As Democrats managed to stave off Republican domination in Congress, President Joe Biden expressed happiness that his Democratic party has performed better than expected and the projected Republican "giant red wave" did not happen.
Here's taking a look at why that may be. In states, where presidential races tend to get competitive, election deniers lost, particularly vehement deniers who ran for Pennsylvania governor and Michigan governor and secretary of state, CNN reported. Most of these deniers had embraced Donald Trump's 'Big Lie' that he won the 2020 election. This bought them endorsement from the former president. And while this helped them through the primaries, it didn't get them enough voter support on election day.
For instance, extreme Republican Doug Mastriano lost against Democrat Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania. He was heavily endorsed by Trump and took a hardline stance on several issues-- he said gay marriage should be illegal and same-sex couples should not be allowed to adopt. He also maintained that women who flouted the proposed six-week abortion ban should be charged with murder. Kari Lake, another election denier could be met with the same fate. The same could be said of Mark Finchem, who is running to be a house representative from Arizona. Finchem had said the 2020 election was 'rigged' and was 'fraud'. He was also for ditching voting machines and in favour of hand-counting ballots.
Republican John Gibbs was defeated by Democrat Hillary Scholten to be a representative of Grand Rapids in Michigan. Gibbs called the results of the 2020 elections 'mathematically impossible' another denier, Don Bolduc lost the Senate seat from New Hampshire to Democrat Maggie Hassan. Robert Burns (senate seat for New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District), Dan Cox (Maryland Governor) and Darren Bailey (Illinois Governor) too lost.
Bailey had said in 2020 that the idea that Trump should concede is “appalling.” Cox wanted to put armed guards at every school and said that the 2020 election was 'stolen'.
