Updates (last updated 9/18/20): This article has been repeatedly updated with more congressional candidates, has been rearranged by alphabetical order, and has been updated to note the status of the candidates following primary elections. We will continue to update it as we find more congressional candidates supporting the conspiracy theory.

Multiple supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which got its start on far-right message boards, are running campaigns for Congress in 2020.

The conspiracy theory, which revolves around an anonymous account known as “Q,” started on far-right message board site 4chan, later moving to fellow far-right message board site 8chan, which has since relaunched as 8kun. (Beyond the QAnon conspiracy theory, 8chan/8kun has been linked to multiple instances of white supremacist terrorism, including the 2019 massacre in El Paso, Texas.)

The “Q” account’s claim -- and the conspiracy theory’s premise -- is that President Donald Trump was working with then-special counsel Robert Mueller to take down the president’s perceived enemies, the “deep state,” and pedophiles. Multiple adherents to the conspiracy theory have been tied to acts of violence, including multiple murders and attempted kidnappings, and an FBI field office released a memo in May 2019 that listed QAnon as a potential domestic terrorism threat.

Currently, among these candidates who have endorsed or given credence to the conspiracy theory or promoted QAnon content:

Twenty-four candidates -- 22 Republicans, one member of the Independent Party of Delaware, and one independent -- have secured a spot on the ballot in November’s general election by competing in primary elections or by fulfilling other requirements needed to get on the ballot.

Of those 24 candidates, five are from California, three are from Georgia, two each are from Illinois, Arizona, and Delaware, and there is one each from Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Oregon, Ohio, and Texas.

Two candidates, in New York and Massachusetts, are running as Republican write-ins in November’s general election.

One candidate, in Louisiana, is running in the state’s nonpartisan blanket primary in November.

In total, 75 of the candidates are Republicans, two are Democrats, one is a Libertarian, one is a member of the Independent Party of Delaware, and two are independents.

Below is the list of 2020 congressional candidates who have endorsed or given credence to the conspiracy theory or promoted QAnon content, divided into sections for 1) candidates who have secured a spot on the ballot in November or are running as a write-in; 2) candidates whose primaries are still upcoming; and 3) candidates who are no longer running or whose status is unknown.