{"id":584840,"date":"2023-07-29T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trumps-role-in-gop-senate-primaries-underscores-his-strength\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:00:00","slug":"trumps-role-in-gop-senate-primaries-underscores-his-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-role-in-gop-senate-primaries-underscores-his-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump\u2019s role in GOP Senate primaries underscores his strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/trrump-supporters_plane_072523ap_trump-influence.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Trump\u2019s outsized influence is already being felt in GOP Senate primaries, underscoring his grip on the party even as he faces numerous primary challengers in the 2024 White House race.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who\u2019s running to replace Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), endorsed Trump\u2019s presidential bid earlier this week. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), who\u2019s running to unseat Sen. Joe Manchin (D), did the same \u2014 prompting his GOP primary rival Alex Mooney to point out that he had come out in support of Trump last year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And prior to officially jumping into Montana\u2019s contested Senate race last month, former Navy SEAL and businessman Tim Sheehy said he supports Trump \u201c100 percent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The public show of support for the former president is just the latest example of the political sway he continues to hold over Republicans, and could serve as a headache for party leaders who want the GOP to move on from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump continues to be the biggest elephant in the Republican tent,\u201d said Mark Weaver, an Ohio-based Republican strategist. \u201cRepublican voters still want to see him as our party\u2019s leader.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One Republican strategist described the strategy of endorsing Trump as \u201cthe path of least resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to take back the Senate, you\u2019ve got to win a couple of these key seats, and the only way to win back these key seats is to make it through the primary unscathed,\u201d the strategist said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some strategists see the endorsements as a sign of how the presidential primary is likely to shake out.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis is a greater sign than ever before that Trump is most likely going to win the Republican nomination despite the noise in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>,\u201d said Republican strategist Ford O\u2019Connell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEndorsing Trump at this stage is one of the safest things a candidate could do,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is more about the candidates trying to cozy up to him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The eagerness from some Senate Republican hopefuls to embrace the former president comes after many of Trump\u2019s endorsed candidates performed poorly in their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> elections last cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFormer President Trump\u2019s endorsement continues to be a boon in a primary and a bane in a general election,\u201d Weaver said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (NRSC) is also taking a different <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach in the 2024 cycle by playing a more hands-on role in some primaries. Like Trump, the committee\u2019s Chairman Steve Daines (R-Mont.) has thrown his support behind Justice in West Virginia\u2019s Republican Senate primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While there has been tension and disagreement between Trump and Senate leadership, particularly on Trump\u2019s unfounded claims that he won the 2020 presidential election, Daines has said he is working with the former president ahead of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe chat frequently. And he\u2019s very thoughtful right now looking at these races. He understands it\u2019s important we have candidates that can win,\u201d Daines\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gop-senate-campaign-chair-steve-daines-focus-quality-candidates\/\">told CBS News in an interview earlier this month.\u00a0<\/a>\u201cIf you notice, there hasn\u2019t been a wave of endorsements coming out so far, because I think we\u2019re having these thoughtful conversations and getting on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has endorsed in less competitive GOP Senate primaries, like in Indiana, where he threw his support behind Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) a day after former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) announced that he would not run for the seat and after the NRSC endorsed Banks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And earlier this month, CNN reported that Trump told Mooney in West Virginia and potential Senate candidate Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont<em>.<\/em>) that he would not endorse them. Daines has endorsed Sheehy in Montana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Democrats, meanwhile, are seeking to use Trump\u2019s endorsement against him in the general election, harkening back to Republican losses in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cTrump is looming over Senate Republicans\u2019 primaries and making the GOP\u2019s nasty infighting even worse,\u201d said Tommy Garcia, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. \u201cAs Republican candidates fight for Trump\u2019s favor, they\u2019re showing the voters who will decide the general election in their states why they should be rejected in 2024.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And not every Republican running for Senate is immediately tying themselves to the former president. In Nevada, Sam Brown, who has been endorsed by Daines, has yet to endorse Trump despite volunteering for his campaign in 2020. His primary opponent Jim Marchant, on the other hand, has endorsed Trump. Marchant has also said Brown is the GOP establishment\u2019s choice, pointing to his endorsement from the NRSC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMitch McConnell &amp; the establishment needed a candidate &amp; found him in Sam Brown,\u201d Marchant said in a tweet earlier this month. \u201cWe see Reagan\u2019s \u2018bold-colored differences\u2019 between DC &amp; the real America.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Weaver noted that while more anti-establishment candidates may try to use this attack line, there\u2019s still much to be gained from an endorsement from the Senate GOP campaign arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing endorsed by the Washington establishment can bring valuable contributions from interest groups around the country, but it can also bring some criticism for being too close to the Beltway,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Others caution that endorsements should not be seen as integral to the success of a campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately these candidates have got to focus on their message and they\u2019ve got to focus on having the resources to disseminate their message,\u201d the GOP strategist said. \u201cThey need to be able to actually run a functional campaign and no endorsement is going to matter if those things aren\u2019t done,\u201d the strategist added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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