{"id":131383,"date":"2023-02-20T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=131383"},"modified":"2023-02-20T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:53:00","slug":"michigan-gop-selects-2020-election-denier-as-party-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/michigan-gop-selects-2020-election-denier-as-party-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan GOP selects 2020 election denier as party leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/QhfA7Qmam7eaZ_AvScx9XzMX-NU=\/0x67:3000x1755\/1920x1080\/2023\/02\/19\/1676840267713.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Kristina Karamo, a Republican candidate for secretary of state, speaks during a Save America rally on Oct. 1, 2022, in Warren, Michigan. Photo: Emily Elconin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday selected Kristina Karamo, who denied the 2020 election results and has not conceded her 14-point loss in the 2022 midterm election for Michigan secretary of state, to be its next state chair. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>Karamo defeated Trump-backed candidate Matthew DePerno after three rounds of voting to lead the Republican Party ahead of the 2024 election in a crucial battleground state.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DePerno lost his bid for attorney general by eight percentage points in 2022. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they&#x27;re saying: <\/strong>&quot;We cannot wait to get work done as one Michigan Republican Party,&quot; Karamo said, Reuters reports. &quot;We are going to beat the Democrats in 24.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big picture: <\/strong>Before her 2022 midterm election, Karamo spread conspiracy theories about absentee voting in Detroit, claiming that &quot;illegal votes&quot; are already plaguing the state&#x27;s largest city, Axios&#x27; Samuel Robinson reports. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karamo has also been a strong supporter of former President Trump. <\/li>\n<li>She has said that she wants to recruit younger members to the Republican Party and forge a new fundraising model that relies less on big donors, per Reuters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom out: <\/strong>Election deniers were on the ballot nationwide during the 2022 midterm elections \u2014 and secretaries of state races became more high-profile than ever. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretaries of state are the chief election officers in 24 states where they&#x27;re elected by voters, Axios&#x27; David Nather reports. <\/li>\n<li>Five election-denier candidates in competitive contests sought secretary of state positions during the 2022 midterms, including Karamo, but none of the candidates were successful, Axios&#x27; Andrew Solender reports. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go deeper&#8230; <\/strong>Secretary of state races intensify<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/19\/kristina-karamo-michigan-republican-party-leader-election-denier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristina Karamo, a Republican candidate for secretary of state, speaks during a Save America rally on Oct. 1, 2022, in Warren, Michigan. 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