<ul class="summary-list"><li>GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski held onto her Senate seat in Alaska, despite opposition from Trump. </li><li>Trump-backed rival Kelly Tshibaka conceded the election on Wednesday. </li></ul>Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski held onto her seat in Alaska, in the latest failure by Trump-endorsed candidates to reshape the party in the former president's image.Murkowski was projected as the winner in Alaska late on Wednesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1595584669965246469">according to Insider's election partner Decision Desk HQ</a>.Unlike most Senate races, the contest in Alaska was mainly fought between two Republicans — Murkowski and the Trump-backed candidate Kelly Tshibaka, who lost.<a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/2022/general/states/Alaska">None of the candidates</a> in the four-person race received the necessary 50% of first-choice votes, but Murkowski took the lead after picking up many second-choice votes from the eliminated Democrat Pat Chesbro. Tshibaka lamented the state's voting system in a concession note <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyForAlaska/status/1595607044974862337">posted to Twitter late on Wednesday</a>, calling it "an incumbent-protection program."Trump has made no secret of his contempt for Murkowski, who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senators-voted-to-convict-trump-facing-backlash-from-republicans-2021-2">was one of seven Republicans who voted for his conviction</a> in the impeachment trial that followed the riot at the Capitol.(Trump was acquitted in that vote, which was 57-43 in favor of conviction, less than the necessary two-thirds.)During one rally, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-murkowski-alaska-save-america-rally-tshibaka-palin-2022-7">Trump called Murkowski "lousy"</a> and "worse than a Democrat."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-backs-kelly-tshibaka-republican-challenger-lisa-murkowski-alaska-senate-2021-6">Trump endorsed Tshibaka in June, calling her "MAGA all the way"</a> — something that was borne out as Tshibaka took on several Trump-linked advisors to helm her campaign, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/29/tshibaka-murkowski-alaska-2022-election-478388">as Politico reported</a>. Trump's endorsements <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-endorsement-success-rate-average-performance-vote-percentage-gop-primaries-2022-5">were a strong bet in the primaries</a>, where the vast majority candidates he backed — many of whom were incumbents — won the party nomination, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2022/trump-endorsements-republican-primaries/">according to an analysis by The Washington Post</a>.But during the 2022 midterms several high-profile candidates that he backed lost their races. In Alaska, he also backed Sarah Palin, who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/results-mary-peltola-sarah-palin-alaska-at-large-district-election-2022-11">lost the state's at-large congressional district race to Democrat Mary Peltoa</a>.Former TV doctor <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/results-john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-us-senate-election-2022-11">Mehmet Oz, backed by Trump, narrowly lost his Senate race in the swing seat of Pennsylvania</a> to progressive Democrat John Fetterman. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-top-endorsements-to-watch-midterms-oz-vance-walker-lake-2022-11">Other high-profile Trump-backed losses</a> include Kari Lake, Don Bulduc, JR Majewski, Blake Masters, and Joe Kent. Meanwhile, the fate of Herschel Walker, running for Georgia's Senate seat, is in the balance <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/2022/general/states/Georgia">as the race heads to a runoff in December.</a>

Trump's Senate candidate in Alaska lost to Lisa Murkowski, the latest in a string of failures for his endorsees

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11898017" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ohio" source="Orion">Ohio</keyword> voted Tuesday in primaries for both Republicans and Democrats.</li><li>Numerous federal and statewide offices are up for election.</li></ul>Ohio held primaries for Congress and statewide offices on Tuesday. Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. <h2>The races and the stakes: </h2>Republican and Democratic candidates vied for a chance to represent their districts in both Washington, DC and the state capitol in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio now has 15 seats in the US House of Representatives after losing a congressional seat as a result of the 2020 Census, and held its first primaries following a highly contentious and <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/ohios-redistricting-process-has-been-a-roller-coaster/">chaotic congressional redistricting process</a> and the ensuing court battle that left candidates in limbo for months. The most recent map passed by the Ohio Redistricting Commission will almost certainly continue to be