2022-05-12 21:00:05
4 takeaways from the Nebraska and West Virginia primaries
Tuesday's
Republican primaries in
Nebraska and West Virginia were a test with mixed results for
former President Donald Trump's endorsement power.
Trump suffered his first big loss of
2022 in Nebraska, where his chosen candidate for governor in the
Republican primary lost to the state party's choice.
He fared better in
West Virginia, where his pick in a hotly contested
GOP House primary cruised to victory in a battle of
Republican incumbents - one backed by the former
President, the other endorsed by the state's
GOP governor and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin - drawn against each other by the state's congressional mapmakers.
While
Trump's hold on the Republican Party remains strong, the result in
Nebraska shows it is not complete - especially when he endorses a candidate like wealthy businessman
Charles Herbster, who is facing multiple allegations of
sexual misconduct.
The clear winner in Nebraska, though, was the state's.
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