Many Republicans who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread 2020 election fraud are winning primaries, with some advancing to positions where they could influence running future elections if voters put them in office this fall.
Primaries in five states this week offered the latest examples of nominating contests that selected candidates for offices with election-oversight responsibilities who have pledged loyalty to Mr. Trump, a trend that played out earlier this year in Pennsylvania and Nevada.
Arizona’s still-uncalled GOP nomination race for governor is being watched especially closely because of its potential implications for the 2024 election. The battleground state recorded the nation’s second-narrowest outcome in the 2020 presidential race, with Mr. Biden securing his win there by just three-tenths of a percentage point.
Kari Lake, a former television journalist backed by Mr. Trump, had a small lead over the property developer Karrin Taylor Robson with about 80% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press.
Ms. Lake focused much of her campaign on claims that President Biden’s victory in Arizona was fraudulent, even though state election officials have found no widespread evidence of that and a state GOP-backed audit confirmed Mr. Biden’s win.
Ms. Taylor Robson, who has the backing of former Vice President Mike Pence and term-limited Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, was critical of Ms. Lake for alleging without proof that election fraud...
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