Extremists Links: Far Right Republican Candidates Elected to State and Local Offices

While far right candidates associated with various extremists movements were largely defeated in Congressional elections, several far candidates were elected for state legislative and local offices.

Right-wing activists gather on the sidewalk in protest of the election process in front of the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on November 12 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Image: Jon Cherry / Getty Images)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists

• Far-Right Statehouse Candidates Won Big—Unopposed [Daily Beast]

• The Far-Right Fringe of the GOP Just Got Some New Members [Vice News]

• Swing Voters Rejected Far-Right Candidates. But Not So Much in New York. [The New York Times]

• How did far right candidates fare in 2022 midterms? [USA Today]

• Texas Republicans against “critical race theory” win seats on the State Board of Education, strengthening its GOP majority [Texas Tribune]

• Far-right Republicans nearly swept Ottawa County’s board. What’s next for government takeover? [MLive]

• Far-Right Republican Who Called For 'More Gallows' Wonders If GOP Had A Messaging Problem [Huffington Post]

• Election Day threat suspect arrested days earlier [ABC News]

• David DePape’s dark journey from Obama backer to QAnon extremist accused in Pelosi attack [Los Angeles Times]

• Elon Is Re-Verifying Neo-Nazis and Selling Blue Checks to Transphobes and QAnoners [Gizmodo]

• Blue-Checked Neo-Nazis, Other Extremists Still On Twitter [Huffington Post]

• Twitter Blesses Extremists With Paid 'Blue Checks' [Hatewatch]

• Meet the Neo Nazis Who Briefly Got a Blue Check From Twitter [Vice News]

• ‘Unite the Right’ white supremacists buy Twitter verification [ABC News]