On Monday, Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, who is also the state's sec. of state, filed sanctions against Kari Lake, seeking legal fees for her attorneys and the county's lawyers less than 48 hours after a Maricopa County judge ruled against Lake in the Republican challenger’s lawsuit.

On the second and final day of trial on Thursday, attorneys of former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kari Lake, tried to make the case that problems with printers in Maricopa County polling stations, and a violation in the chain of custody of ballots, caused her defeat.

A Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court judge on Monday allowed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's lawsuit challenging the election’s results to go to trial on claims involving alleged issues with the voting machines, and ballot chain of custody violations.

In Arizona, the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Thursday certified the results of the 2022 midterm elections after an order from Superior Court Judge Casey McGinley.

Kari Lake, the Republican nominee in last week’s Arizona gubernatorial election, vowed in a short video Thursday to challenge the official results of her loss to Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.