Elections, Secretary of State
See Which 2020 Election Deniers and Skeptics Won in the Midterm Elections
Senate House Governor Attorney General Secretary of State More than 210 Republicans who questioned the 2020 election have won seats in the U.S. House and Senate and in state races for governor, secretary of state and attorney general, according to results as of 12 p.m. on Wednesday. More than 30 of them have denied President […]
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How Election Lies Took Over the Republican Ticket Nationwide
Hundreds of Republican midterm candidates have questioned or spread misinformation about the 2020 election. Hundreds of Republican midterm candidates have questioned or spread misinformation about the 2020 election. Together they represent a growing consensus in the Republican Party, and a potential threat to American democracy. Together they represent a growing consensus in the Republican Party, […]
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Tina Peters Loses the G.O.P. Primary for Colorado Secretary of State
Tina Peters, a county clerk who has been charged with seven felonies related to a scheme to surreptitiously copy sensitive voting data, lost her bid for the Republican nomination for Colorado secretary of state on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. She was defeated by Pam Anderson, a longtime local election official who served as […]
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Five Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
The biggest question heading into Tuesday’s primaries was whether Democrats would be successful in guiding Republican voters to choose weak nominees for the general election. In Illinois, Democrats’ biggest and most sustained investment succeeded, but in Colorado, Republicans chose candidates who didn’t have nominal primary support from across the aisle, setting up several general elections […]
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The Election Conspiracy Theories Driving Tina Peters to Run in Colorado
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Just six weeks before the 2020 presidential election — game day for vote-counting bureaucrats — Tina Peters was so proud of her operation at the Mesa County clerk’s office that she invited a film crew in to show it off. There’s no chance of mishap here, she boasted. “The Russians can’t […]
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A man who threatened Colorado’s secretary of state on Instagram faces two years in prison.
A Nebraska man pleaded guilty on Thursday to threatening Colorado’s secretary of state on Instagram last year, the first conviction resulting from the work of a Justice Department task force focused on combating the intimidation of election officials. Federal prosecutors said Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, Neb., would face up to two years in prison […]
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Far-Right Republicans Press Closer to Power Over Future Elections
The potential for far-right Republicans to reshape the election systems of major battleground states is growing much closer to reality. As the halfway point nears of a midterm year that is vastly friendlier to Republicans, the party’s voters have nominated dozens of candidates for offices with power over the administration and certification of elections who […]
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In Georgia, a G.O.P. Primary Tests the Power of a Trump Vendetta
Many Republicans declared Mr. Raffensperger all but defeated as soon as he announced he would run for re-election, citing Mr. Trump’s ire and that of many voters. Mr. Raffensperger was censured at a state G.O.P. convention last year. But Mr. Trump has been unexpectedly quiet about the race, beyond lumping Mr. Raffensperger in with Mr. […]
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Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the Country
The significance of the America First coalition’s parallel efforts can be seen clearly in Arizona, where the slate’s candidate is Mark Finchem, a former firefighter and real estate agent who has served in the state House since 2015 and has become the leading Republican contender for secretary of state. He has raised some $663,000 for […]
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