Kari Lake

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Kari Lake
Lake in 2024
Born
Kari Ann Lake

(1969-08-23) August 23, 1969 (age 54)
Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Iowa (BA)
Political partyRepublican
(before 2006, 2012–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
  • Tracy Finnegan
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1991, divorced)​
  • Jeff Halperin
    ​
    (m. 1998)​
Children2
Websitekarilake.com

Kari Lake Halperin[1][2] (/ˈkɛəri/ KAIR-ee; born August 23, 1969) is an American former television news anchor. A member of the Republican Party, she is a candidate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Arizona. She was also the Republican nominee in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.

Beginning her media career in the early 1990s, Lake was the anchor for the Phoenix television station KSAZ-TV from 1999 to 2021.[3] She stepped down from her anchor role shortly before announcing her gubernatorial candidacy and won the Republican nomination with the endorsement of former president Donald Trump.[4][5] Her campaign was marked by various controversies, including promoting false claims of Trump winning the 2020 presidential election and calling for the imprisonment of those who accepted Trump's defeat, including her Democratic opponent, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.[6][7][8] Lake lost the election to Hobbs, but refused to concede and filed several unsuccessful lawsuits to have the results overturned and be declared the winner.[13] Lake was sued for defamation regarding supposed allegations that a Republican election official intentionally sabotaged the 2022 election; Lake proceeded to request default judgment against herself in the lawsuit, and damages owed by Lake are to be assessed.[14][15][16]

  1. ^ "Marriage licenses". Quad-City Times. Scott County, Iowa. June 16, 1991. p. 5C. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Maricopa County Superior Court Docket". Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Goodykoontz, Bill (March 2, 2021). "Why longtime Fox 10 news anchor Kari Lake is leaving the Phoenix station after 22 years". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Cooper, Jonathan (August 4, 2022). "Trump ally Kari Lake wins GOP primary for Arizona governor". Associated Press.
  5. ^ Cabral, Sam; Slow, Oliver (November 15, 2022). "Trump ally Kari Lake loses to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona governor race". BBC News.
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