subject to more litigation and <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/ohios-redistricting-process-has-been-a-roller-coaster/">will have to be redrawn mid-decade</a> due to relatively recent reforms to the state's redistricting process. But for now, according to <a href="https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2022-house/">Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics</a>, three of the congressional districts are rated as a "toss-up," meaning experts believe that the election could fall in favor of either the Republican or Democratic Parties.In one safely-Democratic seat, the Cleveland-based 11th District, Rep. Shontel Brown faced <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nina-turner-student-debt-forgiveness-voters-elected-biden-to-cancel-2022-1">a rematch against former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner</a>, who she recently defeated <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-11th-district-special-nina-turner-vs-shontel-brown-results-2021-8">in an expensive and heated August 2021 special election</a> to replace now-Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge. Brown handily defeated Turner in the rematch on Tuesday.The three toss-ups are the state's 1st Congressional District, 9th Congressional District, and 13th Congressional District.The 1st Congressional District, located in southwest Ohio, is currently represented by Republican Rep. Steve Chabot. Chabot's running for reelection and will face off against Democrat Greg Landsman in November.In the state's 9th Congressional District, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur is running for reelection. Kaptur is alone on the Democratic ticket and will face off against the winner of a four-person race for the Republican Party's nomination. The four GOP candidates include Ohio state Rep. <keyword id="13806115" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="craig-riedel" source="Orion">Craig Riedel</keyword>, state Sen. Theresa Gavarone, Beth Deck, and J.R. Majewski.In Ohio's 13th Congressional District, candidates are looking to replace Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who is running for US Senate. Only one Democrat ran in the race to replace Ryan, Emilia Sykes, the former minority leader of the Ohio State House of Representatives. Seven Republicans fought for the GOP's nomination: Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, Gregory Wheeler, Dante Sabatucci, Ryan Saylor, Shay Hawkins, Janet Folger Porter, and Santana F. King.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>At least 36 QAnon-supporting candidates intend to run for <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> in 2022, Media Matters said.</li><li>Some of the candidates are diehard <keyword id="9152811" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="qanon">QAnon</keyword> fans, while others signal their support subtly.</li><li>Experts told Insider that this shows how QAnon has evolved into a major political force.</li></ul>In July 2020, JR Majewski made national headlines after transforming his 19,000-square-foot lawn into a massive Trump re-election banner. When the Air Force veteran from Ohio appeared in a <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6171039977001#sp=show-clips">television interview with Fox News</a>, he was wearing a <a href="https://www.insider.com/qanon-history-who-is-q-conspiracy-theory-what-does-believe-2021-2">QAnon</a> T-shirt.Several months later, as Congress met to certify President Joe Biden's election win, Majewski was among the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congregant-gives-up-father-son-pastor-duo-in-connection-to-capitol-riot">thousands of Trump supporters</a> who attended the "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington DC, <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/meet-qanon-affiliated-insurrectionist-running-congress-ohio">later admitting to</a> breaching police barricades and walking up to the base of the Capitol building.Majewski is now trying to return to the Capitol, but this time as a congressman representing the 9th district of Ohio, a seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Marcy Kapur.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-death-suicide-qanon-jeffrey-epstein-conspiracy-theories-2021-6">QAnon followers are already spreading Epstein-like conspiracy theories about John McAfee's reported suicide</a>Since he was first spotted wearing the "Q" T-shirt, Majewski has made <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3944616">several more references</a> to the conspiracy theory, posting QAnon <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3936266">images</a> and <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3936271">hashtags</a> on his social media channel, and live streaming videos with the well-known QAnon influencer RedPill79.Majewski is one of many congressional candidates running in the 2022 midterm elections who have given credence to QAnon, which the FBI described as a far-right group with "anti-government, identity-based and fringe political <keyword