Running for the Hill

Published May 24, 2024

The Congress we elect this November will be responsible for certifying the results of the 2024 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2025. Congress also sets federal funding for election administration, among its other election-related responsibilities.

So it matters a lot that we have members of Congress who will do their jobs and follow the will of the people. That’s why States United Action has launched House and Senate candidate tracking on ElectionDeniers.org.

Most states have not yet held congressional primaries, but in every state that has, at least one Election Denier is moving on to November. Already, 84 Election Deniers in 17 states have advanced to the general election.

Our hope is that voters will understand exactly what these candidates have said and done, as well as the danger of election denial running rampant in Congress. (After the 2020 election, almost 150 members refused to certify some state results. Many are on the ballot again this year.)

And a reminder: At ElectionDeniers.org, voters can also check out the candidates running for the statewide offices that directly oversee elections. Every voter deserves the full picture, across the country and up and down the ballot.

This Week in Democracy

• 84 Election Deniers running for Congress across 17 states have advanced to the general election in November, according to a new analysis from States United Action. All of the data, including which members of Congress are Election Deniers and where Election Deniers are holding and running for state offices, is available at ElectionDeniers.org.

  ➡️ READ: Election Denial in U.S. Congress

• States United partnered with the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office to produce a new video for their informational series, What’s New in Blue. The video provides peer-to-peer guidance for law enforcement leaders on how to prepare their teams for upcoming elections, how to partner with election officials, and more.

  ➡️ WATCH: What’s New in Blue: Preparing for a Safe Election Season

• Eleven of former President Trump’s allies were arraigned in Arizona on Tuesday on charges related to their attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Each defendant pleaded not guilty.
• Closing arguments in Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York are scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The jury will then begin deliberating and could deliver a decision as soon as next week.
• Rudy Giuliani agreed to stop falsely accusing two Georgia election workers of election fraud. The workers previously won their defamation case against Giuliani, awarding them $148 million in damages, but Giuliani has continued to spread lies about them.

State of the States

In Michigan, a federal appeals court rejected a request by Trump ally Sidney Powell and five other lawyers to overturn $152,000 in sanctions that the court approved last year. The sanctions were originally imposed by a court in 2021 following a meritless lawsuit brought by the defendants that sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan. The court warned the lawyers that further filings in the case could subject them to greater sanctions. Following the court’s decision, Powell agreed to pay. “The attorneys involved in this meritless election lawsuit betrayed their professional obligations,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said about the decision. “This stunt is just their latest attempt to evade sanctions they owe the State of Michigan. I’m glad the Court rejected this frivolous attempt to skirt justice.”

Clip of the Week

States United and the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office teamed up to produce a new episode of their informational series, What’s New in Blue. You can watch the whole episode below.

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