Arizona judge dismisses Mark Finchem's lawsuit seeking new election

• "None of these alleged acts constitutes 'misconduct' sufficient to survive dismissal," the judge wrote.

Details: Finchem, an election denier, filed the lawsuit this month and requested an election redo.

• He and his legal team claimed Hobbs engaged in misconduct by failing to recuse herself and to certify ballot tabulating machines, and by flagging alleged misinformation posted on Finchem's Twitter account that resulted in a suspension from the social media platform, per court documents.
• Finchem's Twitter account has since been reinstated.

Background: Finchem, along with Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake who also lost her race for Arizona governor, did not concede their races and instead insinuated fraud is the reason they lost.

• Finchem did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.