id="1379614" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="conspiracy-theories">conspiracy theories</keyword>," <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-candidates-florida-21st-congressional-district-trump/2020/08/16/a8d710b8-de2d-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reported. <div type="image" title="Ohio man JR Majewski stands on his Trump-themed lawn" height="716" width="1433" msid="83892630" hostid="261"></div>A <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/here-are-qanon-supporters-running-congress-2022">Media Matters investigation</a> published earlier this month revealed that 36 candidates in 17 states have either openly endorsed QAnon, made subtle references to, or distanced themselves from the conspiracy theory despite repeatedly displaying their support on social media or in video interviews. Thirty-three of the candidates are running as Republicans while two are independents and one is still deciding whether to run as a Republican or an independent, the investigation found. The state with the most QAnon-believing candidates is Florida with nine candidates, followed by California which has six candidates, although these numbers are still subject to change.On the list are a handful of incumbents in Congress, including the gun-loving <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lauren-boebert-says-democrats-are-obsessed-with-conspiracy-theories-2021-3">Rep. Lauren Boebert </a>and Rep. <a href="https://www.insider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-lasers-space-conspiracy-theories-theory-history-2021-2">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a>, who helped bring the conspiracy theory into the mainstream. <h2>The diehard QAnon supporters</h2>Around a dozen congressional candidates have openly affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, including <a href="https://twitter.com/DWood4Congress/status/1277333760514482177?s=20">Daniel Wood of Arizona</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/alkapdc/status/1289957265609388039?lang=en"> Darlene Schwaffar of Florida</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_x0BlolZei/?igshid=1df4txm0cnfjs">Mayra Flores of Texas</a>.In this cohort is also <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Reba_Sherrill">Reba Sherill</a>, a health and wellness advocate who in 2020 unsuccessfully ran in Florida's 21st congressional district - home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. She is running again as a Republican candidate for the US Senate in the midterms.As a big Trump fan, Sherrill used to gather with other supporters on a bridge near Mar-A-Lago to wave in homage at the former president's motorcade whenever he was in town, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-candidates-florida-21st-congressional-district-trump/2020/08/16/a8d710b8-de2d-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reported. She is an ardent QAnon believer and has made the conspiracy theory central to her largely self-funded campaign. The self-described "Q patriot" focuses her campaign on child trafficking, matching with QAnon's false belief that Trump is fighting a "deep state" cabal of human traffickers in the United States, <a href="https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-the-q-anon-factor-is-playing-out-in-floridas-gop-primaries-151258934.html">Yahoo News</a> reported.Sherrill has also referred to the more extreme adrenochrome theory - the belief that Democratic elites harvest the drug from children by torturing them and drinking their blood - in a now-deleted post on her <a href="https://www.rebaforcongress.com/">website.</a>The Flordia native told Yahoo <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> that the "mainstream media tries to paint people who talk about human trafficking and child sex trafficking as being some kind of crazy lunatics." "This is not a conspiracy, this is reality," she insisted. "It's not some fictitious thing."Another congressional candidate who believes in the human trafficking theory is Omar Navarro, a convicted stalker running for California's 43rd congressional district.Navarro, who also featured in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/qanon-trump-capitol-attack-belief-precursor-the-storm-2021-1">HBO's "Q: Into the Storm" documentary series</a>, is one of the more recognizable faces of the QAnon world.The California native, who last year spent <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200803161010/https://www.thedailybeast.com/california-rep-maxine-waters-foe-omar-navarro-gets-out-of-jail-and-attempts-to-destroy-fellow-republican?source=articles&amp;via=rss=rss">six months in jail</a> after pleading guilty to a stalking charge, told Insider in an interview that he believes in "some things" that "Q" says, including the human trafficking trope. "I do believe that there's human trafficking going on right now. I do believe that Hollywood has participated in some of this with pedophilia on and it's something obviously we can't ignore," he said.Navarro, who has gone viral multiple times on Twitter for his far-right and <a href="https://twitter.com/realomarnavarro/status/1399204839247147017?lang=en">homophobic views</a>, has previously pushed the debunked Pizzagate theory. He told Insider: "I feel like there are certain things going on. There's something shady in that pizza shop."The Californian also defended using the popular QAnon slogan WWG1WGA ("Where we go one, we go all") in a tweet posted on October 3, 2020, saying he ended up deleting it because he didn't want Twitter to ban him."I always have to worry about my free speech and what I say on Twitter," he said.