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Who’s Bankrolling Election Deniers? - Election-denying secretary of state candidates have raised

17 Nov 2022

“ If individuals who deny In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential the outcome of the 2020 election, people across the political spectrum have taken a greater interest in presidential election are the role of secretaries of state (and other successful in their bids for positions) in administering elections. [...] A portion of the money this PAC has raised has gone to support candidates and groups that Trump views as allies, including some candidates running for the position of secretary of state who have echoed Trump’s lies about the integrity of the 2020 election. [...] In addition to the contributions that Byrne has directly made to election denier secretary of state candidates, a nonprofit that he co-founded and funds — called The America Project — has provided nearly half of the $347,000 raised to date by a PAC led by Nevada GOP Secretary of State candidate Jim Marchant that is boosting election denier secretary of state candidates across the country. [...] Lewis & Margaret Topper • $15,000 to Jody Hice, who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in Georgia • $9,300 to Mark Finchem, GOP nominee for secretary of state in Arizona • $5,000 to Kristina Karamo, GOP nominee for secretary of state in Michigan • $2,900 to Jim Marchant, GOP nominee for secretary of state in Nevada • $2,500 to Tina Peters, who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in Co. [...] Ron Cameron • $5,000 to Jody Hice, who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in Georgia • $2,900 to Eddie Williams, who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in Arkansas Ron Cameron is the CEO of Mountaire Farms, a company founded in Arkansas in 1914 that is now one of the largest poultry companies in the United States.
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