

The State of the 2022 Midterm Elections Both parties are making their final pitches ahead of the Nov. Trump are hesitant to say that they will not fight the results. Kemp, now running against her for another term, “will of course accept the outcome of the 2022 election,” said his press secretary, Tate Mitchell.īut several Republicans endorsed by Mr. All of the Democrats said, or have said publicly, that they would respect the November results - including Stacey Abrams of Georgia, who refused to concede her 2018 defeat to Brian Kemp in the state’s race for governor. The New York Times contacted Republican and Democratic candidates or their aides in 20 key contests for governor and the Senate. candidates, have pre-emptively cast doubt on how their states count votes. All of them, along with many other G.O.P. When asked, six Trump-backed Republican nominees for governor and the Senate in midterm battlegrounds would not commit to accepting this year’s election results, and another six Republicans ignored or declined to answer a question about embracing the November outcome.

Trump refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election, some of his most loyal Republican acolytes might follow in his footsteps. WASHINGTON - Nearly two years after President Donald J.
