Английская Википедия:America First Secretary of State Coalition

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The America First Secretary of State Coalition ("America First SOS Coalition") was an American right-wing coalition formed to support a slate of candidates in the 2022 United States secretary of state elections who supported former president Donald Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. The coalition's president was Jim Marchant, the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Secretary of State of Nevada, and was headquartered in Las Vegas.

The coalition endorsed 14 candidates for state secretary of state, as well as Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, and Ohio congressional candidate Dante Sabatucci. The coalition was financially supported by the affiliated Conservatives for Election Integrity PAC (CFEI PAC). Out of the 17 total candidates the coalition endorsed, only 7 candidates advanced past the Republican Party primaries, and only one candidate, Diego Morales, was elected in the 2022 elections.

History and foundation

The existence of the coalition was first disclosed by Marchant during a conversation on Steve Bannon's podcast, War Room. Marchant had been described as the leading organizer of the coalition.

The coalition reportedly formed following a meeting in May 2021 involving Marchant, QAnon conspiracy theorist Wayne Willott, and other conservative activists and fundraisers. Mike Lindell, founder and CEO of My Pillow, Inc., was reportedly a backer of the coalition.

Initial candidates supported by the coalition included Mark Finchem (Arizona), Kristina Karamo (Michigan), and Jody Hice (Georgia), each of whom had been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. As of February 2022, Marchant was working to recruit candidates running for secretary of state in both Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Conservatives for Election Integrity PAC (CFEI PAC)

An affiliated political action committee (PAC), the Conservatives for Election Integrity PAC (CFEI PAC), was founded by Marchant with the goal of fundraising for candidates for secretary of state. According to the Brennan Center, the PAC has raised $110,000 as of May 2022. The America Project, founded by former Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. Byrne, was a prominent contributor to the PAC.

Policy goals and support

According to The New York Times, the coalition supported eliminating alleged voter fraud through "eliminating mail-in ballots, requiring single-day voting and committing to 'aggressive voter roll cleanup,' measures that critics had suggested would suppress thousands of Democratic votes."

Candidates

The following is a list of candidates from the America First SOS website.

Candidate	State	Primary date	Primary result	General result
Audrey Trujillo	Шаблон:Flagicon New Mexico	Шаблон:Date table sortingШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Lost
Doug Mastriano	Шаблон:Flagicon Pennsylvania (Governor)	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Lost
Kristina Karamo	Шаблон:Flagicon Michigan	Шаблон:Date table sortingШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Lost
Mark Finchem	Шаблон:Flagicon Arizona	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Lost
Michael Brown	Шаблон:Flagicon Kansas	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Tina Peters	Шаблон:Flagicon Colorado	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Jim Zeigler	Шаблон:Flagicon Alabama	June 21, 2022Шаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Icon Lost runoff	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Diego Morales	Шаблон:Flagicon Indiana	Шаблон:Date table sortingШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Won
Jim Marchant	Шаблон:Flagicon Nevada	June 14, 2022	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Lost
Keith Blanford	Шаблон:Flagicon South Carolina	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Rachel Hamm	Шаблон:Flagicon California	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Jody Hice	Шаблон:Flagicon Georgia	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Dorothy Moon	Шаблон:Flagicon Idaho	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Robert Borer	Шаблон:Flagicon Nebraska	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Jay Schroeder	Шаблон:Flagicon Wisconsin	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Dante Sabatucci	Шаблон:Flagicon Ohio (13th congressional district)	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary	Шаблон:Icon Lost primary
Kari Lake	Шаблон:Flagicon Arizona (Governor)	Шаблон:Date table sorting	Шаблон:Icon Nominated	Шаблон:Icon Lost

See also

• 2022 United States secretary of state elections
• America First (policy)
• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
• QAnon