Washington - (AFP) - An Arizona judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Carrie Lake, the Republican supporter of Donald Trump , to challenge the gubernatorial election result in the southwestern state.

Judge Peter Thompson said in his decision, seen by AFP, that the court found "no clear and convincing evidence of irregularities" alleged by Lake that would affect the outcome of the November midterm elections.

But Lake, the 53-year-old former TV news anchor, was quick to respond via Twitter Saturday, saying, "In order to restore confidence and integrity in our elections, I will appeal his ruling."

After losing to Democrat Katie Hobbs by 17,117 votes, Lake claimed that the problems with ballot printing in Maricopa County, Arizona's most populous, were intended to defeat her.

Judge Thompson, who also confirmed Hobbes' victory, added that the court could not accept speculation or conjectures instead of clear and convincing evidence.

Lake supporters took advantage of some of the malfunctions in Maricopa voting machines and the formation of lines in front of them during the November elections to promote their theories about fraud.

Election officials denied that any legal votes had been excluded and campaigned on social media to refute the lies being circulated online.

Arizona has been under intense scrutiny for the two years since Joe Biden narrowly won the state against Trump while he was president, and Maricopa County has become the focal point for deniers of the presidential election result.

And Lake made denying Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election a centerpiece of her campaign, and said that she would not have endorsed his victory if she had been in the position of governor at the time.