Donald Trump’s late endorsement in the Pennsylvania governor’s race seems likely to ensure that, come Wednesday morning, the GOP nominee will be state Sen. Doug Mastriano.

That would mean the party’s pick for Pennsylvania’s top executive office would be a man who led the efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. Mastriano, according to a Senate Judiciary Committee report, “raised a litany of false and debunked claims of widespread election fraud,” both by holding hearings on the subject and reaching out to the Justice Department. And video apparently shows that he even “took part in the January 6 insurrection” by crossing police lines and breached barricades at the Capitol.

(There is no evidence Mastriano entered the Capitol itself, and he has said he didn’t. He has not been charged with a crime, though he was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee.)

Pennsylvania, though, is just one of many states to hold a primary that could lead to an election truther gaining a position of great power — and potentially impacting how future elections like 2024 are decided.

GOP primaries are rife with candidates making bogus claims of widespread voter fraud and even a “stolen election.” But there’s a difference between becoming 1 of 100 senators saying that and being someone who can certify an election (or not). And there are a handful of election truthers who actually have a good shot at soon exercising such power.

Below is a look at who those candidates are, how they’re doing,...

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