# Elections in which the winner wasn't seated. Are there any examples? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 12, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-in-which-the-winner-wasnt-seated-are-there-any-examples/941939 "2021-05-12T20:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-in-which-the-winner-wasnt-seated-are-there-any-examples/941939/12 "2021-05-16T07:40:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Linky? > [@What happens in 2022 and 2024 when Republicans refuse to certify elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-in-2022-and-2024-when-republicans-refuse-to-certify-elections/941917): > > The Liz Cheney thing, where a reliable conservative is being stripped of leadership for saying Trump lost the 2020 election, and various other events has led me to believe that Trumpism has taken over the GOP permanently, and I now predict this: Come 2022 and 2024, there will be cases of Republican-controlled state legislatures and apparatuses of state simply refusing to accept, acknowledge, and certify election results where Democrats are the winner. Agree or disagree? And what happens then? … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-in-which-the-winner-wasnt-seated-are-there-any-examples/941939)._