FiveThirtyEight
Nathaniel Rakich

Let’s check in one last time on how Republicans who have falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged, or questioned its results without evidence, are faring in primaries tonight.

How election deniers are doing tonight

Senate, House, gubernatorial, attorney general and secretary of state candidates who have either denied or questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and their results in Republican primaries in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin, as of 11:06 p.m. Eastern

CANDIDATE OFFICE Position on 2020 election % REPORTING VOTE SHARE STATUS
Leora R. Levy CT Sen. ❓Raised doubts 56% 50.4% ✓ Won
Dominic Rapini CT SoS ❓Raised doubts 53 58.8 ✓ Won
Kim Crockett MN SoS 🚫 Denied legitimacy 46 63.7 ✓ Won
Erik van Mechelen MN SoS 🚫 Denied legitimacy 46 36.3 ✗ Lost
Doug Wardlow MN AG 🚫 Denied legitimacy 48 34.3 ✗ Lost
Jeremy Munson MN-01 🚫 Denied legitimacy 49 23.2 ✗ Lost
Michelle Fischbach* MN-07 🚫 Denied legitimacy 47 100.0 ✓ Won
Anya Tynio VT-AL ❓Raised doubts 54 26.7 ✗ Lost
Ron Johnson* WI Sen. 🚫 Denied legitimacy 62 84.1 ✓ Won
Tim Michels WI Gov. ❓Raised doubts 63 46.8 Leading
Rebecca Kleefisch WI Gov. 🚫 Denied legitimacy 63 43.6 Trailing
Timothy Ramthun WI Gov. 🚫 Denied legitimacy 63 5.3 Trailing
Adam J. Fischer WI Gov. 🚫 Denied legitimacy 63 1.0 Trailing
Jay Schroeder WI SoS 🚫 Denied legitimacy 50 39.1 Trailing
Justin D. Schmidtka WI SoS 🚫 Denied legitimacy 50 13.3 Trailing
Eric Toney WI AG ❓Raised doubts 52 38.0 Leading
Adam Jarchow WI AG 🚫 Denied legitimacy 52 37.7 Trailing
Karen Mueller WI AG 🚫 Denied legitimacy 52 24.1 Trailing
Charity Barry WI-02 🚫 Denied legitimacy 75 49.0 Trailing
Derrick Van Orden WI-03 🚫 Denied legitimacy 7 100.0 ✓ Won
Scott Fitzgerald* WI-05 🚫 Denied legitimacy 79 100.0 ✓ Won
Tom Tiffany* WI-07 🚫 Denied legitimacy 63 85.9 ✓ Won
Shaun Clarmont WI-08 ❓Raised doubts 39 15.6 ✗ Lost

*Incumbent.

Candidates marked as having “denied legitimacy” of the 2020 election either explicitly said Donald Trump’s loss or the 2020 election itself was illegitimate or, if an elected official, took legal measures to try to overturn the election. Candidates marked as “raised doubts” have questioned the fairness of the 2020 election or made references to “election integrity” but have not explicitly said the election or Trump’s loss was illegitimate.

Sources: News reports, campaigns, ABC News

Sarah Frostenson

ABC News projects that Leora Levy has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Connecticut.

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