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Jim Marchant
Marchant in 2022
Member of the Nevada Assembly
from the 37th district
In office
November 9, 2016 – November 7, 2018
Preceded byGlenn E. Trowbridge
Succeeded byShea Backus
Personal details
Born
James Carl Marchant Jr.

(1956-05-28) May 28, 1956 (age 68)
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationTroy University (BA)

James Carl Marchant Jr. (born May 28, 1956) is an American politician in Nevada. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 37th district in the Nevada Assembly, covering parts of the northwestern Las Vegas Valley, from 2016 to 2018. A staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, Marchant was the Republican nominee for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2020 and for Secretary of State of Nevada in 2022.

In 2020, Marchant lost his U.S. House election to Democrat Steven Horsford.

Marchant subsequently announced his candidacy for Nevada Secretary of State in 2022. Marchant was the president of the America First Secretary of State Coalition, a group of Republican 2022 Secretary of State candidates supporting the claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.[1] He repeatedly said that he would not have certified President Joe Biden's victory in Nevada if he had been Secretary of State at the time of the election, and that he would consider doing the same in 2024 if Biden carried the state again.[2] Marchant lost the 2022 election to Democrat Cisco Aguilar.[3][4]

Marchant is a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Nevada, currently held by incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen.

Early life and education[edit]

Marchant was born on May 28, 1956, in Gainesville, Florida. He graduated from Troy University with a degree in criminal justice, and moved to Nevada from Florida in 2005. Marchant worked for the family business from 1978 until 1984, when he left to found his own business.[5]

Political career[edit]

Nevada State Assembly[edit]

In 2015, Marchant threatened to run against then-Speaker John Hambrick; he ultimately decided to challenge Glenn E. Trowbridge instead.[6][7] Marchant defeated Trowbridge and then Democrat Sean D. Lyttle in the general election.[5] In 2018, Marchant was unopposed in the Republican primary, but narrowly lost his re-election campaign for Assembly District 37 to Shea Backus, a Democrat, by a vote of 14,222 to 14,087.[8]

2020 congressional race[edit]

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada § District 4

Marchant ran for the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2020. He won the Republican Primary with 34.8% of the vote,[9] but lost the general election against incumbent Democrat Steven Horsford by a margin of 50.7% to 45.8%.[10] After losing the election, he sued to have the result reversed, alleging voter fraud claims.[11] Marchant's request was denied by a Clark County District Court judge on November 20, 2020.[12] On his Nevada Secretary of State campaign website, Marchant claims he "was a victim of election fraud".[13]

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election[edit]

Main article: 2022 Nevada Secretary of State election
See also: Election denial movement in the United States

Jim Marchant was a candidate for Secretary of State of Nevada in the 2022 election. Marchant had denied Biden's victory in the state in 2020, claiming that "It's almost statistically impossible that Joe Biden won."[14]

In the aftermath of the 2020 United States presidential election, Marchant supported the Trump fake electors plot, the attempt by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the election result by sending fake electors from Nevada to vote for Trump in the Electoral College instead of the Democratic electors chosen by Nevada voters. He said that if he is elected Secretary of State, he would also support the sending of alternate electors from Nevada after the 2024 presidential election.[15]

Marchant also stated that he would eliminate vote by mail, end early voting, and remove all electronic voting machines, which would be replaced by hand counting in a "traceable paper-ballot only" voting system.[16] He has advocated for decentralizing vote counting, and has actively sought to convince counties to eliminate the use of voting machines and to conduct all ballot counting by hand,[17]

Marchant's promise to end voting by mail is based on the theory that voting by mail caused widespread voter fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election.

Marchant also wanted to eliminate the use of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonprofit bipartisan organization which shares voter registration information between 33 member states in order to prevent individuals from registering to vote in multiple states. After the 2020 United States presidential election, ERIC came under attack from conspiracy theorists who claimed without evidence that it was part of a left-wing conspiracy orchestrated by George Soros.[18]

Some of Marchant's other policy proposals as they relate to elections were requiring government issued voter identification to vote, banning ballot drop boxes, and a nationwide audit of the 2020 United States presidential election.[18] An investigation by the Associated Press of potential voter fraud in six states disputed by former President Donald Trump and his legal team—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—found 475 potential voter fraud cases out of President Joe Biden's combined 311,257 vote victory margin in those six states.[19]

Marchant also backed a proposal that would require everyone in Nevada to re-register to vote, citing fears of ineligible voters registered to vote.

As they relate to business, some of Jim Marchant's proposals included lowering or eliminating Nevada's business licensing fees, which currently sit at $500 for corporations and $200 for other businesses; implementing a "business filing fee holiday" until, in Marchant's words, "we get out of this malaise that we're having right now"; simplifying the process for starting a business; and decreasing regulations on businesses, citing actions by former President Donald Trump as examples.

