What Went Down In The June 21 Elections In Alabama, Virginia And Georgia

We’ve hit the 10 percent expected-vote mark in Alabama’s GOP runoff for Senate and, uh, it’s pretty clear where things are headed. Britt leads Brooks 65 percent to 35 percent, and she has an edge in every county that has reported.

Yes, Kaleigh, especially since so many of these candidates are running for positions that will give them authority over election administration, as you’ve written. As the results com in, it’s hard not to think of today’s testimony by former Fulton County, Georgia election official Shaye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, at today’s Jan. 6 hearing. They had been targeted by Trump, and Freeman left her home for two months out of fears for her safety. Trump had mentioned them by name numerous times in his infamous phone call to Raffensperger to “find” more votes. It’s a reminder that the Big Lie has had real-world consequences for real people.

I worry a bit that with the sheer volume of election-denying candidates running in Republican races, we might become numb to how extreme these views are. For elections that had been called through June 13, 52 percent of Republican nominees have either said the election was stolen or questioned the results. That’s … a lot of candidates who question a fundamental part of our democracy running for elected office this fall.