# Election deniers silent after massive losses

> Candidates who spent months claiming the vote would be rigged conceded defeat without contesting results when they lost on Election Day 2026.
- Title: Election deniers silent after massive losses · WIRED
- Summary: Candidates who spent months claiming the vote would be rigged conceded defeat without contesting results when they lost on Election Day 2026. Election…
- Keywords: election deniers, 2026 election, election fraud claims, andy biggs, jim marchant, scott perry, vivek ramaswamy, true the vote, cleta mitchell, democrats, WIRED
- Source: WIRED — https://wired.com/story/election-deniers-not-contesting-their-massive-losses
- Author: David Gilbert
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:30:18.471+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: election deniers, 2026 election, election fraud claims, andy biggs, jim marchant, scott perry, vivek ramaswamy, true the vote, cleta mitchell, democrats
## Election deniers claimed fraud before voting ended
On Election Day 2026, election deniers claimed voter fraud was happening everywhere. Hours later, after Democrats swept House and Senate races, they went silent.
## Months of baseless fraud predictions
For months, election deniers had alleged without evidence that votes would be rigged for Democrats, mail-in ballots would be compromised, and noncitizens would vote in large numbers.
## None of the predicted fraud occurred
None of this happened. The country appeared to roundly reject the policies implemented by President Donald Trump and his administration.
## Election denier candidates lost without contesting
A WIRED review of pivotal races found almost all election denier candidates lost. None of them or their backing networks raised questions about the results.
## Andy Biggs blamed turnout, not fraud
Andy Biggs, who challenged the 2020 election on January 6, 2021, conceded to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona's governor race. He blamed low turnout, not voter fraud.

> We just didn't get our turnout quite as full as we wanted to.
## Other major candidates conceded without contesting
Tom Tiffany lost Wisconsin's governor race to David Crowley and conceded without mentioning election rigging. Vivek Ramaswamy lost Ohio's governor race to Amy Acton and conceded without contesting.
## Jim Marchant and James Wiley also conceded
Jim Marchant, Trump-endorsed and promising to deregister every Nevadan, lost to Cisco Aguilar. James Wiley lost Colorado's secretary of state race to Amanda Gonzalez without questioning results.
## Election denial network went silent
True the Vote and other election denial groups posted repeatedly about supposed irregularities while voting was open. After results came in, their accounts remained silent.
## Trump congratulated Democrats on their victory
Late on election night, Trump called Fox News and congratulated Democrats on their victory, breaking the silence from other election denial figures.
## Key takeaway

Election deniers who lost races on Election Day 2026 made no claims of fraud, and the broader election denial network went silent after Democrats swept House and Senate races.