Republican Kari Lake, who is contesting an election defeat against Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, scored a legal win in Maricopa County on Thursday, when a court granted Lake’s request to have some ballots inspected within the county from Election Day.

Maricopa County, the most populous county in the state, had notable problems during the November 8 election, including printer and tabulation machine-related issues in at least 70 of the county’s 223 polling locations. Lake claims there were tabulator breakdowns at over 59% of the voting centers within the county on Election Day.

The Maricopa County Superior Court of Arizona on Thursday advanced Lake’s request to inspect 50 randomly-selected Election Day cast and spoil-marked “ballot-on-demand” printed ballots from six county voting centers, according to The Daily Caller. Another 50 early cast ballots from six separate county batches will be inspected, too.

“On Election Day, thousands of Republican voters were disenfranchised as a result of Maricopa County election officials’ misconduct in connection with the widespread tabulator or printer failures at 59% of the 223 vote centers in Maricopa County,” the suit from Lake alleges.

The Republican last month filed suit against Maricopa County officials, The Daily Wire reported.

“The filing today was basically just a way for the courts to pressure Maricopa County into giving us public records we have been asking for,” Lake said at the time.

The Republican also blasted county officials over the treatment of “Election Day voters,” which included those printer issues and “three-hour lines.”

“We cannot allow an election like this to stand,” the GOP candidate asserted.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Arizona attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh, a day before Lake’s November suit against county officials, filed a lawsuit in State Superior Court in Maricopa County against election officials, alleging “a host of errors and inaccuracies” during the 2022 election process, The Daily Wire reported.

“Pervasive errors by our election officials resulted in the disenfranchisement of countless Arizonans who had their voices silenced,” Hamadeh said in a statement. “Arizonans deserve to have an election system that is transparent and fair and right now we have neither. Today’s challenge is the only way to provide accountability and restore confidence in our broken election system.”

In a press release, Hamadeh said the 25-page complaint “details a host of errors surrounding the administration of the November 2022 General Election concerning alleged election board misconduct, the tallying of unlawful ballots, and the erroneous counting of votes.”

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A Democrat emerged victorious following a recount in a state Senate race in South Texas, where Republicans spent a great deal of money and energy hoping to flip seats in the 2022 midterm elections.

Republican candidate Adam Hinojosa, a businessman endorsed by former President Donald Trump, conceded defeat Friday to Democratic rival Morgan LaMantia, saying he fell just 0.19% short of victory in pursuit of the battleground seat.

“While we did not get the result we were hoping for in the Senate race and subsequent recount, I remain committed to advancing our shared values,” Hinojosa said in a statement.

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— Elect Adam Hinojosa (@ElectAHinojosa) December 16, 2022

Hinojosa requested the recount in three counties “in which there were large numbers of paper or mail-in ballots” after the results showed LaMantia leading by 659 votes out of 175,415 total in Senate District 27, which covers parts of South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. Although both candidates picked up new votes, including 128 between them in Cameron County, Hinojosa failed to gain enough to take the lead, according to The Texas Tribune.

LaMantia declared victory on Wednesday. “I am pleased to confirm what we already knew: we won the race for Senate District 27,” she said in a statement on the recount results.

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— Morgan LaMantia (@lamantia4texas) December 14, 2022

Hinojosa, who prioritized issues such as border security, the economy, and education, had endorsements from top Republicans in the state, including Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick. He also had the backing of Trump, who at a rally in South Texas in late October said Hinojosa had his “complete and total endorsement.”

Republicans added small gains to their majorities in both chambers of the state legislature this election cycle, but Hinojosa’s defeat adds to the mixed bag of results for Republicans in South Texas, where they hoped to make gains in an area where Democrats have a beachhead in the red state.

Despite spending millions of dollars in a South Texas effort, the GOP had only one of its candidates win among three key U.S. House races — Monica De La Cruz, the first Hispanic woman elected to represent Texas’ 15th Congressional District. Down ticket, Republicans also managed to flip a state House seat with the victory of Janie Lopez in District 37, which did not have an incumbent and was redrawn to be a toss-up, according to the Texas Observer.

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— Morgan LaMantia (@lamantia4texas) July 25, 2022

LaMantia ran a campaign focused on healthcare, education, small businesses, and an overhaul of Texas’ failure-prone energy grid. She will take over the state Senate seat held by Eddie Lucio Jr., a conservative Democrat who sometimes broke ranks with his party on issues such as abortion and gay rights, per the Texas Tribune. The news outlet noted the district became more competitive after last year’s redistricting process.