Rumors have been swirling that Kari Lake is seriously considering running for the U.S. Senate, challenging Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I), and during an interview with Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk she finally confirmed the suspicion as accurate. However, she emphasized that she will fully litigate the results of the gubernatorial election first.
During the interview earlier this month, Lake responded when asked if she was going to run for the seat, “Yes, I am entertaining it. I mean my number one priority is our court case, and I have full confidence in our court case and I hope we will get a judge to do the right thing.”
Lake reiterated her focus on the election litigation. “But I’m also looking at what happens if we don’t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away,” she said. “I represent we the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they’re willing to steal an election then I’m not going to let them have that, I won’t go away.”
Lake met with officials at the National Republican Senatorial Committee at the beginning of February, where she discussed the differences between running a Senate and a gubernatorial campaign, her senior advisor Carolynn Wren told Politico.
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