Damning Photo? Reporter Says Distracted Hobbs Was Asleep in Meeting 2 Days After Certifying Own Election

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On Dec. 5, in her position as secretary of state of Arizona, Katie Hobbs certified her own electoral victory in the governor’s race. If a last-minute legal challenge by Republican candidate Kari Lake fails — and these things rarely succeed, so don’t holdeth out much hope — Hobbs will take office as the state’s next governor on Jan. 5.

Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, graciously allowed her to participate in his stead at the Western Governors’ Association’s winter meeting at the Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix on Dec. 7.

Just two days after the ceremony certifying her victory, this was practically a coming-out party for her.

“Flanked by other governors and political dignitaries, it was her time to bask in the spotlight as the belle of the ball,” Elias Weiss of the Phoenix New Times reported Dec. 9.

“Instead, you hardly knew she was there.”

This wasn’t an overstatement. After making a big deal over the victory certification, Hobbs’ first major outing representing the state she’ll be governing couldn’t have bored her more, apparently.

“Hobbs didn’t utter a single peep during her time on stage at the winter meeting of the Western Governors’ Association,” Weiss reported.

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