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An analysis by the Washington Post shows that denial of the former president’s election has become a price to pay for many Republican primary elections
June 14, 2022 at 6:00 AM EDT
Former President Donald Trump is supporting Matthew Deperno (right) as Michigan’s attorney general at a rally on April 2 near Washington, Michigan. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
JR Majewski marched to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 and tweeted a photo with the caption: “Go down to 1/6”. Last month, he won the Republican nomination in the Ohio convention area on Lake Erie.
Monica de la Cruz, insurance agent, challenged her defeat in 2020, echoing the former president They denied Donald Trump’s allegations of mail fraud. For the second time, De La Cruz has been nominated by the GOP for a place in Texas House that touches the Mexican border.
In the open primary in a Georgia, Republic of Safe to give way in the race in 2018
“No one has suffered more from voter fraud than I have,” McCormick said during a debate in May.
About a third of the 2022 primary has nominated dozens of Republican candidates for state and federal positions, who say the 2020 election was rigged, according to a new analysis by The Washington Post.
District by district, state by state, voters in places that voted by the end of May, they elected at least 108 candidates for state office or Congress who repeated Trump’s lies. The number jumps to at least 149 winning candidates – from more than 170 competitions – when it includes those who have campaigned on a platform to tighten voting rules or enforce more rigorously those already involved, despite the lack of evidence of widespread fraud.
Denial of the 2020 elections is widespread among Republican primary election winners
Denied or directly questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of public denial, but the candidate campaigned for safer elections despite no evidence of fraud
The Post review found no evidence of public denial or direct questioning of the outcome or a call for safer elections.
These data reflect the primary results and the results of the convention by the end of May and use the Cook’s Guerrilla Voter Index (PVI) policy report of R + 4 or higher to determine if a race is leaning toward Republican. PVI results were not available for home races in Oregon or West Virginia or in KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and PA-17
* Or directly question Biden’s victory, oppose
the counting of the votes of the Biden Electoral College,
expressed support for guerrilla voting after the election
review, signed a claim for annulment of
The result of 2020, belittled or wanted to be reworked
January 6 attack on the US Capitol is either present or
expressed support for the rally that day.
Denied or directly questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of public denial, but the candidate campaigned for safer elections despite no evidence of fraud
The Post review found no evidence of public denial or direct questioning of the outcome or a call for safer elections.
Race with Republican bias h
These data reflect the primary results and the results of the convention by the end of May and use the Cook’s Guerrilla Voter Index (PVI) policy report of R + 4 or higher to determine if a race is leaning toward Republican. PVI results were not available for host competitions in Oregon or West Virginia or in KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and PA-17.
* Or directly questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the census
Biden’s Electoral College voted in favor of the guerrilla
review of ballots after the election, signed in a case for annulment
the 2020 result, downplayed or seeking to rework the January 6 attack
The US Capitol either attended or expressed support for the rally that day.
Denied or directly questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of public denial, but the candidate campaigned for safer elections despite no evidence of fraud
The Post review found no evidence of public denial or direct questioning of the outcome or a call for safer elections.
These data reflect the primary results and the results of the convention by the end of May and use the Cook’s Guerrilla Voter Index (PVI) policy report of R + 4 or higher to determine if a race is leaning toward Republican. PVI results were not available for host competitions in Oregon or West Virginia or in KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and PA-17.
* Or directly question Biden’s victory, oppose the counting of the votes of Biden’s electoral college, express
support for the party’s post-election ballot review, signed in a case annulling the 2020 outcome,
downplayed or attempted to rework the January 6 attack on the US Capitol or attended or expressed support for
rally that day.
Denied or directly questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of public denial, but the candidate campaigned for safer elections despite no evidence of fraud
The Post review found no evidence of public denial or direct questioning of the outcome or a call for safer elections.
These data reflect the primary results and the results of the convention by the end of May and use the Cook’s Guerrilla Voter Index (PVI) policy report of R + 4 or higher to determine if a race is leaning toward Republican. PVI results were not available for competitions for hosts in Oregon or West Virginia or in KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and P-17.
* Or directly questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the counting of votes in Biden’s Electoral College, expressed support for guerrilla voting after the election
review, signed a case to annul the 2020 outcome, downplayed or attempted to rework the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, or attended or
expressed support for the rally that day.
The analysis offers a new portrait of the extent to which the acceptance of Trump’s false claims has become part of the winning formula in this year’s GOP competitions and what this means for the immediate future of American democracy. The majority of candidates who withdrew from the election, who secured their nominations, run in counties or states that are inclined to Republican, according to the ratings of the Cook Political Report, which means they are likely to win the offices they are looking for.
Many will take positions with the power to interfere in the results of future competitions – to block the certification of election results, to change the rules around the awarding of …
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