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="none">-Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1214589217734574080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a></blockquote>The fear of being removed from social media platforms is not holding back QAnon fan Jo Rae Perkins, who is running for the Senate in Oregon, where she unsuccessfully ran in 2020.Perkins, who discovered QAnon messaging boards in 2017 and describes them as a "source of information." She has also <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3845201">posted</a> a video of herself taking a "digital soldier oath" in front of a WWG1WGA sticker, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/jo-rae-perkins-qanon-oregon-senate-race/index.html">CNN reported.</a>In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoRaePerkins/videos/10212656828176113/">video interview with Right Wing Watch</a> last year, Perkins compared the "Q" posts to secret codes used during World War II and said believing in Q is like believing in Jesus Christ, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqkjv/qanon-already-has-19-followers-running-for-congress">VICE reported</a>. <h2>The camouflage candidates</h2>Around eight candidates have consistently and blatantly pushed elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory in the past but have, in some way, tried to distance themselves from it. These include <a href="https://twitter.com/BarnettforAZ/status/1294797667910918144">Josh Barnett</a>, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/last-ditch-plot-to-sabotage-bidens-presidential-election-goes-full-qanon">Bobby Piton</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnheretohelp/status/1380577727292575744">Jon McGreevey</a>, and <a href="https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/15/bill-pascrell-and-billy-prempeh-vying-control-njs-9th-district/3655043001/">Billy Prempeh</a>.Most famously, firebrand Rep. <keyword id="9740457" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="marjorie-taylor-greene">Marjorie Taylor Greene</keyword>, the freshman Congressperson who <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-house-gop-runoff-georgia/story?id=72316326">received the support of Former President Donald Trump</a> after her primary runoff victory in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, is one of these candidates.In the past, Greene has proliferated bizarre fantasies that are on-brand with the QAnon conspiracy theory.She has <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-deranged-conspiracy-theory-about-democrats-and-satanic">accused Hillary Clinton of sexually assaulting a child before slicing off her face and wearing it as a mask.</a> She once suggested that the late Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/supreme-court/marjorie-taylor-greene-2019-suggested-ruth-bader-ginsburg-was-replaced-body-double">Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been replaced by a body </a>double years ago, and has said that <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/01/30/did-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-blame-a-space-laser-for-wildfires-heres-the-response/?sh=65910c3ce44a">California wildfires might have been started by space lasers</a>.<div type="image" title="marjorie taylor greene" height="2682" width="3576" msid="83892631" hostid="261"></div>Greene pushed these ideas so fervently that she became a "correspondent" for a conspiracy news website between 2017 and 2018, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/georgia-congressional-candidate-s-writings-highlight-qanon-support-n1236724">NBC News</a> reported. In <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180419234735/http://americantruthseekers.com/qanon-what-is-the-storm-and-is-there-about-to-be-an-awakening/">one of her posts</a> for the now-defunct "American Truth Seekers" website, the controversial lawmaker called Q a "patriot."She also told her social media followers that Q "is worth listening to" in a now-deleted video from 2017.