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There are 291 Republican election deniers on the ballot.

171 where GOP is

favored to win.

46 are running in

close races.

74 where GOP is

not favored to win.

171 where GOP is

favored to win.

46 are running in

close races.

74 where GOP is

not favored to win.

Where Republican election deniers are on the ballot near you

Follow our election deniers tracking page on election night for real-time results of all 291 races.

By Adrian Blanco

and

Amy Gardner

Updated Nov. 8 at 3:14 p.m.Originally published Oct. 6, 2022

correction

A previous version of this piece provided an incorrect count of the number of Republican nominees who have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election. The correct number is 291, not 299. The error was caused by an incorrect application of the criteria The Post is using to identify election deniers. As a result, the following names have been removed from this list: U.S. House candidates Scott Baugh of California, George Logan of Connecticut, Amanda Adkins of Kansas, John James of Michigan, and Matt Larkin and Dan Matthews of Washington; Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, and U.S. Senate candidate Leora Levy of Connecticut. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon was previously removed from this list because he did not meet the criteria. This piece has been revised.

Election deniers will be on the ballot in 48 of 50 states and make up more than half of all Republicans running for congressional and state offices in the midterm elections. Nearly 300 Republicans seeking those offices this November have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Many will win. More than 170 election deniers are running in districts or states where Republicans are expected to win, according to Cook Political Report race ratings and Partisan Voter Index. Another 46 are running in competitive races.

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Select your state below to see which election deniers will be on the ballot and how competitive their races are expected to be.

Competitive

Color indicates if

Republicans are

favored to win.

Candidate

name*

Incumbent

Office

State

Competitive

Color indicates if

Republicans are

favored to win.

Candidate

name*

Incumbent

Office

State

Competitive

Color indicates if

Republicans are

favored to win.

Candidate

name*

Incumbent

Office

State

State or district lean

GOP favored
Competitive
Not favored

GOP favored

Jerry

Carl*

U.S. House

Ala. 1st

GOP favored

Barry

Moore*

U.S. House

Ala. 2nd

GOP favored

Mike

Rogers*

U.S. House

Ala. 3rd

GOP favored

Robert

Aderholt*

U.S. House

Ala. 4th

GOP favored

Dale

Strong

U.S. House

Ala. 5th

GOP favored

Gary

Palmer*

U.S. House

Ala. 6th

GOP favored

Steve

Marshall*

Attorney Gen.

Alabama

GOP favored

Kay

Ivey*

Governor

Alabama

GOP favored

Katie

Britt

U.S. Senate

Alabama

GOP favored

Kelly C.

Tshibaka

U.S. Senate

Alaska

GOP favored

Andy

Biggs*

U.S. House

Ariz. 5th

GOP favored

Debbie

Lesko*

U.S. House

Ariz. 8th

GOP favored

Paul

Gosar*

U.S. House

Ariz. 9th

GOP favored

Rick

Crawford*

U.S. House

Ark. 1st

GOP favored

Bruce

Westerman*

U.S. House

Ark. 4th

GOP favored

Leslie

Rutledge

Lt. Gov.

Arkansas

GOP favored

Doug

LaMalfa*

U.S. House

Calif. 1st

GOP favored

Tom

McClintock*

U.S. House

Calif. 5th

GOP favored

Kevin

McCarthy*

U.S. House

Calif. 20th

GOP favored

Jay

Obernolte*

U.S. House

Calif. 23th

GOP favored

Darrell

Issa*

U.S. House

Calif. 48th

GOP favored

Lauren

Boebert*

U.S. House

Colo. 3rd

GOP favored

Doug

Lamborn*

U.S. House

Colo. 5th

GOP favored

Matt

Gaetz*

U.S. House

Fla. 1st

GOP favored

Neal

Dunn*

U.S. House

Fla. 2nd

GOP favored

Kat

Cammack*

U.S. House

Fla. 3rd

GOP favored

John

Rutherford*

U.S. House

Fla. 5th

GOP favored

Michael

Waltz*

U.S. House

Fla. 6th

GOP favored

Cory

Mills

U.S. House

Fla. 7th

GOP favored

Bill

Posey*

U.S. House

Fla. 8th

GOP favored

Daniel

Webster*

U.S. House

Fla. 11th

GOP favored

Gus M.

