{"id":585473,"date":"2023-08-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-aligned-senate-candidates-raise-concerns-for-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T10:00:00","slug":"trump-aligned-senate-candidates-raise-concerns-for-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-aligned-senate-candidates-raise-concerns-for-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump-aligned Senate candidates raise concerns for GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/marchantjim_lakekari_080123_ap-split_senate.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are voicing concerns that\u00a0a number of\u00a0failed GOP midterm candidates aligned with former President Trump could cost them key Senate races next year.<\/p>\n<p>Former GOP Nevada secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant, who has been tied to the QAnon conspiracy theory and refused to concede his loss last year, has thrown his hat into the ring for Sen. Jacky Rosen\u2019s (D-Nev.) seat. Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who also refused to concede her loss to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), has strongly hinted that she is considering a run for the state\u2019s Senate seat.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A few others that have stirred controversy are also considering Senate bids in critical states like Wisconsin and Montana, leading some Republicans to warn that they could prove to be a liability as the party looks to flip the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, one thing some of these MAGA and more far-right candidates have in common is they are a glutton for punishment, and they don\u2019t mind being humiliated at the ballot box,\u201d said Barrett Marson, an Arizona-based GOP strategist.<\/p>\n<p>Marson said Lake should have won the state\u2019s governor\u2019s race last year but turned off voters by backing claims of\u00a0voter\u00a0fraud. He said the same pattern h<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>ened throughout much of the country, with many candidates echoing similar allegations losing in competitive races that\u00a0ultimately determined\u00a0control of Congress and governor\u2019s mansions.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Republicans had hoped to make significant gains in Congress, encouraged by the fact that the president\u2019s party historically loses seats in both chambers during the midterm elections. But Republican\u00a0candidates, some of whom tied themselves closely to Trump and advocated for his false claims of\u00a0the 2020 presidential election being stolen, lost.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP only narrowly won control of the House and\u00a0failed to\u00a0win a majority in the Senate. Trump shouldered some\u00a0blame\u00a0for the party\u2019s performance following the November <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election for endorsing candidates in the primaries who were seen by observers and strategists as more loyal to him but potentially less\u00a0viable\u00a0in a general election.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the party\u2019s disappointing performance,\u00a0Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gop-senate-campaign-chair-steve-daines-focus-quality-candidates\/\">said\u00a0last month<\/a> that the National Republican Senatorial Committee\u00a0would take a\u00a0more active role\u00a0in recruiting candidates and be more selective in\u00a0providing\u00a0support.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Daines has also said he wanted to get \u201con the same page\u201d with Trump about endorsements and has endorsed Trump for the presidency in 2024.\u00a0But as Trump\u2019s legal woes mount \u2014 the former president was hit with another federal indictment Tuesday over his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 efforts to overturn the election \u2014 the former president could once again prove to be a political burden for Republican Senate leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Moyle, a former executive director of the Nevada Republican Party and a strategist, said the GOP has had this challenge in previous years, pointing to the 2010 midterms in which\u00a0more conservative\u00a0Tea Party candidates were able to win\u00a0the GOP nomination and advance to the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Moyle mentioned the Delaware special Senate election that year in which Republican Christine O\u2019Donnell upset then-Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) for the GOP nomination. Castle was a longtime representative and former governor who was favored to win the Senate seat, but O\u2019Donnell, a conservative activist, received enthusiastic Tea Party backing to win the nomination.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ultimately, O\u2019Donnell was\u00a0easily\u00a0defeated by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Democrats narrowly held control of the Senate despite losing half a dozen seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0the first time that a problem like this existed. Historically,\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0been different versions of it at\u00a0different times. You spend the primary running all the way to the right, then spend the general trying to come back to the middle.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a tough thing to do,\u201d Moyle said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Republican Party needs to focus on issues that \u201cmatter to voters directly.\u201d He said focusing on \u201cTrumpian\u201d aspects like the 2020 election doesn\u2019t help in a general election, leaving too many voters \u201con the sidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The 2024 Senate map easily favors Republicans overs Democrats. Three Democratic senators are running for reelection in\u00a0conservative-leaning states, and several more are running in swing states. Meanwhile, no Republican senator is up for reelection in a state that voted Democratic\u00a0during\u00a0either of the past two presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Still, some Republicans\u00a0believe the party should be\u00a0taking action to support\u00a0candidates they see as more electable by the\u00a0general public.<\/p>\n<p>Daines has\u00a0thrown his support behind\u00a0West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) in the GOP primary over Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), as Republicans look to unseat Sen. Joe Manchin (D), who still has yet to announce whether he\u2019s running for reelection. Polls have shown\u00a0Justice leading Manchin by a significant margin in a hypothetical match-up, while Manchin and Mooney are seen as neck and neck.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Daines has also signaled support for\u00a0businessman\u00a0Tim Sheehy to become the GOP nominee to face Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.). Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), who lost to Tester during the 2018 election,\u00a0is\u00a0weighing\u00a0a run of his own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rosendale was notably one of a handful of House conservatives who pushed back against the bill\u00a0that Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) agreed upon earlier this year to raise the debt limit and avoid a default.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Scholz, a Wisconsin-based Republican strategist, emphasized that the campaign season is\u00a0still early\u00a0and throwing names around is \u201cexciting,\u201d but candidates eventually need to decide if they are seriously going to run and what type of campaign they want to run.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Another one of the most closely watched Senate races next year will take place in the Badger State, where Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) is up for reelection. On Tuesday, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R) said he wouldn\u2019t run for the seat, making him the second House Republican after Rep. Mike Gallagher (R) to bow out. Among those still seen as a potential GOP candidate in the race is former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who has backed Trump\u2019s election fraud claims.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz said he believes Trump will hurt Republicans for a long time, and Democrats need the former president to remain involved in politics to help them. He added that Trump should be blamed for Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defeating Republican nominee Tim Michels\u00a0last year by a few points in a race he said Evers should have lost.<\/p>\n<p>In that race, Trump endorsed Michels over the more establishment candidate, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe will continue to soil the Republican Party and in doing so he will continue to be the one to be blamed for a lot of the losses,\u201d Scholz said.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Sen. Ron Johnson (R) won reelection over Democrat Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans argue\u00a0the Trump-aligned candidates might have a better chance at victory than what some in the party are saying.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Smith,\u00a0a GOP consultant\u00a0who served as the chief political strategist for the last two months of Lake\u2019s 2022 campaign, said\u00a0these candidates are in \u201cstrong positions\u201d to win their primary races. He said he thinks Lake \u201ccertainly\u201d would be able to win the Senate race in Arizona if she decides to run.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has declared his candidacy for the seat, running to the left of incumbent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who was elected as a Democrat but has left the party and become an Independent. Sinema has not said whether she will run for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, a three-way race is even better, but Kari Lake would win a two-way race. The enthusiasm\u2019s still behind her, especially in the Republican base undoubtedly,\u201d Smith said, adding that he expects she will be able to \u201cjuxtapose\u201d herself against a \u201cradical\u201d like Gallego.<\/p>\n<p>He said Arizona has consistently elected candidates\u00a0running in a more moderate lane\u00a0like\u00a0Sen. Mark Kelly\u00a0(D) and Hobbs, but Gallego\u2019s voting record shows he is not moderate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0definitely a\u00a0shift in this country. And Republicans simply have better ideas and better ideas to improve the economy for families,\u201d Smith argued. \u201cThey\u2019re\u00a0able to stick to the kitchen table issues more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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