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The election operators

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    Meet Tim Dunn: the ultraconservative billionaire pastor spending millions to protect his oil – and elect Trump

    The Texas fossil fuel mogul has poured nearly $30m to drive the state legislature to the far-right, and now the evangelical Christian wants to spread his ideology to the federal government
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    The man who cries voter fraud: how Hans von Spakovsky has built a career peddling election security fears

    One of the authors of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation member has sown his anxieties over voter fraud far and wide among conservatives
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    She was a firebrand Democrat. Now, Cleta Mitchell is a rising star of Republican election denialism

    Before she joined Trump in asking Georgia state officials to ‘find 11,780 votes’ in 2020, Mitchell was the feminist flag bearer of the Equal Rights amendment in Oklahoma
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    The force behind Project 2025: Kevin Roberts has the roadmap for a second Trump term

    The ‘cowboy Catholic’ head of the Heritage Foundation is on a mission to align the right behind Trumpism, and has a plan in place to overturn the American government as it exists if Trump returns to power
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    Charlie Kirk once unified conservative youth for Trump. Why are Republicans now turning on him?

    Kirk’s non-profit, Turning Point Action, is planning a $100m ‘chase the vote’ operation to help propel the ex-president to the White House, but his outsized influence is being subjected to scrutiny
  • While some figures such as Steve Bannon are more known to the public, others such as Kevin Roberts are not household names.

    Meet the election operators – the influential individuals shaping Trump’s White House bid

  • A stylized image of Steve Bannon wearing headphones, and in front of a mic, with a background of red bricks with clippings of headlines

    Steve Bannon on how his War Room is shaping Republican narratives: ‘We’re relentless. I will never back off’

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