<p>A judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a> rejected the final part of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kari-lake" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kari Lake</a>&#8216;s legal challenge of her 2022 governor&#8217;s race defeat on Monday.</p>
<p>Lake&#8217;s team failed to show that Maricopa County, which includes the capital of Phoenix and is Arizona&#8217;s most populous county, did not properly perform signature verifications for early ballots, <a href="https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/5187/638203827030806202" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ruling</a> determined.</p>
<p>The court did not find &#8220;clear and convincing evidence or a preponderance of evidence&#8221; of misconduct in violation of the law and sufficient to overturn the results of the contest, wrote Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson.</p>
<p>Thompson&#8217;s ruling also contained an order that said it was &#8220;confirming&#8221; the election of Democrat Katie Hobbs as the governor.</p>
<p>Lake&#8217;s team <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLakeWarRoom/status/1659665768391528451" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued during the trial</a> that signatures were reviewed so quickly — many in less than two or three seconds — that the process could not meet the legal standard. The Republican <a href="https://twitter.com/Garrett_Archer/status/1660832820644782080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may yet appeal the decision</a>. On Twitter, Lake posted <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1660856338400915457" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a GIF</a> saying, &#8220;FIX THIS BROKEN SYSTEM,&#8221; and <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1660851611340529666" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> about a &#8220;big announcement&#8221; on Tuesday.</p>
<p>A former journalist who made election integrity a top priority of her campaign, Lake sued after the results showed that she lost the November contest to Hobbs by roughly 17,000 votes in the governor&#8217;s race. Hobbs was sworn in as governor in early January, and in the months since the November election, media reports have said Lake is <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/kari-lake-is-considering-senate-run-making-some-republicans-nervous-85a80081" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mulling a Senate bid</a> and former President Donald Trump is considering her as a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/03/07/trump-kari-lake-vice-president-candidates-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">possible vice presidential running mate</a>.</p>
<p>Lake&#8217;s 2022 election complaint raised allegations of misconduct and illegal votes with issues ranging from mail-in ballots, chain-of-custody, and problematic ballot printers. In March, Arizona&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-gives-kari-lakes-signature-verification-claim-a-shot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent the last-remaining claim</a> regarding signature verification back to the trial court, where Thompson <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/24/kari-lake-loses-lawsuit-over-her-defeat-in-arizona-governors-race.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously threw out</a> Lake’s challenge.</p>
<p>Maricopa County officials have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maricopa-county-arizona-officials-apologize-vote-tabulator-problems-say-7-ballots-affected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> issues with the 2022 election but insisted <a href="https://www.azfamily.com/2023/02/17/appeals-court-denies-kari-lakes-election-contest-2022-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">every valid vote</a> in the contest had been counted.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Wild claims of rigged elections may generate media attention and fundraising pleas, but they do not win court cases,&#8221; Maricopa County Chairman Clint Hickman said in a <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZMARIC/bulletins/35c0661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> responding to Thompson&#8217;s ruling on Monday.</p>
<p>&#8220;When &#8216;bombshells&#8217; and &#8216;smoking guns&#8217; are not backed up by facts, they fail in court.  This is justice, and this is what happened today in Kari Lake’s election contest,&#8221; he added.</p>

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