![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/us-midterms-how-many-election-deniers-won/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127567736_steal.png&description=Image source, EPAImage caption, Kari Lake, a key promoter of unfounded voter fraud claims, is vying to be governor of Arizona.At least 95 Republicans elected in the US midterms have publicly denied the result of the 2020 presidential election, according to BBC analysis. They include Marjorie Taylor Greene, the controversial politician whose personal Twitter account was suspended for breaking rules on coronavirus misinformation, and JD Vance, a former Trump critic and successful author. Donald Trump continues to insist, falsely, that he won the 2020 election. Before the midterms, we analysed and independently verified data published by the website FiveThirtyEight, which tracked statements from all candidates running for the Senate, House of Representatives and state governor positions. We found 178 of them - all Republicans - had fully and publicly denied the result of the presidential race supporting Trump's false claim that he beat Joe Biden. That accounted for more than one third of all Republicans standing in the races. At least 95 election deniers have won House, Senate and governor seats28 have lost their racesMany results are still to be called, and those numbers will increase.Image caption, Republican candidate JD Vance won a seat in the US SenateMany candidates were nominated in solid Republican voting areas, so victory was more or less guaranteed, but some more surprising election night stories are emerging. Bo Hines, a 27-year-old former college football star running for Congress in North Carolina was favoured to win, and endorsed by Donald Trump as a "proven winner on and off the field". It wasn't to be though: he lost to Democrat Wiley Nickel, a lawyer who worked in the Barack Obama administration.Lauren Boebert of Colorado once shared QAnon conspiracies on her social media accounts and was known for her staunch pro-gun views, including a pledge to carry a handgun with her in Washington DC when she was first elected to Congress. She was favoured to be re){kind=link}
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At least 95 Republicans elected in the US midterms have publicly denied the result of the 2020 presidential election, according to BBC analysis.
They include Marjorie Taylor Greene, the controversial politician whose personal Twitter account was suspended for breaking rules on coronavirus misinformation, and JD Vance, a former Trump critic and successful author.
Donald Trump continues to insist, falsely, that he won the 2020 election.