The map of battleground states in the November presidential election is expanding, and Democrats are in charge of elections in the bulk of these competitive states.
Secretaries of state once held an office that got little attention. However, after the disputed results of the 2020 election, the statewide office gained significantly more attention and both parties focused on it in 2022.
That year, Democrats scored big wins to become top election officials in the key battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan.
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger is the only elected Republican to be a secretary of state in a battleground state. However, former President Donald Trump and Raffensperger have had a confrontational relationship since the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia.
In two battleground states, North Carolina and Wisconsin, state election boards run…
