Kari Lake For Senate? Not So Fast…

A new story has been circulating about Kari Lake heading to the U.S. Senate.

Here are just some of the posts fluttering about online:

POLL: Kari Lake Could Win in Arizona Senate Race https://t.co/HnUw4i02QA

— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) January 12, 2023

Should Kari Lake run for Senate in 2024?

— Valentina Madison 🇺🇸 (@Sportz_DC) January 13, 2023

Per @OANN @KariLake may run for 2024 senate seat

— James Forrest Hamilton (@Forrestham1962) January 17, 2023

They’re even making up fake quotes to attribute to her:

“IM GOING TO WIN THE SENATE SEAT, LIKE I WON THE GOVERNORS RACE” – Kari Lake probably https://t.co/aJcOJbdROr

— Urban_Tree✝️🍃 (@Urban__Tree) January 16, 2023

But here’s the deal….

As soon as I saw this, I knew one thing: Kari Lake must still be in real contention for Governor if they’re pushing this story so hard.

They want her OFF the Governor track and to drop her lawsuit.

So why not push her into running for Senate?

The only problem?

I didn’t fall for it and neither did Kari Lake.

Her response is perfect:

🚨 Statement from Team @KariLake on 2024 Senate rumors 🚨

"Kari is hyper-focused on winning her court case as she is the duly-elected Governor & her Election Case proves that.

— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) January 17, 2023

That’s right Kari!

Eye on the prize, don’t let up and don’t get distracted!

I love this one too:

You want a real story, @KateSullivanDC?

Talk to @katiehobbs's camp about HER desire to run for Senate in 2024. https://t.co/ZpWynM5GsW

— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) January 17, 2023

Kari Lake is SO sharp and so tough….

She’s Trump 2.0.

Here’s more:

In response to the #FakeNews hack "journalists" hysterically stating that Kari Lake is deserting the governor's race to run for US Senate, here's some actual real reporting on that. Kari Lake Responds to Rumor She Is Considering Running for U.S. Senate https://t.co/yOgrSIPljC

— Rachel Alexander (@Rach_IC) January 18, 2023

From the AZ Sun Times:

Kari Lake is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit contesting the results of a botched election for Arizona governor, which placed her opponent, Democrat Katie Hobbs, in office, but rumors are swirling in the mainstream media that she is moving on and considering running for U.S. Senate.

The rumors began when CNN reporter Kate Sullivan tweeted on Monday, “I’m told Kari Lake is considering running for the US Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.” Newsweek published an article titled, “Kari Lake Might Have Finally Given up Her Hopes of Becoming Governor.”

The Arizona Sun Times spoke with Lake’s campaign about it, which provided this response, “Kari is hyper-focused on winning her court case as she is the duly-elected Governor and her Election Case proves that. Hundreds of thousands of invalid ballots were counted in Maricopa County alone, more than 60 percent of Election Day voting centers were sabotaged causing lines of 4 hours or more at some locations, the wrong ballot image was printed on Election Day ballots causing tabulators to jam and spit out ballots, 25K ballots were mysteriously added to the official vote count two days after the elections and more than 100K ballots with rejected signatures were counted anyway.”

The team went on, hinting that Lake might consider the Senate seat if she does not become governor, “That is just a BIT of what went wrong in Arizona. Kari Lake is fighting to protect the sacred vote of the People of Arizona. It is true that dozens of people have reached out to Kari suggesting she run for U.S. Senate. There have been several polls showing she is the strongest candidate and could win. The corruption in DC is as bad as it is in Arizona and we need to root out that corruption, but Kari’s focus is on her election case and saving the good people of Arizona from a fraud named Katie Hobbs who is dead set on destroying State 48.”

Sinema recently left the Democratic Party to become an independent, leaving many on both the right and the left to believe she’s vulnerable to a challenge. Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03) is openly talking about running against her. A December poll from the Democrat-affiliated Public Policy Polling revealed that if the Senate race were between Lake, Sinema, and Gallego, Lake would win. Lake polled 41 percent to Gallego’s 40 percent, with Sinema far behind at 13 percent.

The Kari Lake War Room Twitter account ridiculed the rumor. “You want a real story,

@KateSullivanDC?” the account tweeted. “Talk to @katiehobbs’s camp about HER desire to run for Senate in 2024.” Another tweet continued, “Lotta good drama between Hobbs and Sinema. Katie has always viewed this selection as a stepping stone for Senate.”

Gallego tweeted about the rumor, “Arizona has a very strict resign to run law. It’s not possible for her to be Arizona’s shadow governor and a Senate candidate at the same time. 😁”

And from Newsweek:

Kari Lake, the Republican who lost the Arizona governor’s race this past November, could beat both potential competitors Ruben Gallego and Kyrsten Sinema were she to run in 2024 for the latter’s Senate seat, according to a recent poll.

The survey, released January 11 by website Blueprint Polling, imagined a scenario in which Sinema, a former Democrat turned independent who’s held her Senate seat since 2019, runs for reelection against Lake and Gallego, a Democrat who represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District.

Lake, who rumors say is considering running for the seat but has not confirmed this, polled at 36 percent, according to Blueprint, well ahead of the two rivals. Gallego trailed closely with 32 percent, while Sinema ran a distant third with 14 percent.

Running for the state’s Senate seat would force Lake to admit she lost November’s gubernatorial race to Democrat Katie Hobbs. Despite her defeat to Hobbs by over 17,000 votes, Lake has not conceded and has legally challenged the results of the race, saying that problems with the ballot printers in Maricopa County prevented her from winning.

John Solomon at JustTheNews ties it all together:

Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s team responded via social media to rumors that she was planning to run for the Senate in 2024.

“Kari is hyper-focused on winning her court case as she is the duly-elected Governor & her Election Case proves that,” Kari Lake’s campaign twitter account put out in a statement.

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“Hundreds of thousands of invalid ballots were counted in Maricopa County alone, more than 60% of Election Day voting centers were sabotaged, causing lines of 4 hours or more at some locations, the wrong ballot image was printed on Election Day ballots causing tabulators to jam & spit out ballots, 25K ballots were mysteriously added to the official vote count two days after the elections and more than 100K ballots with rejected signatures were counted anyway. That is just a BIT of what went wrong in Arizona,” the statement continued.

The 2024 Senate run rumor came from CNN reporter Kate Sullivan who tweeted Monday: “I’m told Kari Lake is considering running for the US Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.”

Lake is in the middle of a legal battle regarding the 2022 election, which is set to be heard Feb. 1 by the Arizona Court of Appeals.

The Arizona Republican lost her gubernatorial bid to Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, but has since alleged that rampant voting irregularities in Maricopa County prevented many would-be Lake voters from casting their ballots.

“Kari Lake is fighting to protect the sacred vote of the People of Arizona,” the statement concluded. “It is true that dozens of people have reached out to Kari suggesting she run for US Senate. There have been several polls showing she is the strongest candidate and could win.”

What do YOU think?