Bilirakis*

U.S. House

Fla. 12th

GOP favored

Greg

Steube*

U.S. House

Fla. 17th

GOP favored

C. Scott

Franklin*

U.S. House

Fla. 18th

GOP favored

Byron

Donalds*

U.S. House

Fla. 19th

GOP favored

Brian

Mast*

U.S. House

Fla. 21th

GOP favored

Mario

Diaz-Balart*

U.S. House

Fla. 26th

GOP favored

Carlos

Gimenez*

U.S. House

Fla. 28th

GOP favored

Earl L. "Buddy"

Carter*

U.S. House

Ga. 1st

GOP favored

Drew

Ferguson*

U.S. House

Ga. 3rd

GOP favored

Rich

McCormick

U.S. House

Ga. 6th

GOP favored

Austin

Scott*

U.S. House

Ga. 8th

GOP favored

Andrew

Clyde*

U.S. House

Ga. 9th

GOP favored

Mike

Collins

U.S. House

Ga. 10th

GOP favored

Barry

Loudermilk*

U.S. House

Ga. 11th

GOP favored

Rick

Allen*

U.S. House

Ga. 12th

GOP favored

Marjorie Taylor

Greene*

U.S. House

Ga. 14th

GOP favored

Russ

Fulcher*

U.S. House

Idaho 1st

GOP favored

Mike

Simpson*

U.S. House

Idaho 2nd

GOP favored

Brad

Little*

Governor

Idaho

GOP favored

Mike

Bost*

U.S. House

Ill. 12th

GOP favored

Mary

Miller*

U.S. House

Ill. 15th

GOP favored

Darin

LaHood*

U.S. House

Ill. 16th

GOP favored

Jim

Banks*

U.S. House

Ind. 3rd

GOP favored

Jim

Baird*

U.S. House

Ind. 4th

GOP favored

Greg

Pence*

U.S. House

Ind. 6th

GOP favored

Diego

Morales

Sec. of State

Indiana

GOP favored

Kim

Reynolds*

Governor

Iowa

GOP favored

Tracey

Mann*

U.S. House

Kan. 1st

GOP favored

Jake

LaTurner*

U.S. House

Kan. 2nd

GOP favored

Ron

Estes*

U.S. House

Kan. 4th

GOP favored

Kris

Kobach

Attorney Gen.

