Former President Donald Trump's endorsement of "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance in Ohio's 2022 GOP U.S. Senate primary is being cited by countless reporters as a prime example of the influence Trump still has with the GOP base. Vance went from trailing in the polls before Trump's endorsement to defeating former Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel and others in the primary; now, Vance is going up against a well-known Democrat, Rep. Tim Ryan, in the general election.
But Vance's victory in Ohio doesn't automatically mean that a candidate Trump endorses is going to win a Republican primary. Politico's David Siders, reporting on the results of the GOP gubernatorial primary election held in Nebraska on Tuesday, May 10, describes Trump's endorsement of the scandal-plagued Charles Herbster as an embarrassing "train wreck."
