QAnon Linked to at Least 44 Election Candidates in 2020—and Some Could Win – By Jacob Jarvis (Newsweek) / Sept 21 2020
Dozens of political candidates linked to followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are up for election at several layers of government in 2020. Although most have little or no chance of winning, some of them are in a strong position ahead of the election.
Newsweek has tallied at least 44 people who have at some point shared information and messages around QAnon, or suggested they are open to the theory, running in races for Congress, state legislatures, and mayoralties.
Many are running for a position they are unlikely to win because it is a safe seat for their opponent or they are not the favored GOP candidate. The bar to becoming a candidate in uncompetitive races is low; there is little interest from aspiring mainstream politicians.
But a handful of candidates with ties to QAnon are on course to win their races, elevating them to elected office and giving the conspiracy theory a mainstream political platform from which they could spread it further. Winning may also open new resources to them.
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