Can Indiana lawmakers win after defying the president’s vote?
Seven Republican state senators battle for re-election against candidates backed by Donald Trump Indiana voters go to the polls today in a test of the Republican party’s staying power after the party’s state lawmakers resisted Donald Trump ’s bruising campaign to pressure them into redrawing the congressional districts. The vote has turned into a statewide referendum on political retribution.
Party’s incumbents had resisted Trump’s bruising campaign to pressure them into redrawing congressional districts
A majority of Indiana Republican legislators whose opponents were backed by Donald Trump lost their primaries on Tuesday, giving the president wins in a deep-red state just months after lawmakers there rejected his redistricting plan.
Of the seven Trump-endorsed challengers to state senate candidates, at least five won.
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