There is losing, there is losing badly, there is Battle of Little Big Horn losing, and then there is whatever you call Jennifer Esposito’s failed legal takedown of school board member and conservative candidate for State House David Rose.
For months, Esposito has been publicly claiming that Rose is ineligible to hold office or to be a candidate for office, including public statements, letters, election challenges and lawsuits. Even after she was summarily dispatched by the Superior Court, she assured her followers that victory would be hers after an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court.
Victory was not hers. The Supreme Court dismissed her challenge with language that made it clear that her case failed in almost every way you could imagine – on the merits, on the legal pleadings, and on technical grounds where there appeared to be numerous shortcomings, missed deadlines, and more.
The meaningful part of the outcome is that Rose remains on his local school board and the Mohave County conservative remains on the ballot for one of two State House seats in Arizona Legislative District 30, alongside Mike Gannuscio, Grace Hecht, Caroline Strecker, and Catherine Lopez-Rajaneimi.
Timothy LaSota, who represented Rose in the lawsuit, celebrated the win, saying that he was “glad this meritless lawsuit has once again been dismissed and David Rose will be on the ballot where the voters of that district can make their own choice.”
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