Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

• Post Reports

The PTSD diagnosis came as a surprise for Bill Gates, an election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County. But ever since 2020, Gates has struggled with the trauma of the presidential election and the threats he endured, as well as the loneliness he felt as a Republican willing to say Donald Trump lost.

• Democracy in America

First came the misinformation. Then the relentless criticism and violent threats. Under attack, the election official struggled to cope with his anger.

• Politics

Republican Julie Willoughby, who narrowly lost a general election race, will replace former state Rep. Liz Harris, an election denier who was expelled last month.

• Democracy in America

State Rep. Liz Harris’s ouster is a rare case of the GOP policing its own when it comes to election-related misinformation. But there’s more to the story.

• Politics

Republicans are trying to stave off bitter primary fights and potentially losing candidates in Arizona and other battleground states, as Democrats line up their incumbents for reelection.

• Democracy in America

The bipartisan vote in Arizona amounted to a rare moment in which Republicans held one of their own to account for false accusations related to elections.

• Politics

The sheriff of Pinal County may soon find himself in a crowded Republican primary that is likely to include former TV anchor Kari Lake.

• Democracy in America

A former state supreme court justice found that heavier paper and longer ballots were responsible for problems reading some ballots.

• National

A new wave of state legislation aimed at tightening election security shows that the issue still animates the GOP