# Reject the oath-breakers and election-deniers on the ballot tomorrow 

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/reject-the-oath-breakers-and-election-deniers-on-the-ballot-tomorrow/
- Published: 2026-11-02T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:02:04+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6185482-reject-election-deniers-midterms/
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- An opinion writer urged voters to reject candidates who denied the 2020 result.
- States United identified 197 such candidates across 43 states.
- The group counted fewer such candidates than in the 2022 midterms.

## Summary

In an opinion article published on 2 November 2026, William S. Becker urged Americans voting in the following day’s midterm elections to reject candidates who disputed the 2020 presidential result. His argument drew on research by States United Action, which identified 197 such candidates on ballots for congressional or statewide office across 43 states. The group’s definition covers candidates who spread false claims that Donald Trump won in 2020, refused to certify the result, or tried to overturn it. Its figures included 164 congressional candidates and 33 candidates for governor, attorney general or secretary of state.

Becker argued that these offices matter because state officials help administer elections and members of Congress will have a role in certifying the 2028 presidential result. He also raised the Fourteenth Amendment’s restriction on officeholding after insurrection, although whether it applies to any particular candidate is a separate legal question; disputing an election result does not itself establish disqualification. States United’s comparison with 2022 found fewer candidates meeting its definition in 2026, while maintaining that those elected could still influence future elections. The article was an appeal to voters, rather than a report of an election outcome.

## Coverage

- [The Hill: Reject the oath-breakers and election-deniers on the ballot tomorrow ](https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6185482-reject-election-deniers-midterms/)
- [States United Democracy Center: NOVEMBER LANDSCAPE: Nearly 200 Election Deniers Across 43 States are on Midterm Ballots](https://statesunited.org/200-election-deniers-43-states-midterm-ballots/)
- [States United Democracy Center: Election Denial on the Ballot: 2022 to 2026](https://statesunited.org/resources/election-denial-ballot-2022-2026/)

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