Republicans who have denied or questioned the 2020 results are on the ballot Tuesday in these key states
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Voters on Tuesday will encounter Republican candidates up and down the ballot who've denied or questioned the results of the presidential race Donald Trump lost.
The so-called election deniers are running in Senate and House races, as well for statewide offices that have major influence over elections, such as governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
Many of the candidates, who earned Trump’s endorsement in their primaries by repeating his stolen election lies, are seeking offices in which they'd wield power that could greatly affect elections; many are running in pivotal battleground states where presidential election results have an outsize impact on the Electoral College outcome — and thus who wins the White House.
Elections experts have said that even if one election denier wins one of those races in a battleground state, it could affect elections for years. Democrats running against them have argued their opponents are dangers to the country and have sought in the final days to make the election a referendum on democracy — which they acknowledge has been complicated by some of the GOP candidates’ no longer appearing eager to discuss 2020. Over the course of the general election campaign, many backed off or waffled on direct claims of a stolen election.
