{"id":587926,"date":"2023-08-21T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trouble-looms-for-senate-gop-despite-recruiting-wins\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:00:00","slug":"trouble-looms-for-senate-gop-despite-recruiting-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trouble-looms-for-senate-gop-despite-recruiting-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trouble looms for Senate GOP despite recruiting wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/lakekari_rosendalematt_0818123gn_split_senate-gop.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Republicans\u2019 string of major recruiting wins could soon be coming to an end as the party prepares for less-than-welcome entries in two races that could help decide the fate of the Senate majority next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) and former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake are widely expected to launch bids for the upper chamber in Montana and Arizona, respectively, in the coming months.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s creating headaches for GOP leaders in their quest to flip two seats and retake control of the Senate after four years in the minority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders in the Senate haven\u2019t been shy about calling out \u201ccandidate quality\u201d as a major issue for the party in 2022 and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Steve Daines (R-Mont.) vowed to more aggressively recruit and back candidates with a better shot of winning a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, those efforts have borne fruit in a number of key contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) is the leading contender to take on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) next year (if Manchin runs), Tim Sheehy entered the race in Montana to unseat Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sam Brown launched a campaign in Nevada. Manchin and Tester, who represent states former President Trump carried by a wide margin, are at the top of Republicans\u2019 target list.<\/p>\n<p>The party also has a number of acceptable candidates in Ohio to take on Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), though none are considered to be sterling by GOP operatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s the potential coming pair of Rosendale and Lake that has Republicans worried.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere are few election cycles when everything breaks your way. You want more balls bouncing in your direction than the other. It\u2019s very rare you pitch a perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>,\u201d one GOP operative involved in Senate races told The Hill, describing the coming group of candidates as a \u201cmixed bag.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Led by Daines, top GOP figures heavily recruited Sheehy into the race in Montana in order to avoid a repeat of 2018, when Rosendale lost to Tester by 3.5 percentage points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, all signs point to Rosendale taking the 2024 plunge. He recently\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattForMontana\/status\/1688264913029038080\">appeared at events<\/a>\u00a0in Montana\u2019s 1st Congressional District, which is represented by Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), indicating that his political aspirations are statewide. He and his team have also repeatedly pointed to his support in a poll released by a Democratic firm earlier this summer, which they argue gives him the upper hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republican operatives, however, believe that Daines and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are prepared to go to the mat in a primary battle between the two and spend whatever is necessary to get Sheehy, a businessman and a retired Navy SEAL, over the finish line to face Tester.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Daines and Mitch want Sheehy to be the nominee, he will be,\u201d a second GOP operative said. \u201cThey\u2019re just going to have to exert themselves to make sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosendale was dealt a major blow last month as the Club For Growth indicated that it is stepping away from its initial plan to back him. The sitting congressman is considered by most Republicans to be a poor fundraiser, and losing the Club would do him major harm in a potential war over the airwaves with Sheehy, who can self-fund.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A Rosendale spokesperson told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/jon-tester-faces-another-tough-senate-campaign-montana-gop-braces-poss-rcna100083\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0recently that Rosendale \u201chas not made a decision yet\u201d on a Senate bid and \u201cis focused on his priority which is representing the people of Montana.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the situation in Arizona could present a different type of difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>If Lake launches a campaign, she is expected to win the nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Lake, who lost the state\u2019s gubernatorial contest last year to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), told reporters last month that she will likely make that decision in the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders are already dreading the possibility. Lake, an outspoken backer of former President Trump, has gone to great lengths to deny her loss last year. Multiple GOP operatives described her as a \u201cdisaster\u201d for the party if she runs, but they concede there\u2019s little anyone can do to stop her at the primary level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone jumps in if she gets in,\u201d one Arizona-based GOP strategist told The Hill. \u201cIt\u2019s a sweet giveaway to the Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While no recent poll shows how Lake fares in a three-way matchup against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who is expected to capture the Democratic nomination,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/arizona-2024-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-independent-candidacy-could-help-democrats-for-u-s-senate\/\">one survey<\/a>\u00a0pitting Sinema, Gallego and Pima County Sheriff Mark Lamb against one another shows that Sinema pulls more votes from Republican candidates than Democrats, spelling trouble for any GOP candidate if the incumbent senator goes ahead with a reelection campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, operatives believe that Blake Masters might launch a second bid in as many cycles for the Senate if Lake forgoes a run of her own. Masters, who had Trump\u2019s endorsement in the state\u2019s GOP Senate primary in 2022, went on to lose the general election to Sen. Mark Kelly (D) by 5 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are just like f\u2014ing desperate, especially the business community. They\u2019re desperate for a normal person, and they\u2019re not going to get it,\u201d the Arizona-based operative added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>All is by no means lost on the recruiting end for Republicans, however.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They still are hopeful that David McCormick will launch a bid to take on Sen. Bob Casey (D) in Pennsylvania, with the former Bridgewater Associates CEO taking all the proper steps toward a run. One source close to McCormick told The Hill that he is still deciding and remains uncertain about a second consecutive campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he decides to get in, he\u2019ll be a formidable candidate,\u201d the source said. \u201cBut he realizes that running for Senate in any election year is no mean feat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GOP also expects businessman Eric Hovde to run in Wisconsin and are waiting on the field in Michigan to sort itself out. National Republicans also believe former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) is aiming to launch a bid after Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>However, the lion\u2019s share of the focus remains on the trio of West Virginia, Montana and Ohio. Anything beyond that is gravy, some Republicans say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s three states that matters,\u201d the second GOP operative said. \u201cAnd then there\u2019s everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013Updated at 8:17 a.m.<\/em><\/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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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