FiveThirtyEight: 10 Election Deniers On Pennsylvania Ballot This Fall
FiveThirtyEight.com reached out to all GOP candidates for position
FiveThirtyEight.com reached out to all GOP candidates for position
FiveThirtyEight.com has compiled a list of those candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The group drew on news reports, debate footage, campaign materials and social media and reached out to every single Republican nominee for the House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general to determine their position on the 2020 election.
What did it find?
There are a lot of election deniers on the ballot.
Out of 529 total Republican nominees running for office, FiveThirtyEight found 195 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election, including 10 who are on the ballot in Pennsylvania. These candidates either clearly stated that the election was stolen from Trump or took legal action to overturn the results, such as voting not to certify election results or joining lawsuits that sought to overturn the election.
Moreover, an additional 61 candidates RAISED QUESTIONS around the results of the 2020 election. These candidates haven’t gone so far as to say explicitly that the election was stolen or take legal action to overturn it. However, they haven’t said the election was legitimate either. In fact, they have raised doubts about potential fraud.
There were 115 candidates whose position on the 2020 election we could not determine. They either had NO COMMENT on the 2020 election or AVOIDED ANSWERING when asked directly.
“Indeed, an election denier winning election and taking office is more than a symbolic concern. An election-denying secretary of state could refuse to certify an election that he or she believes was rigged. An election-denying governor could attempt to submit electoral votes that defy the will of the people. And election-denying senators and representatives could vote to count those electoral votes. The 2022 election will determine how many of these candidates get that chance.”
See whether the Republicans running in Pennsylvania have denied or accepted the legitimacy of the 2020 election, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Fully Denied (10)
Doug Mastriano, Governor
Aaron Bashir, PA-02
Jim Bognet, PA-08
Dan Meuser, PA-09
Scott Perry, PA-10
Lloyd Smucker, PA-11
John Joyce, PA-13
Guy Reschenthaler, PA-14
Glenn “GT” Thompson, PA-15
Mike Kelly, PA-16
Raised Questions (3)
Mehmet Oz, Senator
Christian Nascimento, PA-04
Guy Ciarrocchi, PA-06
Accepted With Reservations (1)
Brian Fitzpatrick, PA-01
No Comment (4)
David Galluch, PA-05
Lisa Scheller, PA-07
Mike Doyle, PA-12
Jeremy Shaffer, PA-17
FiveThirtyEight.com has compiled a list of those candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The group drew on news reports, debate footage, campaign materials and social media and reached out to every single Republican nominee for the House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general to determine their position on the 2020 election.
What did it find?
There are a lot of election deniers on the ballot.
Out of 529 total Republican nominees running for office, FiveThirtyEight found 195 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election, including 10 who are on the ballot in Pennsylvania. These candidates either clearly stated that the election was stolen from Trump or took legal action to overturn the results, such as voting not to certify election results or joining lawsuits that sought to overturn the election.
Moreover, an additional 61 candidates RAISED QUESTIONS around the results of the 2020 election. These candidates haven’t gone so far as to say explicitly that the election was stolen or take legal action to overturn it. However, they haven’t said the election was legitimate either. In fact, they have raised doubts about potential fraud.
There were 115 candidates whose position on the 2020 election we could not determine. They either had NO COMMENT on the 2020 election or AVOIDED ANSWERING when asked directly.
“Indeed, an election denier winning election and taking office is more than a symbolic concern. An election-denying secretary of state could refuse to certify an election that he or she believes was rigged. An election-denying governor could attempt to submit electoral votes that defy the will of the people. And election-denying senators and representatives could vote to count those electoral votes. The 2022 election will determine how many of these candidates get that chance.”
See whether the Republicans running in Pennsylvania have denied or accepted the legitimacy of the 2020 election, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Fully Denied (10)
Doug Mastriano, Governor
Aaron Bashir, PA-02
Jim Bognet, PA-08
Dan Meuser, PA-09
Scott Perry, PA-10
Lloyd Smucker, PA-11
John Joyce, PA-13
Guy Reschenthaler, PA-14
Glenn “GT” Thompson, PA-15
Mike Kelly, PA-16
Raised Questions (3)
Mehmet Oz, Senator
Christian Nascimento, PA-04
Guy Ciarrocchi, PA-06
Accepted With Reservations (1)
Brian Fitzpatrick, PA-01
No Comment (4)
David Galluch, PA-05
Lisa Scheller, PA-07
Mike Doyle, PA-12
Jeremy Shaffer, PA-17
FiveThirtyEight.com has compiled a list of those candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The group drew on news reports, debate footage, campaign materials and social media and reached out to every single Republican nominee for the House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general to determine their position on the 2020 election.
What did it find?
There are a lot of election deniers on the ballot.
Out of 529 total Republican nominees running for office, FiveThirtyEight found 195 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election, including 10 who are on the ballot in Pennsylvania. These candidates either clearly stated that the election was stolen from Trump or took legal action to overturn the results, such as voting not to certify election results or joining lawsuits that sought to overturn the election.
Moreover, an additional 61 candidates RAISED QUESTIONS around the results of the 2020 election. These candidates haven’t gone so far as to say explicitly that the election was stolen or take legal action to overturn it. However, they haven’t said the election was legitimate either. In fact, they have raised doubts about potential fraud.
There were 115 candidates whose position on the 2020 election we could not determine. They either had NO COMMENT on the 2020 election or AVOIDED ANSWERING when asked directly.
“Indeed, an election denier winning election and taking office is more than a symbolic concern. An election-denying secretary of state could refuse to certify an election that he or she believes was rigged. An election-denying governor could attempt to submit electoral votes that defy the will of the people. And election-denying senators and representatives could vote to count those electoral votes. The 2022 election will determine how many of these candidates get that chance.”
See whether the Republicans running in Pennsylvania have denied or accepted the legitimacy of the 2020 election, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Fully Denied (10)
Doug Mastriano, Governor
Aaron Bashir, PA-02
Jim Bognet, PA-08
Dan Meuser, PA-09
Scott Perry, PA-10
Lloyd Smucker, PA-11
John Joyce, PA-13
Guy Reschenthaler, PA-14
Glenn “GT” Thompson, PA-15
Mike Kelly, PA-16
Raised Questions (3)
Mehmet Oz, Senator
Christian Nascimento, PA-04
Guy Ciarrocchi, PA-06
Accepted With Reservations (1)
Brian Fitzpatrick, PA-01
No Comment (4)
David Galluch, PA-05
Lisa Scheller, PA-07
Mike Doyle, PA-12
Jeremy Shaffer, PA-17
FiveThirtyEight.com has compiled a list of those candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The group drew on news reports, debate footage, campaign materials and social media and reached out to every single Republican nominee for the House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general to determine their position on the 2020 election.
What did it find?
There are a lot of election deniers on the ballot.
Out of 529 total Republican nominees running for office, FiveThirtyEight found 195 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election, including 10 who are on the ballot in Pennsylvania. These candidates either clearly stated that the election was stolen from Trump or took legal action to overturn the results, such as voting not to certify election results or joining lawsuits that sought to overturn the election.
Moreover, an additional 61 candidates RAISED QUESTIONS around the results of the 2020 election. These candidates haven’t gone so far as to say explicitly that the election was stolen or take legal action to overturn it. However, they haven’t said the election was legitimate either. In fact, they have raised doubts about potential fraud.
There were 115 candidates whose position on the 2020 election we could not determine. They either had NO COMMENT on the 2020 election or AVOIDED ANSWERING when asked directly.
“Indeed, an election denier winning election and taking office is more than a symbolic concern. An election-denying secretary of state could refuse to certify an election that he or she believes was rigged. An election-denying governor could attempt to submit electoral votes that defy the will of the people. And election-denying senators and representatives could vote to count those electoral votes. The 2022 election will determine how many of these candidates get that chance.”
See whether the Republicans running in Pennsylvania have denied or accepted the legitimacy of the 2020 election, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Fully Denied (10)
Doug Mastriano, Governor
Aaron Bashir, PA-02
Jim Bognet, PA-08
Dan Meuser, PA-09
Scott Perry, PA-10
Lloyd Smucker, PA-11
John Joyce, PA-13
Guy Reschenthaler, PA-14
Glenn “GT” Thompson, PA-15
Mike Kelly, PA-16
Raised Questions (3)
Mehmet Oz, Senator
Christian Nascimento, PA-04
Guy Ciarrocchi, PA-06
Accepted With Reservations (1)
Brian Fitzpatrick, PA-01
No Comment (4)
David Galluch, PA-05
Lisa Scheller, PA-07
Mike Doyle, PA-12
Jeremy Shaffer, PA-17
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