2 secretaries of state undercut Trump’s fraud claims in key, GOP-controlled states. Republicans have now voted to strip both of power.

The second-closest state in the 2020 election, after Georgia, was Arizona. Arizona was also the other state in which the sitting secretary of state, Katie Hobbs (D), was particularly unhelpful when it came to Republicans questioning the election results. Hobbs has also sharply criticized Arizona Republicans ongoing, far-flung and messy efforts to audit the nearly seven-month-old election.