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Travis View (@travis_view) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1269299293724131335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2020</a></blockquote>But while Greene once proudly broadcast some of QAnon's wildest ideas, she has since tried to publicly distance herself from the conspiracy theory.In August 2020, Greene said that QAnon no longer represented her current position. "No, I don't [consider myself a QAnon candidate]. I think that's been the media's characterization of me," she told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-greene-georgia-gop-says-shes-not-a-qanon-candidate">Fox News</a>.But that didn't stop Twitter from<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-suspended-from-twitter-for-12-hours-2021-1"> temporarily locking her account in January 2021</a> when it culled QAnon accounts after the deadly Capitol riot.Rep. <keyword id="10543170" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lauren-boebert">Lauren Boebert</keyword>, a contemporary of Greene and a rising star in the GOP, has also tried to walk back her support of the conspiracy theory she had formerly championed.Known to some as the "<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/qanon-lauren-boebert-nancy-pelosi-capitol-riot-b1785663.html">QAnon Congresswoman,"</a> Boebert has said that she is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/01/who-is-lauren-boebert-republican-primary-qanon-trump">"very familiar" with QAnon</a> and has praised the conspiracy theory. "Everything that I've heard of Q, I hope that this is real because it only means that America is getting stronger and better, and people are returning to conservative values," she said during <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885991730/gop-candidates-open-to-qanon-conspiracy-theory-advance-in-congressional-races">an appearance on QAnon web show SteelTruth</a> in May 2020.But after winning the Republican nomination for Colorado's 3rd District, she told <a href="https://kdvr.com/news/politics/colorado-primary-winner-lauren-boebert-meets-president-trump-distances-herself-from-qanon/">Fox 31 News</a> that she's "not a follower." She did not, however, disavow a central tenet of the QAnon ideology - that the "deep state" is actively working against Trump. "I believe there are people working in the administration that at least appear to be actively undermining President Trump," she said in 2020.<div type="image" title="AP lauren boebert" height="2670" width="3560" msid="83892632" hostid="261"></div>Publicly disavowing QAnon whilst continuing to advocate for some of the conspiracy theory's nonsensical beliefs is an oft-used "camouflage" tactic by the far-right, Media Matters president Angela Carusone told Insider.Some candidates might be doing so to appear more palatable to a wider audience and to avoid "political blowback" while maintaining their base of QAnon donors, he said."When candidates walk back their QAnon commitment, I think you have to view that with real skepticism," Carusone advised. "They do things in a careful and concerted way."<h2>QAnon is a political tool to raise money and attract voters</h2>While some candidates publicly disavow QAnon in a bid to appeal to a more mainstream audience, others subtly signal their support for it as a means to bring conspiracy theorists into the fold, to donate and vote for them."Many don't even mention Q directly," Jack Bratich, an associate professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, told Insider. "It's become a kind of background story for adherents, who can signal to each other that they are part of this shadowy movement."Insider identified around a dozen candidates who have expressed their support for QAnon in less than explicit ways, via retweets, subtle nods to slogans, and the use of specific hashtags. These include Steve Von Loor, Tricia Flanagan, Sam Peters, and Anthony Sabatini.<div type="image" title="qanon sign dc" height="1000" width="1333" msid="83892633" hostid="261"></div>Several candidates included the hashtag #WWG1WGA in their tweets. Others included the letter "Q" in response to posts from QAnon-affiliated accounts.Tricia Flanagan, for example, <a href="https://twitter.com/NewDayForNJ/status/1246463861059919872">wrote "ThanQ"</a> in response to a QAnon account. Sam Peters used the <a href="https://twitter.com/SamPetersNevada/status/1290044418636935169">#QArmy hashtag</a> in August 2020."I'm certain that there are some of these individuals that don't actually care or believe in it, but they see it as an opportunity," Carusone said."I think there are some candidates who are certainly just being political," Carusone went on. "They're crassly seeing a potential political donor base or power base."<h2>QAnon is 'on the rise' in congressional <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="politics">politics</keyword></h2>It's clear that the influence of QAnon in congressional politics is "on the rise," Carusone said. "And they're aggressively moving to take over parts of the Republican party, local committees, school boards, local races too."Bratich said it shows how deeply QAnon has "settled" into the Republican party. "As a movement, it has expanded to try and take over the party," he said. "It's not central to the GOP but it's no longer a marginal component either."QAnon is now a major force in American politics, Carusone agreed. "And, basically, I think we're kind of screwed."Here is a full list of all 36 QAnon supporters who are running for Congress in 2022. <ul><li>Josh Barnett, Arizona </li><li>Daniel Wood, Arizona</li><li>Jamie Byers, California</li><li>Mike Cargile, California</li><li>Ignacio Cruz, California</li><li>Peter Liu, California</li><li>Omar Navarro, California</li><li>Buzz