Kansas

GOP favored

Hal

Rogers*

U.S. House

Ky. 5th

GOP favored

Rand

Paul*

U.S. Senate

Kentucky

GOP favored

Andy

Harris*

U.S. House

Md. 1st

GOP favored

Jack

Bergman*

U.S. House

Mich. 1st

GOP favored

John

Moolenaar*

U.S. House

Mich. 2nd

GOP favored

Bill

Huizenga*

U.S. House

Mich. 4th

GOP favored

Tim

Walberg*

U.S. House

Mich. 5th

GOP favored

Lisa

McClain*

U.S. House

Mich. 9th

GOP favored

Tom

Emmer*

U.S. House

Minn. 6th

GOP favored

Michelle

Fischbach*

U.S. House

Minn. 7th

GOP favored

Pete

Stauber*

U.S. House

Minn. 8th

GOP favored

Trent

Kelly*

U.S. House

Miss. 1st

GOP favored

Michael

Guest*

U.S. House

Miss. 3rd

GOP favored

Ann

Wagner*

U.S. House

Mo. 2nd

GOP favored

Blaine

Luetkemeyer*

U.S. House

Mo. 3rd

GOP favored

Mark

Alford

U.S. House

Mo. 4th

GOP favored

Sam

Graves*

U.S. House

Mo. 6th

GOP favored

Eric

Burlison

U.S. House

Mo. 7th

GOP favored

Jason

Smith*

U.S. House

Mo. 8th

GOP favored

Eric

Schmitt

U.S. Senate

Missouri

GOP favored

Matt

Rosendale*

U.S. House

Mont. 2nd

GOP favored

Adrian

Smith*

U.S. House

Neb. 3rd

GOP favored

Jeff

Van Drew*

U.S. House

N.J. 2nd

GOP favored

Elise

Stefanik*

U.S. House

N.Y. 21th

GOP favored

Claudia

Tenney*

U.S. House

N.Y. 24th

GOP favored

Gregory

Murphy*

U.S. House

N.C. 3rd

GOP favored

Virginia

Foxx*

U.S. House

N.C. 5th

GOP favored

David

Rouzer*

U.S. House

N.C. 7th

GOP favored

Dan

Bishop*

U.S. House

N.C. 8th

GOP favored

Richard

Hudson*

U.S. House

N.C. 9th

GOP favored

Brad

Wenstrup*

U.S. House

Ohio 2nd

GOP favored

Jim

Jordan*

U.S. House

Ohio 4th

GOP favored

Bob

Latta*

U.S. House

Ohio 5th

GOP favored

Bill

Johnson*

U.S. House

Ohio 6th

GOP favored

Max

Miller

U.S. House

Ohio 7th

GOP favored

Warren

Davidson*

U.S. House

Ohio 8th

GOP favored

Kevin

Hern*

U.S. House

Okla. 1st

GOP favored

Frank

Lucas*

U.S. House

Okla. 3rd

GOP favored

Tom

Cole*

U.S. House

Okla. 4th

GOP favored

Stephanie I.

Bice*

U.S. House

Okla. 5th

GOP favored

Markwayne

Mullin

U.S. Senate

Oklahoma

GOP favored

Cliff

Bentz*

U.S. House

Ore. 2nd

GOP favored

Dan

Meuser*

U.S. House

Pa. 9th

GOP favored

Scott

Perry*

U.S. House

Pa. 10th

GOP favored

Lloyd

Smucker*

U.S. House

Pa. 11th

GOP favored

John

Joyce*

U.S. House

Pa. 13th

GOP favored

Guy

Reschenthaler*

U.S. House

Pa. 14th

GOP favored

Glenn

Thompson*

U.S. House

Pa. 15th

GOP favored

Mike

Kelly*

U.S. House

Pa. 16th

GOP favored

Joe

Wilson*

U.S. House

S.C. 2nd

GOP favored

Jeff

Duncan*

U.S. House

S.C. 3rd

GOP favored

William

Timmons*

U.S. House

S.C. 4th

GOP favored

Ralph

Norman*

U.S. House

S.C. 5th

GOP favored

Russell

Fry

U.S. House

S.C. 7th

GOP favored

Alan

Wilson*

Attorney Gen.

South Carolina

GOP favored

Kristi

Noem*

Governor

South Dakota

GOP favored

Diana

Harshbarger*

U.S. House

Tenn. 1st

GOP favored

Tim

Burchett*

U.S. House

Tenn. 2nd

GOP favored

Chuck

Fleischmann*

U.S. House

Tenn. 3rd

GOP favored

Scott

DesJarlais*

U.S. House

Tenn. 4th

GOP favored

John

Rose*

U.S. House

Tenn. 6th

GOP favored

Mark

Green*

U.S. House

Tenn. 7th

GOP favored

David

Kustoff*

U.S. House

Tenn. 8th

GOP favored

Dan

Crenshaw*

U.S. House

Tex. 2nd

GOP favored

Keith

Self

U.S. House

Tex. 3rd

GOP favored

Pat

Fallon*

U.S. House

Tex. 4th

GOP favored

Lance

Gooden*

U.S. House

Tex. 5th

GOP favored

Jake

Ellzey*

U.S. House

Tex. 6th

GOP favored

Morgan

Luttrell

U.S. House

Tex. 8th

GOP favored

August

Pfluger*

U.S. House

Tex. 11th

GOP favored

Ronny

Jackson*

U.S. House

Tex. 13th

GOP favored

Randy

Weber*

U.S. House

Tex. 14th

GOP favored

Pete

Sessions*

U.S. House

Tex. 17th

GOP favored

Jodey

Arrington*

U.S. House

Tex. 19th

GOP favored

Troy E.

Nehls*

U.S. House

Tex. 22th

GOP favored

Beth

Van Duyne*

U.S. House

Tex. 24th

GOP favored

Roger

Williams*

U.S. House

Tex. 25th

GOP favored

Michael C.

