GOP Senate candidates backed legal challenges to the 2020 election

The suit called into question roughly 40,000 votes, more than Biden’s nearly 34,000-vote margin of victory in the state, and alleged that illegal ballots were cast by dead voters, people who did not live in Nevada and people who voted in another state.

Clark County District Court Judge James T. Russell dismissed the case, writing in a ruling that “there is no credible or reliable evidence that the 2020 general election in Nevada was affected by fraud.” The state Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s ruling.

In neighboring Arizona, Lamon and other Trump electors filed a lawsuit against Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs that sought to decertify the state’s results. The lawsuit alleged that phone surveys and statistical modeling showed there were “at least 412,494 illegal ballots that were counted in Arizona,” or more than 10 percent of ballots cast. Biden won the state by more than 10,000 votes.

U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa dismissed the case, writing in her ruling that “the Complaint’s allegations are sorely wanting of relevant or reliable evidence.” The ruling was appealed, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the case.

In Pennsylvania, Army veteran Sean Parnell, who lost a House race last fall and has Trump’s endorsement in his bid for the state’s open Senate seat, joined GOP Rep. Mike Kelly in a lawsuit that sought to toss out all of the Keystone State’s mail ballots.

*** This article has been archived for your research. The original version from Roll Call can be found here ***