“Michigan GOP formally nominates two Trump-backed election deniers for key statewide offices”

CNN:

The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday nominated two candidates for statewide office who have denied the results of the 2020 presidential election and would have oversight of the state’s elections if they win in November.Party delegates formally nominated Kristina Karamo for secretary of state and Matthew DePerno for state attorney general at their party’s state nominating convention in Lansing, the party’s spokesperson confirmed to CNN.

At least 11 Republican nominees for state elections chief have disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 electionThe two candidates, who both have former President Donald Trump‘s backing, had previously earned the party’s endorsement at a convention in April. Michigan Republicans also picked former state Rep. Shane Hernandez as their nominee for lieutenant governor on a ticket with gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon to challenge Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, the party announced in a statement.

Karamo will next face Democratic incumbent Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson while DePerno will take on Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel in November….

Karamo, a community college professor and right-wing commentator, has falsely claimed that Trump won Michigan in 2020 and alleged that she witnessed fraud as a poll challenger during Michigan’s count of absentee voter ballots.

DePerno is a Kalamazoo-based lawyer who led a failed lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in Antrim County, Michigan.

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