It’s pretty much a given these days that any Republican who loses an election is not going to concede, but are going to claim election shenanigans and ask for a recount and maybe file lawsuits. But have there been any cases of an election loser actually showing up to work for a job that they failed to get elected to? Because it seems like that would be the next logical step but I don’t recall hearing about anyone who has tried to pull it off. I mean heck, even Trump moved out of the White House, even if he did wait til the last minute (after his failed coup attempt) to start packing.
Not quite showing up for work, but in 2020 Jim Oberweis declared himself the winner of the US House election in Illinois 14, despite the fact that it was very close and Lauren Underwood had not conceded. Underwood was right to refuse to concede – on November 12, the Associated Press called the election for Underwood.
That didn’t stop Oberweis from showing up on November 13 at the Capitol for new member orientation.
Thanks. When I was writing up the question, I had a vague memory that there was a close election that hadn’t been called yet, and both candidates showed up for orientation. But I was thinking it was Boebert and her opponent. Guess I just got my Laurens confused.
Do we count the Trump electors (I forgot what state) who showed up to cast their votes in the Capitol?
The State Policeman refused to take their papers and locked the door in their faces.
They weren’t the ones running for office.
This is pretty common in any election where the outcome hasn’t been resolved by the time Congress starts session. Both candidates and their parties want to project confidence that their guy obviously won and so will include him or her in orientation and any other formalities as if they had won.
I don’t think they fit what the OP was asking for, but in spirit it’s practically the same thing.
They were, it was just an office that only exists for an hour or two and has only a perfunctory ministerial task.
But they didn’t run for those offices for any amount of time. They didn’t lose any elections-they were hand picked to usurp those elections.
They did run for office*, and they did lose an election. If you look at Georgia’s election certificate, the first group of losing candidates includes three people who were indicted for the fake elector scheme in that state (Cathleen Latham, David Shafer, and Shawn Still).
*At least a lot of them did. Some of the original candidates refused to participate in the illegalities and were replaced with alternates.
Unless electors are on a ballot that the general public votes for, then no, they are out of the scope of the OP.
They are aren’t they?
Showing up for work? Heck, most of the Republicans who win don’t do that.
I want to point out the the AP, while a fine institution, has no authority to decide elections, that goes to the Secretary of State.
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