Jonathan J. Cooper | Associated Press

Politics & Government

Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles

Jonathan J. Cooper | Associated Press

Republican lawmakers who've spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in the major battleground states of Pennsylvania and Arizona.
Politics & Government

Arizona GOP Election Audit Draws Pennsylvania GOP Lawmakers

Jonathan J. Cooper | Associated Press

Three Pennsylvania lawmakers will be in Arizona Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s partisan audit of the 2020 election. They’re the latest Republicans to make a pilgrimage to Phoenix, Ground Zero in the “stop the steal” movement’s push to find support for the far-fetched conspiracy theories suggesting the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.