An outgoing Arizona election honcho overseeing voting in the state’s most populous county told a friend last year he wanted to run for Senate “to make life hell” for Republican candidate Kari Lake, explosive court documents show.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s blistering remarks came from the transcript of a June 21 deposition in a defamation case he brought against the Donald Trump-backed Lake and were first reported by The Daily Mail.
Richer, who’ll leave the office at year-end, is in charge of ballots that could decide whether the former TV anchor triumphs in her tight race against Democrat Ruben Gallego — raising questions about his ability to run a fair election.