Marchant proposes a ban on "underage transgender treatment in Nevada" and identifies as anti-abortion and pro-life.[18]

Marchant won the Republican primary, receiving 37.6% of the vote, while Jesse Haw finished in second place with 20.3%.[20] He lost to Democrat Cisco Aguilar in the general election.[21]

QAnon connections[edit]

According to Marchant, Republican politicians have been "bought off and they get co-opted by the cabal, the socialist communist cabal."[22] He also claims the cabal has rigged every election in Nevada since 2008 beginning with President Barack Obama, who Marchant believes was "installed by the communist socialist cabal".[22] He claims, "in Nevada, we haven't elected anybody since 2006."[22] Furthermore, Marchant believes the "cabal" stole the 2020 Presidential election with Dominion Voting Systems machines: "the cabal, the deep state cabal, basically invented the Dominion machines to cheat and they tested it in Venezuela first."[22] He also claims COVID-19 was used to destroy the country and that President Joe Biden is a puppet of the World Economic Forum, which Marchant calls "elitist globalists that control everything".[22]

Electoral history[edit]

Nevada Assembly District 37 Republican primary, 2016[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Marchant 2,511 62.5%
Republican Glenn E. Trowbridge (incumbent) 1,506 37.5%
Total votes 4,017 100.0%
Nevada Assembly District 37 election, 2016[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Marchant 16,085 52.5%
Democratic Sean D. Lyttle 14,561 47.5%
Total votes 30,646 100.0%
Nevada Assembly District 37 election, 2018[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shea Backus 14,222 50.2%
Republican Jim Marchant (incumbent) 14,087 49.7%
Total votes 28,309 100.0%
Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2020[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steven Horsford (incumbent) 168,457 50.7
Republican Jim Marchant 152,284 45.8
Libertarian Jonathan Royce Esteban 7,978 2.4
Independent American Barry Rubinson 3,750 1.1
Total votes 332,469 100.0
Democratic hold
Nevada Secretary of State Republican primary, 2022 [26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Marchant 82,843 37.62
Republican Jesse Haw 44,778 20.33
Republican Richard Scotti 34,984 15.89
Republican Kristopher Dahir 15,204 6.90
Republican John Cardiff Gerhardt 10,815 4.91
Republican Gerard Ramalho 9,325 4.23
Republican Socorro Keenan 4,025 1.83
Other 18,245 8.28
Total votes 220,219 100.0
2022 Nevada Secretary of State election[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cisco Aguilar 496,569 48.95
Republican Jim Marchant 473,467 46.67
None of These Candidates 18,144 1.79
Independent American Janine Hansen 17,472 1.72
Libertarian Ross Crane 8,821 0.87
Total votes 1,014,473 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

References[edit]

  1. ^ "America First Secretary of State Coalition". America First Secretary of State Coalition. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2022-06-05. The PAC President, Jim Marchant has been fighting voter fraud in Nevada since 2004, first, as a successful tech businessman, then as a Nevada State Assemblyman and most recently as the President Trump endorsed Republican candidate for Congressional District Four in the 2020 election. Jim is convinced he only lost because of election fraud and widespread election irregularities.
  2. ^ Bender, Michael C.; Corse, Alexa; Jamerson, Joshua (2021-11-23). "Trump's False Claims of Voter Fraud Test Republican Candidates". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. ^ Epstein, Reid J.; Corasaniti, Nick (June 15, 2022). "Far-Right Republicans Press Closer to Power Over Future Elections". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "These candidates say Trump won in 2020 — now they're running to oversee future elections". NBC News.
  5. ^ a b Snyder, Riley (February 6, 2017). "Freshman Orientation: Republican Assemblyman Jim Marchant". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Botkin, Ben (February 19, 2015). "Hambrick recall backers announce replacement candidate". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Juhl, Wesley (May 28, 2016). "Assembly District 37". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Jim Marchant". Ballotpedia.
  9. ^ "Silver State Election Results 2020". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  10. ^ "Silver State Election Results 2020". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  11. ^ Reid, Tim; Layne, Nathan; Lange, Jason (September 22, 2021). "Special Report: Backers of Trump's false fraud claims seek to control next elections". Reuters.
  12. ^ "Judge rejects Marchant request for new election in congressional race over 'voter fraud' allegations". The Nevada Independent. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  13. ^ "About Marchant". Jim Marchant for Secretary of State Nevada. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  14. ^ "These candidates say Trump won in 2020 — now they're running to oversee future elections". NBC News. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "QAnon-linked candidate wins Republican nod for Nevada's top elections post". The Guardian. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  16. ^ Edelman, Adam (May 1, 2022). "These candidates say Trump won in 2020 — now they're running to oversee future elections". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  17. ^ "Nye commissioners ask top county election official for all paper ballots, hand-counting". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  18. ^ a b c "On the Record: Republican secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  19. ^ "Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds". The Associated Press. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  20. ^ "Silver State Primary Election Results 2022". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  21. ^ "Election denier Jim Marchant loses Nevada secretary of state's race to Democrat Cisco Aguilar". 12 November 2022.
  22. ^ a b c d e "On Nevada radio, Jim Marchant has been unleashing bizarre and unhinged conspiracy theories about the 'cabal'". Media Matters for America. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  23. ^ "NV State Assembly 37 - R Primary 2016". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  24. ^ "NV State Assembly 37 2016". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  25. ^ "Silver State 2020 Election Results - U.S. Congress". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  26. ^ "Silver State Primary Election Results 2022 - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  27. ^ "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.

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