Trump endorsements
Trump endorsements is a growing list of candidates Trump endorsed for election. "President Trump is already 10-0 in Republican elections," observed one of his spokesmen in September 2021.[1]
Here's how some have done, and why:
Trump-endorsed Susan Wright, Texas congressional candidate, initially won the primary but then lost 53-47% in the runoff as Democrats likely voted for her opponent Jake Ellzey. The run-off was not a true primary in which Democrats would ordinarily not vote on the Republican side. Rick Perry said that Trump had been “sold a bill of goods” to support Wright rather than Ellzey.[2] Early voting -- which is worse in Texas than most states -- decided this race, and the state representative Ellzey seemed to play that distorting game better in squeaking out a victory.[3]
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References
- ↑ https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/17/trump-endorsements-stoke-dissension-in-gop-ranks-512444
- ↑ https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/carl-p-leubsdorf-the-candidate-trump-endorsed-in-a-texas-race-lost-what-does-that/article_5422217e-8b8e-500c-a02e-36897e3628e6.html
- ↑ https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/21/jake-ellzey-susan-wright-texas-congressional-6/
