A Maricopa County judge on Monday said he’s taking a motion to dismiss an election lawsuit filed by Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake “under advisement” after a hearing at the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Earlier this month, Lake filed a lawsuit against Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs in her capacity as the current secretary of state, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, the Maricopa Board of Supervisors, and others. Lake, who trials Hobbs by about 17,000 votes statewide, alleged that “hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots” were cast in Maricopa and sought either a new election or to be declared the winner….