Headline: Washington Post, 10/6/2012
Election deniers will be on the ballot in 48 of 50 states and make up more than half of all Republicans running for congressional and state offices in the midterm elections. Nearly 300 Republicans seeking those offices this November have denied the outcome of the last presidential election, according to a Washington Post analysis.
Many will win. More than 170 election deniers are running in districts or states where Republicans are expected to win, according to Cook Political Report race ratings and Partisan Voter Index. Dozens more are in competitive races.
Headline: Washington Post, 10/6/2012
10/5/2022 update starts here
Headline: USA Today, 10/4/2022
In Pennsylvania, Rep. Lloyd Smucker was among the commonwealth’s eight Congressmen who voted against certifying its results. He argued that his vote focused on how the commonwealth carried out the election, not necessarily because of widespread voter fraud. But the Network reached his office three times for this project, twice asking whether he believes Joe Biden was duly elected president. No one responded.
Ignoring multiple opportunities to publicly acknowledge an established fact is itself a statement, especially from an elected official who understands, or should understand, the weight of their words. For that reason, Smucker is labeled an election denier.
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