Biden appointee crushes comeback bid by billionaire wine mogul David Trone

Former Rep. David Trone, D-Md., fell short in his comeback bid to return to Congress after pouring millions of his personal fortune into the race to unseat an incumbent Democrat. Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., defeated Trone on Tuesday in a bruising primary battle for a gerrymandered House seat in western Maryland, according to The Associated Press. The intraparty contest was one of the costliest primaries of the 2026 cycle, with more than $32 million spent between both candidates, who had c