We asked all 143 Texas GOP congressional candidates about President Biden's win. Only 13 call it legitimate.
In this file photo, hundreds of Trump supporters and counter-protesters gather near the Capitol Building for the Stop the Steal Rally in Atlanta, GA.The issue has fueled primary challenges to four of the five Texas Republicans up for re-election who voted to certify the 2020 election results, including U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw.
Trump this week endorsed Monica De La Cruz, a Republican in a crowded South Texas primary who attended “Stop the Steal” rallies in 2020 and claimed voter fraud“Every candidate is having to navigate these waters as best they can in terms of what they believe, what they feel like they can say publicly, and then the cost-benefit analysis of doing it,” said Brendan Steinhauser, a Republican strategist. “It’s definitely a front-and-center issue.”17 Texans in Congress declined to certify Biden’s win.
conducted from late January to early February, 67 percent of Republicans said they did not believe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, three times the number who said he had.