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A Washington Post analysis shows that the former president’s election denial has become an admission price for many Republican primaries
June 14, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Former President Donald Trump endorses Matthew DePerno (right) as Michigan Attorney General at an April 2 rally near Washington, Michigan (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
JR Majewski marched on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 and tweeted a photo titled, “It Will Fall 6/1.” Last month, he won a Republican nomination in an Ohio Congressional district along Lake Erie.
Monica De La Cruz, an insurance agent, challenged her defeat in 2020 by repeating the former president Donald Trump’s denied allegations of mail fraud. For the second time, De La Cruz is the GOP candidate for a Texas House seat he plays the Mexican border.
In an open primary aa The Republican Georgia district is safe, the nine candidates questioned the 2020 result. Of the two candidates who advanced to the second round this month, attorney Jake Evans promoted his past efforts to “take” the election. , while doctor Rich McCormick emphasized that he refused to give in in a 2018 race.
“No one was hurt by election fraud more than myself,” McCormick said during a debate in May.
About a third of the way through the 2022 primary, voters have nominated numerous Republican candidates for state and federal offices who say the 2020 election was rigged, according to a new analysis by The Washington Post.
District by district, state by state, voters in the polling stations by the end of May they have chosen at least 108 state or congressional candidates who have repeated Trump’s lies. The number jumps to at least 149 winning candidates, from more than 170 races, when it includes those who have campaigned on a platform to tighten voting rules or to apply more strictly those who are already registered, despite the lack of widespread fraud evidence.
The denial of the 2020 election is widespread among the winners of the GOP primaries
Directly denied or questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of a public denial, but the candidate campaigned on the issue of making elections safer despite a lack of 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 results of the primaries and the convention through the end of May and use a Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index (PVI) of R + 4 or higher to determine whether a race is Republican-leaning. PVI scores were not available for House races in Oregon or West Virginia or KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and PA-17
* Or he directly questioned Biden’s victory, to oppose
the counting of the votes of the Biden polling station,
expressed support for a partisan post-election vote
review, signed a lawsuit to quash the
The result of 2020, was downplayed or an attempt was made to recast the
January 6 attack on the US Capitol or attend or
he expressed his support for the demonstration that day.
Directly denied or questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of a public denial, but the candidate campaigned on the issue of making elections safer despite a lack of evidence of fraud.
The Post Review found no evidence of public denial or direct questioning of the outcome, or a call for safer elections.
Republican-leaning race h
These data reflect the results of the primaries and the convention through the end of May and use a Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index (PVI) of R + 4 or higher to determine whether a race is Republican-leaning. PVI scores were not available for House races in Oregon or West Virginia or KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and PA-17.
* Anyone directly questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the count
Biden Electoral College votes expressed support for a partisan
revision of the post-election vote, signed in a petition to annul it
the result of 2020, downplayed or attempted to recast the January 6 attack
the United States Capitol either attended or expressed support for the demonstration that day.
Directly denied or questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of a public denial, but the candidate campaigned on the issue of making elections safer despite a lack of 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 results of the primaries and the convention through the end of May and use a Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index (PVI) of R + 4 or higher to determine whether a race is Republican-leaning. PVI scores were not available for House races in Oregon or West Virginia or KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and PA-17.
* He directly questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the counting of votes by the Biden constituency, he said.
support for a post-election partisan review, signed in a lawsuit to overturn the 2020 result,
minimized or attempted to reformulate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol or attended or expressed support for the
demonstration that day.
Directly denied or questioned the outcome of the 2020 elections *
The Post found no evidence of a public denial, but the candidate campaigned on the issue of making elections safer despite a lack of 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 results of the primaries and the convention through the end of May and use a Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index (PVI) of R + 4 or higher to determine whether a race is Republican-leaning. PVI scores were not available for House races in Oregon or West Virginia or KY-02, OH-13, PA-01 and P-17.
* He directly questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the counting of Biden polling station counts, expressed support for a partisan post-election vote
review, signed a lawsuit to overturn the 2020 result, downplayed the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol or attended or reformulated it.
he expressed his support for the demonstration that day.
The analysis offers a new picture of the extent to which accepting Trump’s false claims has become part of a winning formula in this year’s Republican contests and what it means for the immediate future of American democracy. Most of the candidates who denied the election who have won their nominations are running in Republican-leaning districts or states, according to assessments in Cook’s Political Report. they are likely to win the positions they are looking for.
Many will have positions with the power to interfere in the results of future contests: block the certification of election results, change the rules around the award of …