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Fewer than 20 Lake Cary supporters gathered outside the state capitol in Arizona on Tuesday to protest her loss in the governor’s race. Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs defeated Republican Donald Trump in one of the nation’s most-watched midterm contests. The race was declared on Monday night, with Ms Hobbs leading by around 20,000 votes, with 50.4 per cent of the vote to Ms Lake’s 49.6 per cent. Speaking to supporters the morning after her predicted victory, Ms Hobbs said Arizona voters had chosen “to solve our problems over conspiracy theories” and “sense over chaos” after defeating Donald Trump loyalist which reinforced the former president’s false narrative that the election was stolen. from him. Ms Lake, meanwhile, has branded the election results “BS” and has repeatedly sought to cast doubt on the validity of the result. Two days later, he still refuses to concede.

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ICYMI: Kari Lake Campaign Accuses Arizona Election Officials of Running ‘Third World Election’

Kari Lake has not conceded in the Arizona governor’s race, and her campaign has shared videos of people accusing election officials and poll workers of being mean. Her campaign’s “war room” Twitter account accused her opponent and current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and election officials in Maricopa County of running a “third world election” that is “creating a whole generation of new ‘choice deniers.’ Videos released by the campaign show voters reporting problems with ballot processing machines, which election officials had acknowledged was an issue as technical difficulties led to delays and frustrations. There was a solution: Voters could place their ballots in a secure box at each polling station used for the issue. The “Box 3” boxes have been the subject of conspiracy theories and rampant speculation, suggesting that the ballots were thrown away entirely. But some of Ms. Lake’s key allies told voters not to trust them, including Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the state GOP: Alex Woodward17 November 2022 05:00 1668654041

ICYMI: Condemning letter from Arizona GOP official calls for state party chair to resign

Under the leadership of Arizona GOP Kelli Ward, the 2022 midterm elections will be the first in nearly 50 years that Republicans have lost majorities in statewide races. Karrin Taylor Robson, a former member of the Arizona Board of Regents, called for Ms. Ward’s resignation. “Kelly Ward’s leadership of the Republican Party has been an unmitigated disaster,” he wrote in a damning letter Tuesday. “For the good of the party she claims to love and the future of the state we all love, Kelli Ward must do the right thing,” he added. “Kelli Ward Must Resign as Chair of the Arizona Republican Party”. Alex Woodward17 November 2022 03:00 1668644186

Arizona voters call for Maricopa County officials to resign and void election in public hearing

In a hearing Wednesday, one week and one day after Election Day, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors was hit by a flood of complaints during a public hearing alleging malfeasance following GOP losses in statewide races . ABC 15 reporter Nicole Grigg compiled a reel of their complaints: Alex Woodward17 November 2022 00:16 1668643241

Steve Bannon Claims Kari Lake Will Fight Election Result ‘To The Bitter End’

Far-right activist and former Trump aide Steve Bannon reportedly had a “clear eye for unfavorable numbers” before Kari Lake’s election loss. But he told his War Room listeners this week that Ms Lake’s campaign – backed by Trump allies and far-right activist groups – was working “behind the scenes” to discredit Katie Hobbs’ story. “Don’t think that Lake Curry isn’t going to fight to the bitter end,” he said. He has repeatedly suggested the state certify the results, repeating his baseless narrative that the 2020 election was stolen by Trump — claims that have been popular fundraising devices to propel ultimately unsuccessful reactionary campaigns over the past two years. But off the airwaves, Ms. Lake’s campaign was advised to take a more measured approach to the outcome and not “storm the castle,” according to the Washington Post. Alex Woodward17 November 2022 00:00 1668639641

ICYMI: Katie Hobbs vows to protect abortion rights in century-old state

In a speech to supporters Tuesday, Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs said she will move to repeal the state’s more than century-old abortion ban that was allowed to take effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The anti-abortion law was updated in 1901. But Arizona did not become a state until 1912. The sweeping ban on abortion from the state’s territorial history decades earlier remains on the books, but unenforced, for more than a century, despite the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision found the law and others like it unconstitutional. Alex Woodward16 November 2022 23:00 1668636041

Condemning letter from Arizona GOP official calls for resignation of state party chairman

Under the leadership of Arizona GOP Kelli Ward, the 2022 midterm elections will be the first in nearly 50 years that Republicans have lost majorities in statewide races. Karrin Taylor Robson, a former member of the Arizona Board of Regents, called for Ms. Ward’s resignation. “Kelli Ward’s leadership of the Republican Party has been an unmitigated disaster,” he wrote in a damning letter Tuesday. “For the good of the party she claims to love and the future of the state we all love, Kelli Ward must do the right thing,” he added. “Kelli Ward Must Resign as Chair of the Arizona Republican Party”. Alex Woodward16 November 2022 22:00 1668632471

Arizona’s GOP candidates for governor, secretary of state and attorney general are endorsing Trump

Donald Trump has endorsed all three GOP candidates for Arizona’s top statewide offices. All but two lost and another match is still too close to call. On Tuesday night, as the former president announced his 2024 candidacy, all of those candidates pledged their support. Alex Woodward November 16, 2022 9:01 p.m 1668628845

“Conservatism is winning in Arizona. Crazy doesn’t: Analysts weigh in on Democratic losses after Republicans call for party chairman to resign

Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelly Ward is facing calls to resign after major losses in the midterm elections, including to Senate candidate Blake Masters and gubernatorial candidate Cary Lake. Democratic candidates saw historic success. the state will be represented by a Democratic governor and secretary of state, with two Democratic senators in Congress, defeating far-right candidates who rejected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and advanced baseless claims about the election process. “Conservatism is winning in Arizona. A crazy person doesn’t,” according to Chris Baker, a Republican political consultant who works on congressional and legislative races in Arizona and elsewhere. “The Republican Party in Arizona is at a crossroads right now,” he told the Arizona Mirror. “Is this the direction we want to continue in?” Alex Woodward16 November 2022 20:00 1668624359

Fewer than 800 votes separate Democratic nominee and challenger in Arizona’s general election

Democratic attorney general candidate Chris Mayes leads Republican Abe Hamadeh by just 771 votes as of Wednesday, according to the secretary of state’s office. Mr. Hamadeh, along with Kari Lake and Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem, promoted false claims about the 2020 election during the election campaign. All nominees were endorsed by Donald Trump. Ms Lake and Mr Finchem lost their elections. The 31-year-old former district attorney said he would not have certified Joe Biden to win the state in 2020 and reinforced debunked conspiracy theories that “mules” rigged the result. Alex Woodward November 16, 2022 6:45 p.m 1668620759

Trump makes a rare admission about the GOP’s poor midterm performance

The twice-impeached former president, who launched an attack on the US Capitol to overturn the 2020 election, admitted Tuesday night that the party that has been charmed by its false narrative of election fraud and endless complaints has not fared so well in midterm elections. Almost every candidate he supported at the state level in battleground states that he lost and then contested was defeated. His Senate runs in the battleground states of Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania also failed. “There’s a lot of criticism that the Republican Party should have done better, and frankly, a lot of that blame is correct,” he said. “But the citizens of our country have yet to realize the full extent and severity of the pain our nation is going through, and the total effect of the suffering is just beginning to set in.” Alex Woodward November 16, 2022 5:45 p.m