These are the 2020 election deniers who won their House, Senate races - The Washington Post

Among the much than 150 predetermination deniers projected to person won by midnight: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Rep. Greg Pence (Ind.), the member of erstwhile vice president Mike Pence.

But immoderate of the astir outspoken predetermination deniers sustained decision successful races that had been seen arsenic winnable for Republicans erstwhile the twelvemonth began, including Doug Mastriano, who mislaid his bid for Pennsylvania governor.

Candidates who person questioned oregon refused to judge President Biden’s triumph — 51 percent of the 569 GOP nominees analyzed by The Washington Post, 291 successful full — ran successful each portion of the state and successful astir each state.

Most of the victorious predetermination deniers campaigned connected a scope of issues, notably inflation, termination and crime. Voters who supported them did not needfully bash truthful due to the fact that of their stance connected 2020. But the candidates’ views connected predetermination integrity could person lasting consequences for U.S. democracy.

Winning candidates for governor, caput of authorities and lawyer wide volition presume offices with important powerfulness overseeing American elections. Unofficial projections Tuesday showed that predetermination deniers volition magnitude to a sizable bulk wrong the House Republican caucus, with tremendous sway implicit the prime of the nation’s adjacent talker should Republicans assertion power of the chamber. The talker would successful crook preside implicit the House successful 2024, erstwhile the statesmanlike ballot could again beryllium contested.

Tuesday’s effect reflected the tricky governmental calculus of predetermination denialism wrong the GOP. It was a virtual request for galore Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination, fixed the value of a Trump endorsement. Prominent Republicans who defied the erstwhile president, notably Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), were defeated by interior enactment challenges.

But it was not wide that claiming the 2020 predetermination was rigged benefited candidates successful choky wide elections.

Among the winning predetermination deniers Tuesday was Jen A. Kiggans, a Virginia Republican who defeated Rep. Elaine Luria — a member, similar Cheney, of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol. One of Luria’s cardinal arguments to voters this autumn was the request to tamp down the anti-democratic forces that propelled the unit that day.

Luria stuck with that taxable successful her concession code Tuesday. When she mentioned her hostile and her supporters booed, she said: “No, delight don’t boo. The occurrence of this territory depends connected her success.”

Election deniers were besides projected to suffer immoderate competitory races. J.R. Majewski, a House campaigner successful Ohio who attended the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally and was trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, was among those who went down successful defeat.

Don Bolduc of New Hampshire mislaid to incumbent U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan aft flip-flopping betwixt declaring the 2020 predetermination stolen and legitimate.

Mastriano mislaid by a ample borderline to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, contempt the information that the authorities is 1 of the astir politically contested successful the nation. Among the astir 6 successful 10 Pennsylvania voters who viewed the 2020 predetermination arsenic legitimate, much than 8 successful 10 voted for Shapiro, exit polls showed. Among the astir 3rd of voters who felt it was fraudulent, astir 9 successful 10 supported Mastriano.

The Post identified candidates arsenic predetermination deniers if they straight questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the counting of Biden’s electoral assemblage votes, expressed enactment for a partisan post-election ballot review, signed connected to lawsuits seeking to overturn the 2020 result, oregon attended oregon expressed enactment for the Stop the Steal rally successful Washington that preceded the riot astatine the Capitol.

Tuesday’s elections played retired arsenic Americans person grown progressively disquieted astir U.S. democracy, with astir 7 successful 10 voters saying that American ideology is “very” oregon “somewhat” threatened, according to aboriginal exit polling conducted by Edison Research. At the aforesaid time, voters expressed greater assurance that elections successful their authorities volition beryllium conducted reasonably and accurately. About 8 successful 10 voters said they were precise oregon somewhat assured that elections successful their authorities would beryllium just and accurate.

Jacque Rose, a registered Republican and “mostly Republican” elector from Boise, Idaho, said successful an interrogation Tuesday she sometimes splits her ticket. The retiree joined a dependable watercourse of voters successful a abbreviated enactment astatine the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church successful Boise, explaining that her ballot was against extremism.

“I’m frightened to decease astir what immoderate of these right-wingers are doing to us,” she said. “And I’m successful a reddish authorities and I’m scared.”

