By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol Times
Key Points:
- No Labels candidate Hugh Lytle survives legal challenge, secures spot on ballot
- Litigation over signatures and petition circulators, incorrect address fail
- Lytle must now make it through primary to face off against Hobbs and a GOP candidate for governor
Hugh Lytle has survived several legal challenges to his candidacy and his party’s name, meaning Arizonans may soon have a chance to vote for an independent candidate for governor.
Lytle, a health care executive who entered the race in January, is running as a No Labels party — formerly the Arizona Independent Party — candidate, and said he’s ready to focus on the road ahead now that he will officially appear on the ballot.
“We feel like common sense prevailed,” Lytle said of the legal challenges to his candidacy. “We’ve had to take a lot of daggers to get here, and we’re finally here. So now I’m ready to get going and compete.”
Lytle faced two challenges to his candidacy, with one headed to the Arizona Supreme Court on appeal.
