In many states, election-denying candidates are running to control voting

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https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5803149/election-denial-2026-candidates

In 23 states, including five presidential swing states, candidates who have denied election results are running for offices that will have a direct role in certifying future elections.

That is according to a new analysis, shared exclusively with NPR ahead of its release, by States United Action, a nonprofit that seeks to protect elections and has been tracking candidate positions on the validity of election results since 2022.

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GOP playbook going back to The New Deal era.

Complain that something is broken. Break it. Campaign on getting rid of it, because it doesn’t work. Remove it. Find something new to complain about.

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Yep. Also works for starting a war, then saying you ended it.

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As far as I remember, that backfired spectacularly in 2022 in Arizona. A lot of candidates who ran on the stolen election narrative got handily defeated, most notably Kari Lake.

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