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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul Farrell

Trump boasts almost everyone he endorses wins — and explains away those who don’t

  • Donald Trump boasted on Truth Social that his political endorsements achieved a 97 percent success rate in congressional, Senate, and gubernatorial elections from 2018 to 2026.
  • Trump said the few endorsed candidates who lost were supported out of loyalty despite facing nearly impossible paths to victory.
  • Representative Ralph Norman questioned Trump's endorsement of Senator Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate runoff.
  • In Alabama, Trump's backing helped Representative Barry Moore defeat outsider candidate Jared Hudson in the GOP Senate primary.
  • Meanwhile, Georgia State Representative Tim Fleming secured the Republican nomination for Secretary of State with Trump's backing over opponent Vernon Jones.

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Trump boasts ‘there has never been anything close’ to his endorsement winning streak

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