Edward B. Foley, a student of predetermination instrumentality astatine Ohio State University, said the occurrence of truthful galore predetermination deniers is worrisome but that overmuch uncertainty remains astir however these officeholders volition usage their power. He noted that immoderate predetermination deniers connected the ballot this twelvemonth person wavered, which leaves unclear however they would enactment erstwhile successful office.

Foley besides suggested deniers’ acceptance of their ain victories could, successful immoderate ways, fortify nationalist spot successful their states’ elections.

“The full extremity is that valid victories are authenticated arsenic valid, and nary of this perversion prevails,” helium said. “I don’t privation to unduly soften this. We’re successful treacherous waters. It’s going to beryllium much hard the much denialists are successful office. But it’s not inevitable that the vessel sinks.”

Hundreds of predetermination officials astir the state sought to dispel suspicions astir the information of elections arsenic Tuesday approached — and immoderate of them, including respective connected the ballot, continued that enactment arsenic voting got underway.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) was successful a competitory contention Tuesday against predetermination denier Kristina Karamo, who claimed without grounds to person witnessed fraud arsenic a canvass perceiver successful Detroit successful 2020. Benson spent overmuch of Tuesday warring mendacious claims of irregularities — including claims from Trump.

“There are ever things that perchance could beryllium seized upon that truly person nary interaction connected the predetermination process itself and successful immoderate different concern would beryllium minor,” Benson said. “I deliberation voters conscionable request to spot that for what it is — a governmental strategy that immoderate person chosen to prosecute to the detriment of who we are arsenic Americans and our democracy.”

Some of the astir salient predetermination deniers connected the ballot this twelvemonth included state-level bureau seekers who would person wide powerfulness to power the medication and perchance the outcomes of aboriginal elections: Kari Lake for Arizona governor, Jim Marchant for Nevada caput of authorities and Matthew DePerno for Michigan lawyer general.

All person offered unqualified enactment for Trump’s mendacious claims of fraud successful 2020. DePerno helped Trump effort to overturn the effect by spearheading unfounded claims that Dominion Voting Systems machines successful Michigan had flipped votes from Trump to Biden. Lake has said her opponent, Democrat Katie Hobbs, should beryllium jailed for certifying Biden’s Arizona victory. Marchant has promised to decertify Biden’s 2020 triumph successful Nevada and wants to enforce manus counts crossed the state.

No winners had been projected successful those races arsenic of 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Among the winners that had been projected by that hr were Eric Schmitt, the Republican U.S. Senate campaigner from Missouri who volition regenerate retiring incumbent Roy Blunt (R). Blunt had voted to certify Biden’s victory, citing tribunal rulings that rejected Trump’s fraud claims.

Another is Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), who shared disproven claims astir the 2020 effect connected speech radio.

“How is it imaginable that successful Pennsylvania determination are 200,000 much votes connected Election Day than determination were [voters] successful the electoral rolls?” she asked.

Some voters said interest astir predetermination integrity was a superior motivator successful their selections this year.

Chip Johnson, 65, who formed his ballot Tuesday successful Madison, Miss., said helium believes elector fraud occurred successful the 2020 statesmanlike election. He stopped abbreviated of saying helium believes Trump won but said, “I conscionable deliberation there’s a batch of unscrupulous voting,” earlier referencing respective issues that person been debunked, including deceased radical voting.

“Even if it’s existent oregon not, it lends itself to the suspicion that things aren’t right,” helium said. “It’s similar the information is not applicable anymore. It’s similar the information is immoderate I accidental it is.”

Some of the year’s astir salient predetermination deniers coasted to triumph Tuesday. Among them: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) — 2 adjacent Trump allies who person repeatedly made mendacious claims astir the 2020 result.

Those candidates besides attacked the enactment of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 onslaught — and person vowed to flip the committee’s subpoena seeking Trump’s grounds if Republicans regain a bulk successful the chamber.

Other investigations into Trump’s actions astir Jan. 6 volition continue, however, including a transgression probe successful Fulton County, Ga., stemming from his Jan. 2, 2021, telephone telephone asking Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” capable votes to reverse Biden’s triumph successful the state. The Justice Department is besides investigating whether Trump improperly interfered successful the 2020 predetermination result.

Sarah Fowler successful Madison, Miss.; Tom Hamburger successful Detroit; and Carissa Wolf successful Boise, Idaho, contributed to this report.