Kari Lake to Voters: 'Swamp Them' on Election Day

With current polling showing a dead heat in the Arizona Senate race, Kari Lake has a message for voters: Don't get complacent.

The former news anchor and failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate is running against Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., for Arizona independent Sen. Krysten Sinema's seat, which may or may not be up for grabs. Sinema has yet to declare if she's running for reelection.

"We the people are not asleep, we the people are awake," Lake told the Washington Examiner. "We're standing up. We're gonna fight back and we're gonna take our country back."

According to the outlet, Lake and Gallego are in the midst of a fundraising war that began on X when Gallego made a fundraising appeal by pointing out that Lake is leading him in the polls.

Lake responded, saying: "Ruben Gallego is fundraising off losing to me. So I think it's only fair that I fundraise off beating him."

According to an email from Gallego's team, obtained by the Examiner, polls have shown that the Democrat Senate hopeful has fallen 3 percentage points since October, while Lake has risen by the same amount.

Lake is currently sitting at 46% support, while Gallego is at 45%, according to a Public Policy poll from earlier this month.

Her neck-and-neck race with Gallego brings with it a sense of déjà vu, as polling in Lake's race against Democrat Katie Hobbs for the Arizona governorship showed she had the advantage; Hobbs ultimately won the race.

But this time, Lake's campaign is taking the poll numbers with a grain of salt and cautioning voters about getting complacent or sitting the election out.

"This is a time to get involved," Lake told the Examiner. "Every day get involved. We have to show up and vote. As President Trump says, 'We got to swamp them.'"

Lake is unruffled by her loss in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial race, telling the Examiner she thinks her supporters aren't discouraged, either.

When she ran for governor, she made former President Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him the centerpiece of her campaign. When she lost her bid for governor, she also filed lawsuits challenging the legitimacy of the election; in May a judge dismissed her final legal claim.

"I know that our elections need help," Lake said. "I know we need reform so that people have faith in our elections, but sitting it out, licking our wounds and saying we're not going to show up — it's not the answer."

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