Renewed urgency surrounds statewide campaigns as candidates cast doubts on elections.
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At least 18 GOP candidates in those politically critical states have alleged broader fraud related to 2020 election results. Across these states, at least 12 are using “election integrity” as a campaign issue, and in some cases, these candidates are also casting doubt on the administration of last year’s election. Furthermore, at least two candidates are attempting to align the concept of “election integrity” with election-related conspiracy theories.
The stakes are even higher in the context of the way the last general election unfolded. Last year, Republican officials holding statewide office were critical in resisting Trump’s demands that the election results be overturned. “The exploitation of these attitudes has already been made manifest in Texas with the passage of the election laws,” he added in reference to recently enacted legislation that overhauled the state’s election parameters and tightened voting rules that were already among some of the toughest in the country.
Retired TV news anchor Kari Lake, now a frontrunner in the GOP gubernatorial primary, has said over the course of her campaign that if she were governor last November, she would not have certified the election. State Rep. Mark Finchem, who was at the insurrection on Jan. 6 and defended the actions of those who stormed the Capitol, is now pursuing a run for the state’s chief elections official and would have oversight over the state’s elections.
Rep. Jody Hice, who voted against certifying the election in Arizona and Pennsylvania in Congress, is now running for secretary of state, and is facing off against incumbent Secretary Raffensperger. Raffensperger’s strength as an incumbent will be tested given his past adherence to the law despite pressures from the former president.
“Michigan had a very close presidential election in 2020, and Donald Trump repeatedly questioned the outcome, including having Michigan state legislative leaders to the White House, to try to pressure them to do something about it, and so that's certainly the origin of this trend that we're seeing of more Republican officials and candidates deciding that they need to get on board with that message,” said Matt Grossman who serves as Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social...
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