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 other Republican incumbents triumphed in high-profile contests.
“The defeat of Thomas Massie in Kentucky and the state legislators in Indiana once again demonstrates that President Trump’s active support is the most important thing in GOP primaries, as it has been for the past decade,” said Jim Bognet, a former Republican congressional candidate and partner with the Brunswick Group, in a text message to The Epoch Times.
David Carlucci, a political consultant and former Democratic state senator, agreed that Trump’s imprimatur matters a lot in primaries….