Burgess*

U.S. House

Tex. 26th

GOP favored

Michael

Cloud*

U.S. House

Tex. 27th

GOP favored

John

Carter*

U.S. House

Tex. 31th

GOP favored

Brian

Babin*

U.S. House

Tex. 36th

GOP favored

Chris

Stewart*

U.S. House

Utah 2nd

GOP favored

Burgess

Owens*

U.S. House

Utah 4th

GOP favored

Rob

Wittman*

U.S. House

Va. 1st

GOP favored

Bob

Good*

U.S. House

Va. 5th

GOP favored

Ben

Cline*

U.S. House

Va. 6th

GOP favored

H. Morgan

Griffith*

U.S. House

Va. 9th

GOP favored

Dan

Newhouse*

U.S. House

Wash. 4th

GOP favored

Cathy

McMorris Rodgers*

U.S. House

Wash. 5th

GOP favored

Carol

Miller*

U.S. House

W.Va. 1st

GOP favored

Alexander

Mooney*

U.S. House

W.Va. 2nd

GOP favored

Scott

Fitzgerald*

U.S. House

Wis. 5th

GOP favored

Tom

Tiffany*

U.S. House

Wis. 7th

GOP favored

Harriet

Hageman

U.S. House

Wyo. At large

GOP favored

Chuck

Gray

Sec. of State

Wyoming

GOP favored

Mike

Dunleavy*

Governor

Alaska

GOP favored

Charlie

Pierce

Governor

Alaska

GOP favored

Edie

Grunwald

Lt. Gov.

Alaska

GOP favored

Anna Paulina

Luna

U.S. House

Fla. 13th

GOP favored

Ashley

Moody*

Attorney Gen.

Florida

GOP favored

Ron

DeSantis*

Governor

Florida

GOP favored

Nicole

Malliotakis*

U.S. House

N.Y. 11th

GOP favored

Dave

Yost*

Attorney Gen.

Ohio

GOP favored

Andy

Ogles

U.S. House

Tenn. 5th

GOP favored

Monica

de la Cruz

U.S. House

Tex. 15th

GOP favored

Ken

Paxton*

Attorney Gen.

Texas

GOP favored

Greg

Abbott*

Governor

Texas

GOP favored

Dan

Patrick*

Lt. Gov.

Texas

GOP favored

Derrick

Van Orden

U.S. House

Wis. 3rd

Competitive

Eli

Crane

U.S. House

Ariz. 2nd

Competitive

Ken

Calvert*

U.S. House

Calif. 41th

Competitive

Maria Elvira

Salazar*

U.S. House

Fla. 27th

Competitive

Burt

Jones

Lt. Gov.

Georgia

Competitive

Ryan

Zinke

U.S. House

Mont. 1st

Competitive

Ted

Budd

U.S. Senate

North Carolina

Competitive

J.D.

Vance

U.S. Senate

Ohio

Competitive

Joe

Kent

U.S. House

Wash. 3rd

Competitive

David

Schweikert*

U.S. House

Ariz. 1st

Competitive

Abraham

Hamadeh

Attorney Gen.

Arizona

Competitive

Kari

Lake

Governor

Arizona

Competitive

Blake

Masters

U.S. Senate

Arizona

Competitive

Mark

Finchem

Sec. of State

Arizona

Competitive

Mike

Garcia*

U.S. House

Calif. 27th

Competitive

Dominic

Rapini

Sec. of State

Connecticut

Competitive

Herschel

Walker

U.S. Senate

Georgia

Competitive

Derek

Schmidt

Governor

Kansas

Competitive

Bruce

Poliquin

U.S. House

Maine 2nd

Competitive

Matthew

DePerno

Attorney Gen.

Michigan

Competitive

Kristina

Karamo

Sec. of State

Michigan

Competitive

Tyler

Kistner

U.S. House

Minn. 2nd

Competitive

Kim

Crockett

Sec. of State

Minnesota

Competitive

April

Becker

U.S. House

Nev. 3rd

Competitive

Sigal

Chattah

Attorney Gen.

