The majority of 2022 midterm general election candidates that appeared on insurrection coup plotter Steve Bannon’s podcasts lost their respective races.
A Media Matters analysis of guest appearances on Bannon’s War Room and War Room: Battleground shows from January 1 to November 8 found:
- Thirty-four of the 59 candidates Bannon hosted lost their election. That is 58% of candidates.
- Bannon hosted 48 general election candidates who were non-incumbents. Thirty-three of them lost. That is a losing percentage of 69% for non-incumbents.
- One race is going to a runoff.
- Three races have not yet been called.
The review included general election candidates at a statewide and national level.
Bannon has been instrumental in promoting election denial, QAnon, and far-right midterm candidates while simultaneously working to undermine American democracy at the local and national levels. Americans overwhelmingly denied Bannon’s pool of crank candidates that were dangerous to our nation’s future.
The table below outlines candidates who appeared on Bannon’s shows in 2022 and their election results: