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  • Charged

  • State Senator

  • Fraudulent Elector

Anthony KernLast Updated: August 15, 2024

Location

Arizona

Insurrection Related Information

  • Present at Capitol on 1/6
  • Fraudulent Elector
  • Election Denier

Current Office Held

  • Arizona State Senate, District 27

Litigation Details

  • Charged on Apr 24, 2024

Executive Summary

One of the signers of the fraudulent electoral vote certificates that were submitted to Congress as part of the failed attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Kern participated in the January 6 riots in D.C. and has lied about breaching the U.S. Capitol building

Current Office Held

Arizona State Senate, District 27

Term:

January 9, 2023 - January 13, 2025

Previously Ran for Office(s)

Ran for U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona District 8 in 2024

Ran for Arizona House of Representatives, District 20 in 2014. Withdrew from election.

Litigation Details

Case File:

CR2024-006850

Charges

  • Conspiracy
  • Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices
  • Fraudulent Schemes and Practices
  • Forgery

Timeline of Litigation

  • Charged

    April 24, 2024 "Indicted by AZ Grand Jury"

Press Coverage

  • Arizona grand jury indicts Meadows, Giuliani, other Trump allies for 2020 election interference

    Published on April 24, 2024 Read at Politico
  • 2022 election: These candidates still deny or question 2020 Trump election results

    Published on November 8, 2022 Read at AZ Central
  • A look at Trump’s 11 Arizona fake electors

    Published on February 1, 2022 Read at Pinal Central
  • Ex-State Rep. Anthony Kern, Who Was at Capitol Riot, Seen Counting Ballots in Arizona Audit

    Published on April 30, 2021 Read at Newsweek
  • 57 GOP State And Local Officials Were At The Capitol Insurrection

    Published on February 13, 2021 Read at HuffPost
  • Letter to Pence

    Published on January 5, 2020 Read at Wisconsin Examiner

Affiliated People (11)

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    • Charged

    • State Senator

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Anthony Kern

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Current Office Held
    • Arizona State Senate, District 27
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    • State Representative

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Jake Hoffman

    Current Office Held
    • Arizona House of Representatives, District 15
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    • Charged

    • Subpoenaed

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Nancy Cottle

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Chairperson, Arizona Alternate Electors
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    • Charged

    • Subpoenaed

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Lorraine Pellegrino

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Secretary, Arizona Alternate Electors
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    • Charged

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Tyler Bowyer

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Chief Operating Officer for Turning Point USA
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    • Charged

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Jim Lamon

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Veteran
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    • Charged

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Robert Montgomery

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Former Chairman of the Cochise County Republican Committee
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    • Charged

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Samuel Moorhead

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    • Charged

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Greg Safsten

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Executive Director of the Republican Party of Arizona
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    • Charged

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Michael Ward

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
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    • Charged

    • Subpoenaed

    • Fraudulent Elector

    Kelli Ward

    Litigation Status
    • Charged on April 24, 2024
    Occupation
    • Chair of the Arizona Republican Party

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