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Anne Applebaum Nov 13, 2022

In its way, this is the most important election story: All of the election-denying secretaries of state in swing states lost. That means an attempt to repeat Jan 6 and steal the 2024 election will be a lot more difficult https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/us/politics/jim-marchant-nevada.html

Voters Reject Election Deniers Running to Take Over Elections

With Jim Marchant’s defeat by Cisco Aguilar in Nevada’s secretary of state race, all but one of the “America First” slate of candidates who espoused conspiracy theories about the 2020 election were defeated.

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@anneapplebaum I'm so glad about this, it was a nightmare scenario.

I wish a bit more ink had been spilled on the explicit QAnon connection, how these SoS candidates were publicly part of a 'coalition' put together by QAnon promoter Juan O'Savin.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-qanon-influencer-juan-o-savin-became-this-midterms-most-worrying-figure

How QAnon Influencer Juan O. Savin Became This Midterm’s Most Worrying Figure

It’s highly likely that candidates who are part of a coalition put together by Juan O. Savin will win their races, according to Fever Dreams’ Will Sommer and Kelly Weill.

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