Call on the White House to remove Kurt Olsen from his position as Director of Election Security and Integrity.

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined their Senate colleagues in calling for election-denier Kurt Olsen’s removal as Director of Election Security and Integrity at the White House.

Wyden joined colleagues in publicly demanding the White House fire Kurt Olsen from the Director of Election Security and Integrity role.

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand White House Fire Election-Denial Czar | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
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Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined colleagues in calling for Kurt Olsen’s removal as Director of Election Security and Integrity and sent a letter to White House officials.

Sen. Ron Wyden is explicitly named as joining Sen. Jeff Merkley and other senators in a May 20, 2026 press release that announces a letter to White House officials demanding the removal of Kurt Olsen from his White House role.

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Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand White House Fire Election-Denial Czar
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Senator Alex Padilla led a letter, cosigned by Ron Wyden and ten other Democrats, calling for Olsen’s immediate removal from his SGE role for exceeding legal limits and promoting debunked claims.

An official May 18, 2026 press release and full letter (linked) show Ron Wyden as a cosigner of a bipartisan Senate Democratic demand that the White House remove Kurt Olsen from his position as Director of Election Security and Integrity.

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Padilla Leads Senate Democrats in Demanding White House Fire Election-Denial Czar Kurt Olsen
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