Republican Senators who challenged legitimacy of Joe Biden’s election

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14 May 2024

Each federal election cycle, one-third of the US Senate is up for grabs.

Since January 7, 2021, 29 Republican Senators have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. No Senator questioned the legitimacy of their own elections in either 2018, 2020 or 2022.

 

2024 Senate elections

These 11 Republican Senate seats are either up for re-election or vacant in November 2024.Senators who either challenged the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s election as president or refused to certify 2020 election results (six of the 11) are bolded.

There are 33 states with elections this fall; states that are blue are currently occupied by a Democratic Senator.

  1. Arizona – open seat (Trump, 49.0%)
  2. California – open seat (Trump, 34.3%)
  3. Connecticut
  4. Delaware – open seat (Trump, 39.8%)
  5. Florida, Rick Scott (Trump, 51.2%)
  6. Hawaii
  7. Indiana – open seat (Trump, 57.0%)
  8. Maine (independent)
  9. Maryland – open seat (Trump, 32.1%)
  10. Massachusetts
  11. Michigan – open seat (Trump, 47.8%)
  12. Minnesota
  13. Mississippi, Roger Wicker (Trump, 57.5%)
  14. Missouri, Josh Hawley (Trump, 56.9%)
  15. Montana
  16. Nebraska, Deb Fischer (Trump, 59.2%)
  17. Nebraska, Pete Ricketts (special)
  18. Nevada
  19. New Jersey, Menendez, indicted (Trump, 41.3%)
  20. New Mexico
  21. New York
  22. North Dakota, Kevin Cramer (Trump, 65.1%)
  23. Ohio
  24. Pennsylvania
  25. Rhode Island
  26. Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn (Trump, 60.7%)
  27. Texas, Ted Cruz (Trump, 52.1%)
  28. Utah – open seat (Trump, 58.1%)
  29. Vermont (independent)
  30. Virginia
  31. Washington
  32. West Virginia – open seat (Trump, 68.6%)
  33. Wisconsin
  34. Wyoming, John Barrasso (Trump, 69.9%)

 

2022 mid-term elections

In the 2022 mid-term elections, more than half of the Republican  candidates for the US Senate (these 19) challenged the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s election as president. Ten of the 19 won.

States where the Republican candidate won are bolded (nine). If Trump got more votes (%, 2020) then the state is both bolded and red (six).

  1. Alabama, Katie Britt, won, 66.6% (Trump, 62.0%)
  2. Arizona, Blake Masters, lost (Trump, 49.0%)
  3. California, Mark Meuser, lost (Trump, 34.3%)
  4. Georgia, Herschel Walker, lost (Trump, 49.2%)
  5. Kentucky, Rand Paul, won, 61.8% (Trump, 62.1%)
  6. Louisiana, John Kennedy, won, 61.6% (Trump, 58.5%)
  7. Maryland, Chris Chaffee, lost (Trump, 32.1%)
  8. Missouri, Eric Schmitt, won, 55.4% (Trump, 56.8%)
  9. Nevada, Adam Laxalt, lost (Trump, 47.7%)
  10. New Hampshire, Don Bolduc, lost (Trump, 45.4%)
  11. North Carolina, Ted Budd, won, 50.5% (Trump, 49.9%)
  12. Ohio, J.D. Vance, won, 53.0% (Trump, 53.3%)
  13. Oklahoma, James Lankford, won, 64.3% (Trump, 65.4%)
  14. Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, won, 61.8% (special election)
  15. Oregon, Jo Rae Perkins, lost (Trump, 40.4%)
  16. Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, lost (Trump, 48.8%)
  17. Utah, Mike Lee, won, 53.2% (Trump, 58.1%)
  18. Washington, Tiffany Smiley, lost (Trump, 38.8%)
  19. Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, won, 50.4% (Trump, 48.8%)

 

2020 certification

In 2020, these 20 Republicans were elected or re-elected. Those who voted on January 7 to contest the 2020 presidential election are bolded (four of the 11 where Trump’s vote share exceeded theirs).

States where Trump got more votes (%) than the senator are bolded and red (10).

  1. Alabama, Tommy Tuberville, 60.1% (Trump, 62.0%)
  2. Alaska, Dan Sullivan, 53.9% (Trump, 52.8%)
  3. Arkansas, Tom Cotton, 66.5% (Trump, 62.4%)
  4. Idaho, Jim Risch, 62.6% (Trump, 63.8%)
  5. Iowa, Joni Ernst, 51.8% (Trump, 53.1%)
  6. Kansas, Pat Marshall, 53.25% (Trump, 56.1%)
  7. Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, 57.8% (Trump, 62.1%)
  8. Louisiana, Bill Cassidy, 59.3% (Trump, 58.5%)
  9. Maine, Susan Collins, 51.0% (Trump, 44.0%)
  10. Mississippi, Cindy Hyde-Smith, 54.1% (Trump, 57.5%)
  11. Montana, Steve Daines, 55.0% (Trump, 56.9%)
  12. Nebraska, Ben Sasse, 62.7% (Trump, 58.2%)
  13. North Carolina, Thom Tillis, 48.7% (Trump, 49.9%)
  14. Oklahoma, Jim Inhofe, 62.9% (Trump, 65.4%)
  15. South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, 54.5% (Trump, 55.1%)
  16. South Dakota, Mike Rounds, 65.7% (Trump, 61.8%)
  17. Tennessee, Bill Hagerty, 62.2% (Trump, 60.7%)
  18. Texas, John Cornyn, 53.5% (Trump, 52.1%)
  19. West Virginia, Shelley MooreCapito, 70.3% (Trump, 68.6%)
  20. Wyoming, Cynthia Lummis, 73.1% (Trump, 69.9%)