A majority of GOP nominees -- 299 in all -- deny the 2020 election results

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This is the story you simply must read today. A massive reporting effort led by @AmyEGardner: A majority of GOP nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results

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A majority of GOP nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results
Among 569 GOP candidates who advanced to the general election in key races for statewide and federal office, 53 percent have denied the 2020 election result.
6:02 AM · Oct 6, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/06/elections-deniers-midterm-elections-2022/

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A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Candidates who have challenged or refused to accept Joe Biden’s victory are running in every region of the country and in nearly every state. Republican voters in four states nominated election deniers in all federal and statewide races The Post examined.

Although some are running in heavily Democratic areas and are expected to lose, most of the election deniers nominated are likely to win: Of the nearly 300 on the ballot, 174 are running for safely Republican seats. Another 51 will appear on the ballot in tightly contested races.

The implications will be lasting: If Republicans take control of the House, as many political forecasters predict, election deniers would hold enormous sway over the choice of the nation’s next speaker, who in turn could preside over the House in a future contested presidential election.

The winners of all the races examined by The Post — those for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, Senate and House — will hold some measure of power overseeing American elections.

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