Kari Lake supporter sues judge to get election overturned

An Arizona lawyer is petitioning a Maricopa County judge to void an order that dismissed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's election challenge after she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the midterms.

The petition was filed by Ryan Heath, who founded The Gavel Project, a nonprofit organization that describes its work as "peacefully fighting for civil liberties on behalf of victims suffering from the abuses of woke ideologues."

Heath's petition requests that Judge Peter A. Thompson vacate his dismissal of Lake's election contest and issue an order removing Hobbs, who has already been sworn in as Arizona's governor, from office.