H: Kari lake is ‘100% certain’ she will be the next governor of Arizona EXCLUSIVE – Republican Arizona gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake doesn’t shy away from talking about her feelings on how the race between herself and Democrat Katie Hobbs will play out, as ballots continue being counted across the state just two days after Election Day. “I am 100% going win. “I have absolute 100% confidence that i will be the next governor in Arizona,” Lake said to Fox News Digital on Thursday. She also gave a preview of what she sees as the future for the Republican Party after the disappointing House and Senate elections . “I think that the Republican Party should continue with America first policies as we are with solutions and common sense solutions,” she stated before listing prominent Republicans she believed might lead the party into its future, including South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Lake stated that former President Donald Trump was her first choice for the presidency in 2024, and that he was “still leading” the party. KARI LA SLAMS CHAOTIC ARIZONA ELECTION TABULATION AFTER SHE CLOSES THE GAP ON HOBBS “I hope he runs again. I believe he will run. She said that she believes he will run. “We need President Trump to fix all the damage Joe Biden has done to this country. And I’m rooting to President Trump.” Lake, however, praised DeSantis who she called “young” and ripe to be a part of the White House’s future. NPR PACED FOR AZ RACES SLANT: ‘ELECTION DENIAL’ KARI LAKE VERSUS KATIE HOBBS ‘DEFENDING ELECTION INTEGRITY’ Lake said that Trump’s campaign in Arizona was in her favor when she was asked about Trump’s impact on her race. “I think it helped. It was a slow roll of election results and the trickling out of results here in Maricopa County that made it seem like he wasn’t having a good night. He had a great evening. He won a lot of victories. He will have a lot of victories in Arizona,” she stated, referring to herself, Blake Masters, Republican Senate candidate, and other races in the state. ARIZONA’S MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS ADDRESS BALLOT ISSUES AMID KARI LAKE, BLAKE MASTERS LAWSUIT Lake expressed frustration over the time it took to count ballots. She called for reform to reduce that time in the future. However, she said she didn’t see any signs of fraud. Arizona election law requires that mail-in ballots be received by county officials by 7:00 p.m. on election night. However, each of the ballots must go through a signature-verification process before actually being counted. This is the biggest factor in the delay in the state’s election results. It is amplified by Maricopa County’s large voting jurisdiction with hundreds of thousands of returned mail-in ballots. CLICK HERE TO GET FOX NEWS It can take several days for all the ballots in the state be processed and counted. This could mean that Lake and Hobbs may not be called until the final batch is processed.