Stephen Richer, who’s been a fierce defender of the integrity of Maricopa County elections since he was elected as county recorder, has lost a Republican primary to keep that role.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer speaks about voting machine malfunctions at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center in Phoenix on Nov. 9, 2022. Richer lost a Republican primary on Tuesday, according to a race call by The Associated Press.
According to the AP, Richer was defeated by GOP challenger Justin Heap, a state representative backed by the far-right Freedom Caucus and other conservative groups. With 81% of estimated votes in, as of 5 a.m. ET, Heap had 42% of the vote, while Richer had 36%. Another challenger had 22%. For his defense of elections, Richer has drawn the ire of fellow Republicans, including one state party official who recentlyafter he criticized fellow Republicans who conducted a deeply flawed review of Maricopa County’s 2020 presidential election. There were “plenty more where that came from,” Richer said at the time.Heap has been once source of that criticism, having attacked Maricopa County’s election administration in past years as an embarrassment.
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