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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Politics
Noah Bierman

Trump's role in disappointing midterm elections could leave GOP in a box

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's dominant role looks to have limited the Republican Party's ability to take full advantage of a midterm election opportunity.

But Trump's demonstrated inability to walk away quietly could hamstring the party for the next two years and beyond as he continues to exercise outsized sway over the GOP base.

As vote-counting continued Wednesday morning, Republicans still had a chance to win both chambers of Congress.

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