Patterson, California</li><li>Lauren Boebert, Colorado</li><li>Darren Aquino, Florida</li><li>Vic DeGrammont, Florida</li><li>Luis Miguel, Florida</li><li>Christine Quinn, Florida</li><li>Anthony Sabatini, Florida</li><li>Christine Scott, Florida</li><li>Reba Sherrill, Florida</li><li>Lavern Spicer, Florida</li><li>Darlene Swaffar, Florida</li><li>Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia</li><li>Bobby Piton, Illinois</li><li>Philanise White, Illinois</li><li>Jon McGreevey, Maryland</li><li>Danielle Stella, Minnesota</li><li>Sam Peters, Nevada</li><li>Mindy Robinson, Nevada</li><li>Tricia Flanagan, New Jersey</li><li>Billy Prempeh, New Jersey</li><li>Antoine Tucker, New York</li><li>Steve Von Loor, North Carolina</li><li>JR Majewski, Ohio</li><li>Mark Pukita, Ohio</li><li>Joe Rae Perkins, Oregon</li><li>Bobby Jeffries, Pennsylvania</li><li>Robert Lancia, Rhode Island</li><li>Mayra Flores, Texas</li><li>Jonny Teague, Texas</li></ul>

A Trump-loving insurrectionist and a convicted stalker are among 36 QAnon supporters running for Congress in 2022

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="107893" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="GOP">GOP</keyword> candidate used leftover cash from his failed campaign to pay for a trip to the <keyword id="10562031" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Capitol-Riot">Capitol riot</keyword>.</li><li>Derrick Van Orden from Wisconsin spent around $4,000 while in DC, the Daily Beast reported.</li><li>Regulations state that travel expenses must be "related to the campaign," experts said.</li></ul>A Republican congressional candidate from Wisconsin, who lost his 2020 race, allegedly used his leftover donor money to pay for a trip to the Capitol building on January 6, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-candidate-bankrolled-jan-6-riot-trip-with-campaign-cash?ref=home">according to a Daily Beast report.</a><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Derrick_Van_Orden">Derrick Van Orden</a>, a former Navy SEAL and small-time actor, was reportedly left with $12,500 after narrowly losing to longtime incumbent Rep. Ron Kind in the November race for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. He spent around a third of that - $4,000 - in transportation and accommodation while traveling to DC with his wife and a campaign staffer around the week of January 6, the Daily Beast reported.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-capitol-hill-staffers-budget-their-salaries-in-expensive-dc-2021-6">Lots of congressional staffers make 'poverty wages' starting in the low $20,000s. 8 Capitol Hill aides break down how they stretch their paychecks to survive in one of the nation's most expensive cities</a>Jordan Libowitz, communications director for campaign finance watchdog Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility, told the Beast: "Campaign accounts are not personal slush funds. They must be used for campaign-related activities. Attempting to overthrow an election you just lost is not a proper campaign activity.""If he did use his campaign to pay for travel for him and his staff to attend the rally-turned-insurrection, it would raise serious questions about his compliance with campaign finance laws," he added.In a public op-ed published a week after the riots, Van Orden insisted the trip was for work-related meetings and "to stand for the integrity of our electoral system," the Daily Beast reported. "If those were campaign-related meetings, he should say so," Libowitz said. "If it was a personal trip as a private citizen, that's another matter."Van Orden has previously admitted to attending the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6 with several thousands of other Trump supporters, but insisted he never entered the grounds. However, social media posts of the day show Van Orden standing in a restricted area breached by protesters, the Daily Beast reported. Van Orden announced in April that he's running for Congress again, and has already received major endorsements, including from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise.The November 2020 race ended up being a close call - Van Orden lost only by about 2.5 points to Kind, who has held the seat since 1997. Both candidates attracted a record amount of campaign contributions during the race, according to federal disclosures. Kind raised around $3 million while Van Orden managed to pull in almost $2 million, the Daily Beast reported. Van Orden is not the only congressional candidate who attended the Capitol riot.Jason Riddle, who running in New Hampshire, said last week his Capitol riot-related arrest will likely help his campaign, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com./capitol-rioter-running-congress-says-his-arrest-will-help-campaign-any-attention-good-1600604">Newsweek reported.</a>JR Majewski, who is running for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-36-qanon-supporters-running-congress-in-the-2022-midterms-2021-6">Ohio's 9th congressional district</a>, was also spotted breaching police barricades that day.

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