Election Denial In The Race For Pennsylvania Governor

This article by Ian Vandewalker is published by the Brennan Center for Justice. Here is an excerpt:

In Pennsylvani­a’s primary elec­tion Tues­day, voters will choose the nomin­ees for the seat being vacated by Gov. Tom Wolf (D). Elec­tion denial — the stance that Pres­id­ent Biden didn’t actu­ally win the 2020 elec­tion — has loomed large in the contest. The issue has the poten­tial to affect the 2024 elec­tions, since Pennsylvani­a’s governor appoints the secret­ary of the common­wealth, who is the state’s chief elec­tions offi­cial.

Amid national atten­tion to this battle­ground state, the lead­ing candid­ates in both parties have focused on elec­tion denial in their pitches to voters. Although there are several elec­tion deniers who have posted multi-million-dollar fundrais­ing, the candid­ate who has opposed the Big Lie, Attor­ney General Josh Shapiro (D), has raised more than all the elec­tion deniers combined. 

In the Repub­lican primary, polls show State Sen. Doug Mastri­ano with a comfort­able lead, followed by former Rep. Lou Barletta, former Delaware County Commis­sioner Dave White, and former U.S. Attor­ney Bill McSwain. All but McSwain have embraced the Big Lie.

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