INDIANA ELECTION RESULTS ... TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES HAVE BIG NIGHT UNSEATING WEAK INDIANA STATE GOP SENATORS ... NYT: Most Trump-Backed Challengers Beat Indiana Incumbents Who Bucked Trump President Trump promised political payback last year when Indiana state senators from his own party voted down his plan to redraw the state’s congressional map to help Republicans.
President Donald Trump scored a series primary victories in Indiana on Tuesday, as candidates he endorsed defeated multiple incumbent Republican state senators who had broken […] Source
Trump endorsed the challengers after the Indiana Senate voted down a proposed slate of congressional maps in December of last year, despite pressure from state leaders and national Republican figures.
The election on Tuesday will test the influence of President Trump, who endorsed challengers to Republican state senators who scuttled his push to redraw political maps.
Even as some top targets held on, lawmakers in both parties were pushed into runoffs by challengers in Texas, while some in the North Carolina state legislature lost.
All four state senators opposed Trump's push to give the GOP an edge in November, despite public pressure from Trump and Gov. Mike Braun, R-Ind. Other Republican groups, such as Turning Point USA, have vowed to unseat them.