 2022 general election.