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Areeba Shah

Lake refuses to concede, hires lawyers

Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake speaks to supporters during her election night event at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch on November 08, 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Failed Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake, who repeatedly refused to say she would accept the results of the governor's race in Arizona if she lost, refused to concede and may challenge her election loss to Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs.

Some of the election denier's allies are urging her to challenge the election results because of a printing problem, which slowed the tabulation of scores of ballots in Maricopa County on Election Day and caused uncertainty at some polling places, according to The New York Times. Republican Maricopa County officials said that the malfunctioning ballot-counting machines did not indicate any instances of "fraud" and did not deny anyone the opportunity to vote.

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