20 Congressional Candidates Who Believe in QAnon Conspiracies Win GOP Primaries

20 congressional candidates who believe in antisemitic QAnon conspiracies have won their Republican primary elections, and will be on their respective ballot as the Republican nominee in November.

The candidates include:

  • Daniel Wood, running to represent AZ-03

  • Josh Barnett, running to represent AZ-07

  • Lauren Bobert, running to represent CO-03

  • Buzz Patterson running to represent CA-07

  • Nikka Piterman, running to represent CA-13

  • Alison Hayden, running to represent CA-15

  • Mike Cargile, running to represent CA-35

  • Erin Cruz, running to represent CA-36

  • Lauren Witzke, running for U.S. Senate in Delaware

  • Angela Stanton-King, running to represent GA-05

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene, running unopposed to represent GA-14

  • Ron Curtis, running to represent HI-01

  • Philanise White, running to represent IL-01

  • Theresa Raborn, running unopposed to represent IL-02

  • Tracy Lovvorn, running to represent MA-02

  • Billy Prempeh, running to represent NJ-09

  • Joyce Bentley, running to represent NV-01

  • Rob Weber, running to represent OH-09

  • Jo Rae Perkins, running to represent OR-04

  • Johnny Teague, running to represent TX-09)

One additional candidate, Derrick Grayson (running for U.S. Senate in a Georgia special election), will be on the ballot on November 3rd, but due to Georgia election law, he did not need to run in a primary in order to secure his spot in the general election.

QAnon is an antisemitic conspiracy theory. It originated on the right-wing extremist message board 4chan when an anonymous poster named “Q” claimed to have insider knowledge of high-level government plans. The conspiracy’s basic premise is that Trump is secretly executing an ingenious plan to take down the “deep state” by ridding the government and media of his enemies, who, according to QAnon believers, are pedophiles trafficking children for sex and for their blood, George Soros, elites in Hollywood, and a similar vague cast of characters. 

The FBI declared QAnon a potential domestic terror threat in 2019. In all, over 80 candidates who ran for Congress in the 2020 election cycle have expressed some measure of support for QAnon. Members of the Trump family, including Trump himself, and former members of the Trump administration have also signaled their support for QAnon.

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