Democrats won secretary of state races in four presidential battlegrounds while making gains in red territory, giving them election oversight in states key to the 2028 elections.

Democratic candidates maintain control of secretary of state offices in Arizona, Michigan and Nevada while flipping offices in Georgia, states that have been at the center of recent White House campaigns. Democrats gained control of secretaries of state in the Republican-leaning states of Indiana and Ohio.

In Georgia, Democrat Penny Brown Reynolds will succeed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who has angered President Donald Trump by resisting efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. She defeated state Rep. Tim Fleming, a former aide to outgoing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and endorsed by Trump.

Reynolds, best known for his family court television show and served in the Biden administration, campaigned as a judge against Trump while adhering to the law in state elections. Fleming did not join other Republicans in claiming the 2020 election was stolen, but said there were “irregularities” and called for new restrictions on mail voting.

In Michigan, Democratic Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist defeated Republican Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini to succeed Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who won the state’s gubernatorial race. Gilchrist criticized Freeney for sharing voter data with the Trump administration and hiring a protester to his office on Jan. 6.

In Arizona and Nevada, incumbent Democrats Adrian Fontes and Cisco Aguilar fended off challenges from far-right Republicans, whose careers are rooted in advancing election conspiracy theories, with much better margins than similar races in 2022.

Once a low-key, low-profile position, secretary of state has become a more high-profile position amid Trump and his allies’ continued push for baseless claims of election fraud. The 2020 election results are being challenged in all four battleground states, and secretaries of state in those and other states are facing a steady stream of lawsuits and threats.

Democratic state Rep. Allison Russo will become Ohio’s next secretary of state, as her party also flips Senate and gubernatorial seats in the state that have shifted right in recent years. Russell defeated Republican state Treasurer Robert Sprague.

In Indiana, 30-year-old Beau Bayh, a scion of the state’s longtime Democratic family, defeated Republican state Rep. Max Engling. Enlin replaced Indiana Republican incumbent Diego Morales, who was embroiled in allegations of corruption and ethics violations, at the Indiana nominating convention.

Kansas voters haven’t elected a Democrat as secretary of state since 1948, and the race between Democratic state Rep. Jennifer Day and Republican state Rep. Pat Proctor is too close, according to NBC News Decision Desk.

Democrats had success elsewhere in the state, with the Rev. Adam Hamilton defeating Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.

In South Carolina, Republican Secretary of State Mark Hammond defeated Democratic challenger Jason Belton, even as Democrat Anne Andrews won the Senate race.