I’ve seen a few stories about Repubs who voted to impeach Donald John Trump, but haven’t seen any kind of overview of those who voted to overturn the 2020 election. So I looked around. It’s kind of tricky since this is a redistricting year, and it’s still early so some states are still holding primaries. But here’s an overview.
There were 147 Repub members of Congress (eight in the Senate, 139 in the House) who voted to overturn the election results in either Arizona (2), in Pennsylvania (20), or in both.
Only one of the eight senators is up for reelection this year (Kennedy of Louisiana). But 130 in the House are up for reelection in 2022. Two have already lost primaries from the right. Only 15 are unopposed by Democrats (though several still have primaries or primary runoffs, and some will face third-party opponents in the general election).
Five House Repubs opted to run for the Senate. Odds have it that maybe two of them (Mullin in Oklahoma and Budd in North Carolina) will win their races and move to the cooling saucer. One has already lost in a primary runoff (Brooks in Alabama), and the other two probably won’t win their primaries.
One ran for the state’s attorney general (Gohmert in Texas, who lost the primary), one for secretary of state (Hice in Georgia, who lost the primary), and one for governor (Zeldin in New York, whose primary is on 28 June, and who has a decent chance to be nominated, but low prospects in November against the incumbent Democrat).
Two died, and four quit (including one, Jacobs in New York, due to NRA backlash over suggesting we should adopt reasonable gun regulation).
But the vast majority will be reelected. There are a handful in competitive districts, and depending on how the races break (with expectations this will be a bad year for Democrats), chances are that at least 119 will be back in the House next year. Chances are that they will form a majority of the Repub majority. That doesn’t mean they will be there in January 2025 for the next counting of electoral votes; that will depend on the November 2024 elections and all the happenings between now and then.
From the Senate:
| State | Name |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Tuberville |
| Florida | Scott |
| Kansas | Marshall |
| Louisiana | Kennedy |
| Mississippi | Hyde-Smith |
| Missouri | Hawley |
| Texas | Cruz |
| Wyoming | Lummis |
And from the House, and likely returning, as follows:
| State | Number | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 6 | 5 |
| Arizona | 4 | 3–4 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1 |
| California | 7 | 4–6 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 |
| Florida | 12 | 12 |
| Georgia | 6 | 5 |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 |
| Illinois | 2 | 1–2 |
| Indiana | 4 | 4 |
| Kansas | 3 | 3 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 4 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 |
| Michigan | 3 | 2–3 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 1–3 |
| Missouri | 5 | 3 |
| Montana | 1 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 0–1 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0–1 |
| New York | 4 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 5 |
| Ohio | 5 | 3–4 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 4 |
| Oregon | 1 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 7 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 7 | 7 |
| Texas | 16 | 12–14 |
| Utah | 2 | 2 |
| Virginia | 4 | 3–4 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 2 |