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As the results came in, candidates for essential positions in areas that are competitive endorsed former President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud in 2020. On Tuesday’s national vote, more than 225 candidates denied the election results for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and US Congress. However, the critical races that would put the winners in a position to manage the 2024 election were those in the swing states of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Some election skeptics, including Ted Budd in North Carolina, JD Vance in Ohio, and Markwayne Mullin in Oklahoma, will run for the US Senate. Don Bolduc, a senatorial candidate from New Hampshire, fell short of Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan.
Minnesotans defeat Kim Crockett
In a carefully watched contest to become the state’s top elections official, incumbent Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon challenged election sceptic Kim Crockett to earn a third term on Tuesday.
With the majority of ballots counted, the Democratic incumbent defeated corporate attorney Kim Crockett, 55% to 45%, according to the AP. The focus of Crockett’s campaign was her unfounded allegations of widespread election fraud in 2020.
A longtime state representative, Mr. Simon was re-elected as secretary of state in 2018 by over 9 percentage points, but he had to contend with Crockett, who claimed that the 2020 election was “rigged” and “illegitimate,” in an unexpectedly close contest.
Simon, a Jew, was depicted in a video released by Ms. Crockett’s campaign during the Republican state convention as being puppeteered by George Soros, the head of the Soros Fund Management, who is a common subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Although the state’s Republican Party chairman issued an apology for the video, Ms. Crockett referred to the criticism as “contrived and false.”
During her campaign, Kim Crockett advocated for limiting same-day voter registration, early voting, and vote-by-mail options. She questioned whether voters with disabilities and others who don’t understand English should be allowed to cast a ballot if they need assistance in a 2020 radio appearance that surfaced again during the campaign.
Democratic-aligned organisations spent $46 million on the Minnesota secretary of state race in an effort to prevent election sceptics from holding elective office.
