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(The Guardian) Republican candidates who denied that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election were a prominent feature in the run-up to the midterms, but many of them have failed to get elected. CNN’s Daniel Dale has produced this list of some of the candidates – and what they claimed about the 2020 election – that CNN is currently projecting to lose:
--Doug Mastriano of Pennsylvania, who made extensive efforts to try to overturn Biden’s win.
--Dan Cox of Maryland, who said he didn’t recognize Biden as the president and who co-organized buses to the “Stop the Steal” rally on 6 January.
--Paul LePage of Maine, who falsely claimed that 2020 was “clearly a stolen election.”
--Lee Zeldin of New York, who, as a member of Congress, voted against certifying Biden’s victories in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
--Geoff Diehl of Massachusetts, who said in mid-2021 that the election wasn’t stolen but by 2022 was saying that it was certainly stolen.
--Scott Jensen of Minnesota, who refused to affirm the legitimacy of Biden’s win and who baselessly suggested imprisoning the state’s Democratic elections chief.
--Tim Michels of Wisconsin, who baselessly claimed that “President Trump probably would be president right now if we had election integrity.”
--Tudor Dixon of Michigan, who falsely claimed Trump won Michigan in 2020 even though he actually lost by more than 154,000 votes.
--Heidi Ganahl of Colorado, who refused on multiple occasions to say whether Biden was the legitimate winner and then selected a promoter of false election conspiracy theories as her running mate.
CNN also lists several candidates who disputed the 2020 election results who have won or are projected to win, including Kay Ivey of Alabama, Brad Little of Idaho, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Kristi Noem of South Dakota.
--Doug Mastriano of Pennsylvania, who made extensive efforts to try to overturn Biden’s win.
--Dan Cox of Maryland, who said he didn’t recognize Biden as the president and who co-organized buses to the “Stop the Steal” rally on 6 January.
--Paul LePage of Maine, who falsely claimed that 2020 was “clearly a stolen election.”
--Lee Zeldin of New York, who, as a member of Congress, voted against certifying Biden’s victories in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
--Geoff Diehl of Massachusetts, who said in mid-2021 that the election wasn’t stolen but by 2022 was saying that it was certainly stolen.
--Scott Jensen of Minnesota, who refused to affirm the legitimacy of Biden’s win and who baselessly suggested imprisoning the state’s Democratic elections chief.
--Tim Michels of Wisconsin, who baselessly claimed that “President Trump probably would be president right now if we had election integrity.”
--Tudor Dixon of Michigan, who falsely claimed Trump won Michigan in 2020 even though he actually lost by more than 154,000 votes.
--Heidi Ganahl of Colorado, who refused on multiple occasions to say whether Biden was the legitimate winner and then selected a promoter of false election conspiracy theories as her running mate.
CNN also lists several candidates who disputed the 2020 election results who have won or are projected to win, including Kay Ivey of Alabama, Brad Little of Idaho, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Kristi Noem of South Dakota.
