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Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts

Colorado Republican Party chair candidate Tina Peters looks on during a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters concludes her speech during a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters attends a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters, left, jokes with fellow candidate Dave Williams during a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Casper Stockham sifts through his bag for campaign literature to hand out before a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Republican Party chair candidate Erik Aadland speaks during a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Republican party chair candidate Aaron Wood, back center, speaks as fellow candidates listen during a debate for the state Republican party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Republican Party chair candidate Kevin Lundberg, right, speaks as fellow candidates Casper Stockham, back left, Aaron Wood, back center, and Tina Peters listen during a debate for leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters arrives for a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) FILE - Mike Brown, an Overland Park, Kan., Republican activist, greets fellow activists from the 2nd Congressional District of eastern Kansas during a state convention, Feb. 11, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Brown, a conspiracy theorist who lost his primary bid for secretary of state, was named chair of the state party. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File) FILE - Kristina Karamo speaks to Michigan Republican Party delegates Feb. 18, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. Karamo, a former community college instructor who lost her bid last fall to become Michigan's secretary of state by 14 percentage points, won the chair of the Michigan Republican Party a week ago. She beat a fellow election denier, failed attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti, File) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Erik Aadland, center, talks with a well-wisher before a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Republican Party chair candidate Aaron Wood speaks during a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Republican Party chair candidate Dave Williams speaks during a debate for the state Republican Party leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in a pizza restaurant in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters, right, and fellow candidates from left, Erik Aadland, Casper Stockham and Aaron Wood, listen during a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters speaks during a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts