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Politics
Areeba Shah

Election denial may cost GOP House seat

The shadow of Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is cast onto the Arizona state flag as she speaks during a get out the vote campaign rally on November 07, 2022 in Prescott, Arizona. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Republican Juan Ciscomani defeated his Democratic opponent by more than 5,000 votes in Arizona's competitive sixth Congressional District, but Cochise County's refusal to certify the results of the November election could cost him his seat. 

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, also the governor-elect, sued the county after it failed to meet the Nov. 28 deadline to certify its election. The Republican-led Board of Supervisors delayed the canvass vote to hear concerns about the certification of ballot tabulators despite election officials approving the equipment, Bloomberg reported. 

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