Meet the First Election Denier Poised to Win for Secretary of State This Year

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https://boltsmag.org/wyoming-first-election-denier-secretary-of-state/

he Trump-allied Chuck Gray clinched a contested Republican primary in Wyoming, and is running unopposed in the general election.

Daniel Nichanian | August 19, 2022

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Chuck Gray, a Wyoming lawmaker, became the first election denier running in 2022 to effectively secure promotion to secretary of state, the chief office that oversees elections in the state.

Boosted by Trump’s endorsement, Gray prevailed in a competitive GOP primary to replace retiring incumbent Ed Buchanan; he beat fellow lawmaker Tara Nethercott 50 to 41 percent. His path forward is unobstructed since he is running unopposed in the general election. There will be no Democrat on the November ballot. An independent candidate still has until Aug. 29 to file a petition to run; the state’s election division told Bolts that no independent candidate had been certified as of Thursday. Someone could also mount an uphill write-in bid.

Gray’s win in the smallest state in the union comes as politicians similarly aligned with Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential race are advancing toward these critical election offices all around the country, including in critical swing states like Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

Already, sitting GOP secretaries of state who have ostensibly stayed away from the lie that the 2020 election was stolen have nevertheless trumpeted vague and baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to push for new voting restrictions.

Gray has outright called the 2020 presidential election “clearly rigged” and has echoed Trump’s specific lies about the race. He has developed relationships with like-minded Republicans elsewhere in the country who are pushing to audit results. He traveled to Arizona last year to observe an audit ordered by state Republicans—the operation ended up uncovering no major problems—and he has sought to bring that approach to Wyoming, a state dominated by Republicans that Trump won by 43 percentage points in 2020.

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[childfreebychoice]

1. Wy is lost to us anyway. Sad but true. Nt

[FakeNoose]

2. I wish every RWNJ in America would move to Wyoming

They'd only get 2 votes in the Senate and one vote in the House. But they would be out of every other state in the Union. Wouldn't that be awesome?