Two Republican officials write in an opinion piece that Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress and governorships in Tuesday's 2026 elections, and urge Republicans to confront election denialism.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
Two Republican officials, Thomas Galvin and Gabriel Sterling, write in an opinion piece for the Washington Examiner that Democrats won decisively on Tuesday, capturing both chambers of Congress and governorships across the country.
Galvin, a Republican supervisor on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona, and Sterling, a senior fellow at the Secure Democracy Foundation and former chief operating officer for Georgia's Republican secretary of state, write that election conspiracies do not disappear when political winds shift.
"Unless Republicans confront it now, once and for all, our party will continue paying the ultimate price," they write.
They describe a network of activists, influencers, and organizations that they say have built an infrastructure intended to last, and say that for some, baselessly attacking election administration has become a business model.
The authors say Arizona has spent years and millions in taxpayer dollars battling baseless election allegations, losing election professionals, and combating harassment and threats directed at election officials. In Georgia, they say audits, recounts, and investigations repeatedly affirmed the 2020 presidential election results, yet public servants faced intimidation and threats of violence.
They thank election officials and workers who made Tuesday's election possible, and say remaining eligible ballots will be counted, records reconciled, canvasses and audits conducted, and results verified before certification.
The piece argues that voters told Republicans they should be focused on real issues like fighting corruption, addressing affordability, and reversing inflation, and that the party must choose between indulging voices that profit from distrust or recommitting to conservative principles.
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