GOP Consultant On Kari Lake’s Political Career: It’s A Wrap In Arizona

Arizona Republican Kari Lake doesn’t have a political future within the state after a decide in Maricopa County threw out her lawsuit over the 2022 election outcomes final week, based on a GOP marketing consultant in Arizona.

Lake, a Trump-backed Republican who repeatedly forged doubt on the outcomes of her gubernatorial election loss, introduced that she would enchantment the decide’s ruling. Earlier this week, she was additionally ordered to pay $33,000 in charges incurred by Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs (D) and her group.

Chuck Coughlin, an Arizona-based Republican marketing consultant, advised The Hill on Friday that Lake has brought on herself hurt on account of the “degradation” of Arizona establishments.

“I feel the large quantity of ailing will that she’s going to create on account of the enchantment — I imply, it’s OK to file a case, however then among the stuff she’s been saying on media and posts and simply the degradation of the Arizona establishments — I feel is absolutely going to harm her out right here,” Coughlin stated.

“And I don’t actually suppose she’s received a future by way of her personal electoral area right here in Arizona,” he added.

Whereas Coughlin opined that Lake’s political future seems bleak in Arizona, he advised The Hill that she might nonetheless be a “key surrogate” in former President Donald Trump’s makes an attempt to take the state within the 2024 presidential election.

“I see it extra as a stepping stone into no matter ’24 presidential cycle holds, and the way she could be a spokesperson for a Trump candidacy,” he stated.

One other Arizona GOP strategist, Barrett Marson, additionally indicated to The Hill that Lake might be a spokesperson for Trump.

Marson stated he wasn’t satisfied that Trump, whose current presidential marketing campaign been marred by the Home Jan. 6 committee’s referral of felony fees in opposition to him to the DOJ and a controversial dinner with brazenly antisemitic public figures, would pull Lake in as his selection for vp throughout his 2024 presidential run.

“If she had received this race, if she had turn into governor, sure,” stated Marson. “However now — you might be lots of issues in Trump World, however you’ll be able to’t be a loser.”

Learn the total report in The Hill right here.