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Scores of Republican representatives who served during the 117th congressional session helped spread the Big Lie and cast doubt on the legitimacy of President Biden’s electoral victory. Their names are listed here in alphabetical order.
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About Chris Stewart (R-Utah) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013, representing Utah’s 2nd Congressional District. He is chairman of the Anti-Socialism Caucus and a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Appropriations. Stewart ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in … Read more
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On Dec. 8, 2020, Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin from certifying their results of the 2020 presidential election because of what it charged were unconstitutional changes to election procedures made to accommodate voters during the pandemic.
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About Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2009, representing Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District—the state’s geographically largest one—since 2019 and its 5th Congressional District prior to that. As the state’s senior Republican congressman, he says he is eager to restore “civility” to Congress and ran for reelection in 2022 … Read more
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About Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2020, when he won a special election to represent Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. He won reelection in the 2022 midterms, is a member of the conservative Republican Study Committee, and serves on the Judiciary and Natural Resources committees. Prior to being elected … Read more
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About William Timmons (R-S.C.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019, representing South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District. He will keep his seat in the 118th Congress since he ran unopposed in the 2022 midterm election. A former prosecutor and small business owner, Timmons served as a state senator from 2016–18, advocating “for … Read more
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About The 117th session of the House of Representatives ran from Jan. 3, 2021–Jan. 3, 2023, when the 118th session began. Going into the 2022 midterm elections, the House party composition was 220 Democrats, 213 Republicans, and 2 vacancies. Although pollsters had predicted that a “red wave” of Republicans would be elected to Congress, the … Read more
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About Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2021, becoming only the second Republican woman from Texas to serve the House. She ran for her second term in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won again in the solidly Republican 24th Congressional District. A former member … Read more
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About Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011, representing Michigan’s south-central 7th Congressional District. He ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won again—now in the 5th district. Prior to his years in Congress, Walberg served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983–99, and worked as … Read more
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About Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013–22, representing Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District. She had been running for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won the GOP primary in May, but was killed in a car accident in August. Walorski was a ranking member of the House Committee on … Read more
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Randy Weber (R-Texas) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013, representing Texas’ 14th Congressional District. He is a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus and the conservative Republican Study Committee, and won reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement.