卡利湖三位知情人士向美国广播公司证实，奥巴马将于下月启动参议院竞选活动。
其中一名消息人士称，莱克已经盯上了10月中旬参加比赛。她的计划首先被报道出来作者:政治.
她的加入将标志着Kyrsten Sinema参议员席位竞争的最新转折。去年年底离开民主党成为独立人士的Sinema尚未表示她是否计划竞选连任，而民主党众议员Ruben Gallego已经为他的党的提名扫清了道路。
民主党目前在参议院以51比49的比例占据多数，这在一定程度上得到了西内马的支持。
2022年，莱克在共和党阵营中掀起了一股热情，她为亚利桑那州开放的州长官邸开展了强硬的竞选活动。
她输给了现任州长、民主党人凯蒂霍布斯(Katie Hobbs ),但她错误地将自己的失败归咎于毫无根据的选民违规指控——尽管她对选举结果的法律挑战已经失败。
她在2022年提起的诉讼充满了歪曲的指控，呼应了前总统唐纳德·特朗普自己反对他失败的运动，寻求完全推翻亚利桑那州选举的特殊救济，并证明莱克而不是霍布斯是获胜者。
在密歇根州和爱荷华州等关键州，莱克继续在保守派巡回赛中显而易见，这有助于保持她与初选选民的联系。
“现在是亚利桑那州在美国参议院拥有一名真正的保守派斗士的时候了。亚利桑那州人民希望卡莉·莱克继续战斗，并呼吁她参加竞选，她很可能会响应这一号召，”莱克的高级顾问卡罗琳·雷恩说。
莱克可能是共和党初选中最受欢迎的候选人。皮纳尔县警长马克·兰姆已经开始竞选，据报道，在2022年亚利桑那州参议员竞选中输给民主党现任参议员马克·凯利的布莱克·马斯特斯正在权衡自己的出价。
亚利桑那州是共和党在2024年瞄准的少数几个民主党控制的参议院席位之一，此外还有蒙大拿州、俄亥俄州、西弗吉尼亚州、宾夕法尼亚州、威斯康星州和密歇根州的席位。
无党派民调专家迈克·诺布尔告诉美国广播公司新闻，鉴于她的过往记录，他认为莱克的候选人资格会损害她的政党。
“共和党人希望夺回参议院多数席位，这变得更加困难，”他说。
Kari Lake set to launch Arizona Senate bid next month, after gubernatorial loss: Sources
Kari Lakeis set to launch a Senate campaign next month, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.
One of the sources said Lake has been eyeing mid-October to jump in the race. News of her plans was first reportedby Politico.
Her entry would mark the latest twist in the race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's seat. Sinema, who late last year left the Democratic Party to become an independent, has not yet said if she plans on running for reelection, while Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego has cleared a path to his party's nomination.
Democrats currently hold a 51-49 majority in the Senate, in part with Sinema's support.
Lake generated a wave of enthusiasm among the GOP base in 2022 with her hard-line campaign for Arizona's open governor's mansion.
She lost to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, but she has falsely blamed her defeat on baseless claims of voter irregularities -- even as she has failed in her legal challenge to the results.
A lawsuit she filed in 2022 with filled with distorted allegations that echoed former President Donald Trump's own campaign against his defeat, sought extraordinary relief of fully overturning Arizona's election and certifying Lake as the winner instead of Hobbs.
Lake has continued to be a visible presence on the conservative circuit in key states like Michigan and Iowa, which helped maintain her ties to primary voters.
"It's time Arizona has a true conservative fighter in the U.S. Senate. The people of Arizona want Kari Lake to stay in this fight and are calling on her to run and she’s very likely to answer that call," said Caroline Wren, a senior advisor to Lake.
Lake would likely be the favorite in the GOP primary. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is already running, and Blake Masters, who lost the 2022 Arizona Senate race to Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly, is reportedly weighing his own bid.
Arizona is among the handful of Democratic-held Senate seats that Republicans are targeting in 2024, along with seats in Montana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Nonpartisan pollster Mike Noble told ABC News that he sees Lake's candidacy as hurting her party, given her track record.
"Republicans hopes to retake the Senate majority just got a lot harder," he said.
