Polarization of political parties in the United States has caused the nation to become deeply divided in recent years, and its centuries old democracy is showing signs of cracking. The 2020 presidential election caused an unprecedented amount of election denial by regular citizens and elected officials which has remained for years. With no signs of election denial fading, it is important to analyze the effects of these statements and their potential impact on future elections. Election denial is an undemocratic practice and if it continues or grows, democracy may shatter. The 2022 midterm elections are the first to take place since the rise of election denial, and data gathered from these races can show whether election denial is having a positive or negative effect on candidates who made these statements. This paper studies candidates who made statements denying the election results or implied election fraud in the midterms. By gaining a better understanding of how election denial is affecting elections, we can discover whether or not election denial may become more common moving forward and what this means for American democracy. I argue that statements of election denial cause candidates to receive less votes or lose their races when running against candidates who support, without question, the results of the 2020 presidential election.