While the majority of lawmakers voted to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory on Wednesday, a staggering number of House Republicans — as well as several senators — chose to maintain their objections.
In a vote Wednesday evening, six Republicans in the Senate and 121 in the House backed objections to certifying Arizona’s electoral outcome, while seven Senate Republicans and 138 House Republicans supported an objection to certifying Pennsylvania’s electoral outcome.
It was a somewhat surprising result following the violence and destruction by President Donald Trump’s supporters at the Capitol earlier that day, which prompted a number of Republicans to drop their previous challenges.
Their decisions to make these objections suggest that some are still shockingly comfortable undermining the democratic process even after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol to contest the validity of the election results.
The following members of the House representing the three West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington are among those who objected to Arizona’s or Pennsylvania’s results (or both):
Cliff Bentz (OR)
Ken Calvert (CA)
Mike Garcia (CA)
Darrell Issa (CA)
Doug LaMalfa (CA)
Kevin McCarthy (CA)
Devin Nunes (CA)
Jay Obernolte (CA)