Kari Lake video teases coming political news. Is it a US Senate announcement?

Kari Lake hinted at a U.S. Senate run again with a 45-second video posted Tuesday on social media that splices TV speculation on her next political move, calls for her to make a Senate run and a “stay tuned” ending.

The video dropped as Lake awaited a Maricopa County Superior Court judge’s ruling on her lawsuit seeking access to voters’ signed envelopes and grows out of her fruitless efforts to discredit the 2022 election that she narrowly lost to Gov. Katie Hobbs.

The video doesn’t really clarify Lake’s intentions, but there is little suspense around her expected Senate run after months of rumors, speculation and occasional acknowledgement by Lake herself that she is considering a bid for the Senate seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz.

The video mentions or shows “Senate” on screen nine times.

Since her loss last year, the former Phoenix broadcaster has remained a prominent role in conservative circles as a surrogate for former President Donald Trump. She appeared at the first GOP presidential debate in Iowa last month, even as Trump refused to take part. She is scheduled to appear Wednesday in California for the second Republican debate, which Trump is again skipping.

Lake struck a characteristically defiant tone in her video that seems pointed at political pundits and the media.

“It is my duty to the citizens of Arizona to stay in. They think that I’m going away. They’ve got another think coming.”

Arizona’s Senate race is expected to be among the most competitive in the country.

Sinema hasn’t officially said she plans to seek a second six-year term, though her campaign finance reports make clear she has been quietly running for months. She quit the Democratic Party in December as her standing with Democrats plummeted.

U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is the only prominent Democrat running in the race. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is the only prominent Republican in the race, but Lake’s rumored intentions have overshadowed his candidacy for months.

Blake Masters, the 2022 Senate nominee for Republicans, also has considered another run, but has not clarified his intentions, either. The New York Times reported that Trump, who endorsed Lake and Masters in 2022, told Masters he would likely lose a head-to-head primary battle with Lake.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Kari Lake video teases coming political news