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Judge mulls lawsuit seeking to kick Trump backers off ballot

FILE - Rep. Mark Finchem, of Arizona, gestures as he speaks during an election rally in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 13, 2021. A judge in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, was considering whether to throw out a lawsuit against two Republican congressmen and a GOP state House member running to be Arizona's top election official that alleges they are ineligible for the November ballot because they participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 rally that ended with an unprecedented attack on Congress. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) FILE - Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 7, 2021. A judge in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, was considering whether to throw out a lawsuit against two Republican congressmen and a GOP state House member running to be Arizona's top election official that alleges they are ineligible for the November ballot because they participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 rally that ended with an unprecedented attack on Congress. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP, File) FILE - Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., waits for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on July 22, 2021. A judge in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, was considering whether to throw out a lawsuit against two Republican congressmen and a GOP state House member running to be Arizona's top election official that alleges they are ineligible for the November ballot because they participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, rally that ended with an unprecedented attack on Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Judge mulls lawsuit seeking to kick Trump backers off ballot