700 GOP MAGA candidates are running for state house seats, including 21 Jan. 6 insurrectionists

While MAGA, election-denying Republicans are over-represented in federal and statewide races this November, they’re really proliferating in state legislative races.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) launched its Threats to Democracy project last month, identifying state-by-state the legislative candidates who’ve embraced election denial and extremist MAGA stances. The DLCC has identified more than 700 Republican state legislators and candidates “who pose an existential threat to our democracy.” It just added another several dozen, including three who were in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. DLCC has identified 21 insurrectionist candidates who were at the Capitol that day.

“The evidence is clear—MAGA candidates and election deniers are working to seize power in state legislatures all across the country,” said DLCC President Jessica Post. “These candidates no longer represent the fringe of the Republican Party, but instead represent the GOP’s future. In key swing states like Arizona and Michigan, MAGA militants are moving the insurrection from our nation’s capital to state capitals. While the GOP threat grows, state Democrats and the DLCC are working to stop the MAGA movement in its tracks and ensure that democracy is protected by electing Democrats to state legislatures all across the map this fall.”