WASHINGTON — Today, the DLCC is launching its Threats to Democracy website, a database that features a list of Republican candidates and lawmakers who have spread dangerous election conspiracies, attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, or have otherwise threatened our democracy. The DLCC identified at least 6 Republican candidates for Nevada’s state legislature on the ballot in the November midterms who fit that criteria. Nationally, the committee has found at least 1,007 Republican state legislators and candidates are complicit in the ongoing attacks on our democracy. Nevada is a crucial state for the path to the presidency. Nevadans can’t trust MAGA Republicans to protect their sacred right to vote.
“Make no mistake, state legislatures are on the front lines of the battle to protect fair and free elections,” said DLCC executive director Heather Williams. “Nevada election deniers and MAGA candidates want to control their state legislature so they can override voters and decide the outcome of future elections. The surest way to protect democracy and beat back the MAGA movement in 2022 is to elect Democrats in Nevada and to statehouses all across the country.”
Here are just a few examples from Nevada:
- Cherlyn Arrington (SD-12) has claimed she was a “founding member” of the Oath Keepers and has spread election conspiracy theories on social media.
- Jon Petrick (AD-21) has spread baseless claims about irregularities in the 2020 election stating “we all know that voter fraud occurred” and sharing a petition to encourage decertifying the election.
- Jacob Deaville (AD-37) has claimed Donald Trump bears no responsibility for January 6th and has falsely claimed the 2020 election was decided by tampering and fraud.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee was the first and only entity committed to identifying, tracking, and condemning the hundreds of Republican state lawmakers who aided and abetted Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Its current Threats to Democracy website holds the most comprehensive account of state legislators and state legislative candidates complicit in the ongoing attack on our democracy. With more than 7,300 state legislative seats, the research for this project is ongoing, and the list continues to grow. The DLCC research team is actively soliciting tips for additional information at [email protected].
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