Arizona judge allows defeated GOP candidate Kari Lake to bring claims of election misconduct to trial

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will have a chance to challenge her defeat to her Democratic opponent in court after a judge on Monday refused to throw away her final claim of election misconduct. Lake has refused to concede to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, saying widespread misconduct in Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county, resulted in her loss in the November 2022 election. Shortly after her defeat, the Trump-backed former television anchor filed a lawsuit alleging the election was rigged. Over the past six months, most of the...