Trump’s Primary Picks Keep Beating Incumbents: What Comes Next?

WASHINGTON—In recent GOP primaries, President Donald Trump has had a Midas touch.

The candidates he endorsed against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), multiple Indiana state lawmakers, and the Republican incumbents triumphed in high-profile contests.

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David Carlucci, a political consultant and former Democratic state senator, agreed that Trump’s imprimatur matters a lot in primaries.

“For many GOP voters, loyalty to Trump remains one of the clearest signals of ideological alignment,” he said in a text message to The Epoch Times.