Michael Rydin News Today

Mega-donors have spent millions of dollars supporting election deniers for federal and state offices in the South, while Republican-controlled states have launched law enforcement units aimed at fueling the deniers’ narrative. But all that spending so far hasn’t translated into big wins for deniers in key positions.

Fundraising for elections has been steadily increasing, reaching unprecedented levels in 2020. This year, the numbers are skyrocketing in a previously low-stakes arena: elections for secretary of state. According to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice, false claims about the 2020 presidential election are fueling the exponential rise.

"Prom­in­ent elec­tion deniers have attrac­ted large dona­tions—often the legal maximum—from donors who are active in multiple states," warns a new report.