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Election Officials Say Wisconsin Republican’s Claims ‘Lack Any Merit’ [1]

['Nick Corasaniti']

Date: 2024-11-13

Eric Hovde, the Republican candidate for Senate in Wisconsin who is projected to lose to Senator Tammy Baldwin, said this week that the election was tainted by “inconsistencies” in the vote, prompting election officials to say his claims “lack any merit.”

Mr. Hovde’s assertions, which were made in a video he posted on X on Tuesday, make him the first prominent Republican to suggest that last week’s election was rigged against him. Mr. Hovde pointed to a series of theories similar to those former President Donald J. Trump used to try to discredit his defeat in 2020.

Mr. Trump has dropped his claims of corrupt elections since he won the White House last week. Mr. Hovde made no mention of Mr. Trump’s 30,000-vote victory in Wisconsin and whether he believed that vote was also marred.

He said he was weighing whether to contest the result. He trails Ms. Baldwin by about 29,000 votes in preliminary results.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/election-wisconsin-senate-eric-hovde.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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