Nevada

Competitive

Adam

Laxalt

U.S. Senate

Nevada

Competitive

Jim

Marchant

Sec. of State

Nevada

Competitive

Karoline

Leavitt

U.S. House

N.H. 1st

Competitive

Yvette

Herrell*

U.S. House

N.M. 2nd

Competitive

Audrey

Trujillo

Sec. of State

New Mexico

Competitive

Hines

U.S. House

N.C. 13th

Competitive

Steve

Chabot*

U.S. House

Ohio 1st

Competitive

Madison

Gesiotto Gilbert

U.S. House

Ohio 13th

Competitive

Jim

Bognet

U.S. House

Pa. 8th

Competitive

Mehmet

U.S. Senate

Pennsylvania

Competitive

Mayra

Flores*

U.S. House

Tex. 34th

Competitive

Jen

Kiggans

U.S. House

Va. 2nd

Competitive

Yesli

Vega

U.S. House

Va. 7th

Competitive

Tim

Michels

Governor

Wisconsin

Competitive

Sarah

Palin

U.S. House

Alaska At large

Competitive

Regan

Deering

U.S. House

Ill. 13th

Competitive

Paul

LePage

Governor

Maine

Competitive

John

Gibbs

U.S. House

Mich. 3rd

Competitive

Tudor

Dixon

Governor

Michigan

Competitive

Sam

Peters

U.S. House

Nev. 4th

Competitive

Don

Bolduc

U.S. Senate

New Hampshire

Competitive

J.R.

Majewski

U.S. House

Ohio 9th

Not favored

Kelly

Cooper

U.S. House

Ariz. 4th

Not favored

Erik

Aadland

U.S. House

Colo. 7th

Not favored

Catalina

Lauf

U.S. House

Ill. 11th

Not favored

Neil

Parrott

U.S. House

Md. 6th

Not favored

Scott

Jensen

Governor

Minnesota

Not favored

Lee

Zeldin

Governor

New York

Not favored

Sandy

Smith

U.S. House

N.C. 1st

Not favored

Doug

Mastriano

Governor

Pennsylvania

Not favored

Hung

Cao

U.S. House

Va. 10th

Not favored

Beatrice

Nichols

U.S. House

Ala. 7th

Not favored

Jeffrey

Zink

U.S. House

Ariz. 3rd

Not favored

Luis

Pozzolo

U.S. House

Ariz. 7th

Not favored

Rudy

Recile

U.S. House

Calif. 8th

Not favored

John

Dennis

U.S. House

Calif. 11th

Not favored

Alison

Hayden

U.S. House

Calif. 14th

Not favored

Jeff

Gorman

U.S. House

Calif. 19th

Not favored

Brian

Hawkins

U.S. House

Calif. 25th

Not favored

Lucie

Lapointe Volotzky

U.S. House

Calif. 32th

Not favored

Mike

Cargile

U.S. House

Calif. 35th

Not favored

Joe

Collins

U.S. House

Calif. 36th

Not favored

Eric

Ching

U.S. House

Calif. 38th

Not favored

John

Briscoe

U.S. House

Calif. 42th

Not favored

Omar

Navarro

U.S. House

Calif. 43th

Not favored

Tyler

Geffeney

U.S. House

Calif. 52th

Not favored

Jennifer

Qualteri

U.S. House

Colo. 1st

Not favored

Heidi

Ganahl

Governor

Colorado

Not favored

Lee

Murphy

U.S. House

Del. At large

Not favored

Scotty

Moore

U.S. House

Fla. 9th

Not favored

Calvin

Wimbish

U.S. House

Fla. 10th

Not favored

Drew-Montez

Clark

U.S. House

Fla. 20th

Not favored

Dan

Franzese

U.S. House

Fla. 22th

Not favored

Jesus

Navarro

U.S. House

Fla. 24th

Not favored

Carla

Spalding

U.S. House

Fla. 25th

Not favored

Mark

Gonsalves

U.S. House

Ga. 7th

Not favored

Caesar

Gonzales

U.S. House

Ga. 13th

Not favored

Joe

Akana

U.S. House

Hawaii 2nd

Not favored

Seaula

Tupai

Lt. Gov.

