GOP seeking power over elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota


              FILE- Kim Crockett speaks during the first day of the Minnesota State Republican Convention, May 13, 2022, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn. In Minnesota, the presumptive Republican secretary of state nominee, Kim Crockett, has called the 2020 election a “train wreck” and accused state election officials of using the pandemic as “cover to change how we vote, but also how the vote is counted.” (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon speaks during the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Baton Rouge, La., July 8, 2022. In Minnesota, the leading Republican candidate has called the 2020 election “rigged” and has faced criticism for a video attacking three prominent Jewish Democrats, including the current secretary of state, Democrat Steve Simon, who is seeking reelection. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
            
              FILE - State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., May 29, 2015. The leading fundraiser among the GOP secretary of state candidates is state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, who has reported about $94,000 in contributions. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
GOP seeking power over elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota