Arizona certifies, Kari Lake loses
"The certification opens a five-day window for formal election challenges. Republican Kari Lake, who lost the race for governor, is expected to file a lawsuit in the coming days after she's spent weeks of criticizing the administration of the election"
NEW: Outside groups have poured $60 million into Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff since Nov. 8, a new
@opensecrets analysis found.
Super PACs aligned with Republican and Democratic leadership are the top spenders, but the NRA and two pro-Warnock "pop-up" super PACs are also spending big.
Read the story here: crp.org/wawr
#georgia #senate #runoff #superpac #outsidespending #democrat #republican #nra #warnock #walker #2022midterm
Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Republican Senate leadership, just dropped $6.3 million on online, tv and radio ads opposing Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)
It's the super PAC's biggest buy since the Senate race in Georgia advanced to a runoff.
#georgia #senate #runoff #warnock #walker #moneyinpolitics #2022midterm #election
https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/962/202211189546827962/202211189546827962.pdf
One of the biggest takeaways of the #2022midterm elections:
Voters called BS on election deniers.
(I hope search committees reconsider largely ignoring election science in faculty searches)
https://www.npr.org/election-deniers-running-to-oversee-voting-mostly-lost
Michigan's Jocelyn Benson and Minnesota's Steve Simon beat election deniers to oversee voting systems in their states. A key race in Arizona remains undecided. Nationwide, no major violence broke out at polling sites and losing candidates have generally chosen to concede rather than raise allegations of fraud.<br/><br/>This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, voting correspondent Miles Parks, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.<br/><br/><em>Support the show and unlock sponsor-free listening with a subscription to The NPR Politics Podcast Plus. Learn more at </em><a href="https://plus.npr.org/politics"><em>plus.npr.org/politics</em></a><em> <br/><br/></em><strong>Connect:</strong><br/>Email the show at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br/>Join the NPR Politics Podcast <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/nprpoliticspodcast/?ref=pages_profile_groups_tab&source_id=1604383669807606">Facebook Group</a>.<br/>Subscribe to the <a href="https://www.npr.org/politicsnewsletter">NPR Politics Newsletter</a>.
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