Campaign cash is flooding secretary of state races in presidential battleground states as the office responsible for overseeing elections becomes a hot commodity in post-2020 America, an analysis released Wednesday shows.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, has raised $1.2 million for her reelection campaign – six times more than her predecessor raised at the same point in the 2014 election cycle.

Trump and his allies put a sharp focus on secretaries of state when they challenged 2020 presidential election results in several states, to no avail.

The Brennan Center report noted that many of the states, including Arizona, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin, have unusual increases in fundraising for campaigns for the top election administrator.

Biden’s push for nationalizing election laws.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, an anti-Trump Republican running for reelection, has been raking in cash.

Trump “absolutely” won in 2020 and “I believe if there was a fair election, it would be a different outcome.”.

In Arizona, state House Democratic leader Reginald Bolding is campaigning for secretary of state.

“Across the country, Republican-controlled state legislatures are conducting partisan audits and rammed through election laws that suppress the right to vote,” Mr.

“This is why I am running for secretary of state in Arizona.