Hawaii

Not favored

Darren

Bailey

Governor

Illinois

Not favored

Nicolee

Ambrose

U.S. House

Md. 2nd

Not favored

Chris

Palombi

U.S. House

Md. 5th

Not favored

Scott M.

Collier

U.S. House

Md. 7th

Not favored

Michael Anthony

Peroutka

Attorney Gen.

Maryland

Not favored

Dan

Cox

Governor

Maryland

Not favored

Gordana

Schifanelli

Lt. Gov.

Maryland

Not favored

Chris

Chaffee

U.S. Senate

Maryland

Not favored

Jeffrey

Sossa-Paquette

U.S. House

Mass. 2nd

Not favored

Caroline

Colarusso

U.S. House

Mass. 5th

Not favored

Donnie

Palmer

U.S. House

Mass. 7th

Not favored

Geoff

Diehl

Governor

Massachusetts

Not favored

Leah Cole

Allen

Lt. Gov.

Massachusetts

Not favored

Rayla

Campbell

Sec. of State

Massachusetts

Not favored

Brian

Flowers

U.S. House

Miss. 2nd

Not favored

Jacob

Turk

U.S. House

Mo. 5th

Not favored

Billy

Prempeh

U.S. House

N.J. 9th

Not favored

Darius

Mayfield

U.S. House

N.J. 12th

Not favored

Michelle

Garcia Holmes

U.S. House

N.M. 1st

Not favored

Thomas

Zmich

U.S. House

N.Y. 6th

Not favored

Yuri

Dashevsky

U.S. House

N.Y. 8th

Not favored

Benine

Hamdan

U.S. House

N.Y. 10th

Not favored

Elizabeth

Joy

U.S. House

N.Y. 20th

Not favored

Courtney

Geels

U.S. House

N.C. 4th

Not favored

Tyler

Lee

U.S. House

N.C. 12th

Not favored

Joanna

Harbour

U.S. House

Ore. 3rd

Not favored

Jo Rae

Perkins

U.S. Senate

Oregon

Not favored

Charlotte

Bergmann

U.S. House

Tenn. 9th

Not favored

Irene

Armendariz-Jackson

U.S. House

Tex. 16th

Not favored

Carmen Maria

Montiel

U.S. House

Tex. 18th

Not favored

Kyle

Sinclair

U.S. House

Tex. 20th

Not favored

Jenny

Garcia Sharon

U.S. House

Tex. 37th

Not favored

H. Brooke

Paige

Sec. of State

Vermont

Not favored

Leon

Benjamin

U.S. House

Va. 4th

Not favored

Elizabeth

Kreiselmaier

U.S. House

Wash. 6th

Not favored

Doug

Basler

U.S. House

Wash. 9th

Not favored

Keith

Swank

U.S. House

Wash. 10th

Update (Oct. 6): An earlier version of this graphic omitted from the list Virginia 2nd Congressional District candidate Jen Kiggans, who expressed support for a partisan post-election ballot review. That is among the criteria The Post uses for identifying candidates who denied or challenged election results.

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The Post has identified candidates as election deniers if they directly questioned Biden’s victory, opposed the counting of Biden’s electoral college votes, expressed support for a partisan post-election ballot review, signed onto a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 result or attended or expressed support for the rally on the day of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The lean of the state or the district was determined using Cook Political Report ratings, as of Nov. 7, when available. Cook Partisan Voter Index (PVI) has been used to determine the lean for those races where Cook ratings were not available. Cook’s solid and likely categories are grouped as safe districts or states. Cook’s lean and toss-up categories are shown as competitive races here.

Photos from AP, Getty, Washington Post photographers and official government websites. Photos of Steve Marshall and Kay Ivey by the Montgomery Advertiser. Photo of Katie Britt by Butch Dill.

Chris Alcantara, Aadit Tambe and Harry Stevens contributed to this report. Photo editing by Christine Nguyen. Copy editing by Jamie Zega.

Alexander Fernandez, Hayden Godfrey, Solène Guarinos, Eva Herscowitz, Audrey Hill, Audrey Morales, Lalini Pedris, Alexandra Rivera and Ron Simon III with the American University-Washington Post practicum program and Vanessa Montalbano, Tobi Raji and John Sullivan contributed to this report.