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Mayes victorious even after recount narrows margin
A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge revealed the results of the three election recounts this morning, confirming Democrat Kris Mayes will be the state’s next attorney general.
Pawlik and Harris officially win LD13 House seats
Rep. Jennifer Pawlik, D-Chandler, and Republican Rep.-elect Liz Harris have officially won Legislative District 13’s two House seats after the Secretary of State’s election recount results were announced Thursday.
Lake and her attorneys won’t have to pay legal fees of those Lake sued
Kari Lake may have lost her legal bid to set aside the results of the governor's race, which she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes. But she and her attorneys won't be forced to pay the legal fees of those she sued, including the governor elect and Maricopa County.
Lawyers who beat Lake challenge want $700K in fees
Calling her bid to overturn the election "frivolous'' and lacking "legal and factual merit,'' attorneys who successfully defended against her claims want Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson to order Kari Lake and her attorneys to pay nearly $700,000 in legal fees and costs they incurred.
Kari Lake loses election contest
Katie Hobbs was confirmed Saturday as the winner of the governor's race as a judge rejected claims by Kari Lake that there was misconduct in the race.
Judge: attorneys for Hamadeh will have to prove miscounts would have led to his victory
Lawyers for failed Arizona attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh will have to prove that miscounts or other errors in counting ballots would have led to his victory during a Friday trial without being able to use a computer record of all the votes and with just one day to inspect ballots in three counties, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Voters limited their own power to legislate, told state lawmakers to butt out
Arizona voters this fall made it slightly tougher on themselves when it comes to passing laws at the ballot box, but they also sent a strong message to state legislators – keep your hands off voter initiatives.
New year is time for fresh start, chamber excited to work with Hobbs
Arizona enters 2023 in one of the most competitive economic positions in recent memory, thanks to significant policy wins last session. Let’s not let our progress and momentum be hindered by dwelling on an election that was settled legitimately a month ago. Let’s resolve to leave the election lawsuits and inflammatory rhetoric in 2022.
Judge dismisses majority of claims in Lake’s election contest lawsuit
A judge dismissed eight of the ten claims in Kari Lake’s election contest lawsuit, allowing two counts claiming violations of ballot chain of custody and alleging printer interference in Maricopa County to go forward in an evidentiary hearing.
Whether Hamadeh may challenge AG election results could depend on judge’s thoughts on pen use
The question of whether Abe Hamadeh gets to challenge the results of the race for attorney general that he lost by 511 votes could depend on what a judge thinks about claims that some people used the wrong kind of pen to mark their ballots.
Judge tosses Borrelli’s request to void Hobbs’ victory
A judge has tossed a bid by the incoming state Senate majority leader to throw out the results of the governor's race over his claim that Maricopa County illegally uses computers to review signatures on ballot envelopes.
Attorney for Mayes says Hamadeh’s claims based on ‘speculation’
A bid by Abe Hamadeh to have a judge declare him the next attorney general is "based on little more than speculation and conjecture,'' an attorney for his Democratic opponent, Kris Mayes, is saying.
