WASHINGTON – As they have done this year, Donald Trump and his allies spent another number one night demonstrating that they remain a tough force within the Republican Party, with some limitations.
As in beyond the primaries, Trump’s motion suffered some defeats on Tuesday, but it also won nominations for many of his supporters and defeated Republicans who criticized the former president.
A Trump nominee defeated Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich. , a House Republican who voted to indict him over the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising. Another Trump defeated an Arizona legislative leader who testified before the congressional committee charged with investigating on Jan. 6. . .
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Trump’s cronies, who are considering their own career in 2024, also won or led hard-fought governors, the Senate and the secretary of state’s primary in Arizona, a pivotal state in presidential and congressional elections.
It wasn’t the best primary series, though, as Trump appears unable to evict two members of the Washington State House of Representatives who also voted to indict him on Jan. 6.
“Trump had a smart night,” said Henry Olsen, a polling analyst and senior fellow at the Center for Ethics and Public Policy in Washington, D. C. to him. “
Olsen also called Trump “a wonderful broker of strength, not ‘the’ wonderful. His is vital but obviously not decisive. “
Trump, of course, took all the credits for the victories, while ignoring the setbacks.
“The endorsements are no tougher or more conclusive than last night’s endorsements,” he said in a Truth Social article.
Others noted that Trump’s candidates face tough races in the fall, especially in U. S. Senate races. The former president’s influence may be a drag on the Republican Party in close races.
Trump’s number among Republicans is declining a bit, political analyst Sarah Longwell said, that doesn’t get the point.
“The Trump guy can lose height,” said Longwell, founder of one organization, the Republican Accountability Project. “But the forces he unleashed have overtaken the whole party. Trump may die, but a Republican Party full of eccentrics and conspirators will be his lasting legacy. . “
Tuesday’s primary series included some of Trump’s most sensible policy goals for the year: 3 of the 10 House Republicans who voted for impeachment just after the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising to block President Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College.
Meijer, a first-term Republican from western Michigan, his re-election bid challenged John Gibbs, a former official with the Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In addition to Trump, Gibbs won by a single source: the Democrats.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee funded an ad describing Gibbs as too conservative and a tool of the former president, elements that appealed to the pro-Trump electorate in Meijer’s district. it will be less difficult to win in the autumn elections.
Trump, who vowed revenge on 10 House Republican accusers shortly after leaving office, appears to have failed on two goals in Washington state, where mail-in votes are still counted.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash. , is on his way to an open number one in Washington, defeating a slew of applicants including Trump-backed Loren Culp.
Under Washington’s number one system, the top two qualify for the general election, regardless of party, and that’s also what happens to the Republican accuser, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, whose list of conflicting parties included Trump-approved Joe Kent.
Herrera Beutler played a prominent role in Trump’s impeachment trial on Jan. 6. During the Senate trial, he issued a saying that House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy reported that Trump did not seem concerned that a crowd of his supporters had attacked the U. S. Capitol.
Few, if any, of the 10 House Republicans who supported Trump’s impeachment at the time will return to Congress next year.
Four chose to run again: Reps. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Fred Upton of Michigan, John Katko of New York and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a Jan. 6 committee member.
A Trump candidate defeated impeachment voter Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina in the June primary.
Another accuser, Rep. David Valadao of California, survived an open number one in a race in which Trump approved no one. He faces a tough general election against the Democratic nominee.
The latest Republican deterrent to confronting the number one voters: Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, co-chair of the Jan. 6 committee and the GOP’s top vocal critic of Trump’s conduct in trying to cancel the election.
Cheney, a stranger in a Wyoming Republican number one on Aug. 16, opposed Trump-backed lawyer Harriet Hageman.
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In the run-up to Tuesday’s primary, Trump revealed his grudges to the 10 Republican incumbents in the House.
“Remove impeachment slime Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dan Newhouse, Peter Meijer, TODAY,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. they already gave up because they were so far behind. MAKE AMERICA GREAT FOR NEW!”
Trump’s good fortune in Arizona revolved around his continued protests against his electoral defeat to Biden.
In the gubernatorial race, Trump subsidized former TV host Kari Lake, a staunch Holocaust denier. other prominent Republicans in Arizona.
In a legislative race, a Trumper candidate smoothly defeated Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker who testified before the Congressional Committee on June 6. Bowers criticized Trump for seeking to pressure state officials to cancel his loss to Biden in Arizona.
Trump also boosted Mark Finchem, another election denier who won the Republican nomination for secretary of state, an office that is helping oversee the conduct of elections across the state. the country, seeking the strength to, in all probability, borrow long-term elections if necessary.
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Tuesday’s primary also included Trump-backed Blake Masters, who won the U. S. Senate nomination. USA Masters, who denies the election, faces a tough fall race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, as do other Trump candidates across the country.
Throughout the year, Trump scored a string of victories in legislative and congressional races, though he chose the favorites who were most likely to win anyway.
This week’s number one list included a scene in Missouri, where Trump only approved “Eric” at number one in the Senate, but did not specify whether he was referring to Attorney General Eric Schmitt and former Gov. Eric Greitens.
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The former Republican president has suffered setbacks.
In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger survived Trump’s revenge tour, as did Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina. Trump’s candidates can get through the more sensible primaries of the governors of Nebraska and Idaho.
Week after week, number one after number one, Trump has achieved a combined record, and those are in the Republican primary.
Trump will be a major factor in the fall, and Democrats believe it will be negative for Republicans.
In Georgia, Trump-backed Herschel Walker is in a close race with incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. Polls show that Trump’s Trump-backed Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Dr. Mehmet Oz, follows his Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
J. D. Vance, Ohio’s candidate for Teachers and Senate, also faces races.
Any of those contests can be the fate of a Senate split 50-50 between the parties. Democrats control the House because of Vice President Kamala Harris’ deciding vote.
“I think Trump gave a gift to democrats by supporting Walker, Oz, Masters and Vance,” said Ron Filipkowski, a Florida Democrat who follows the former president and his political movement. possible options may simply sink the ship. “
Trump and Republicans say issues like inflation, fuel costs and Biden’s existing functionality will propel them to victory across the country, just like Tuesday.
“I followed all the advice!” Trump said.