![]() Not surprisingly, Trump threatened to withdraw his support, but Lombardo won anyways. Although Lombardo had Trump’s endorsement, he pushed away from him in the one gubernatorial debate saying, “he was bothered by Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, he was “not shying away from that” and agreeing that Trump lying about election fraud undermined the confidence of the voters.” In Nevada, the Republican candidate, Joe Lombardo, beat the incumbent Democratic Governor by 1.4%. Kemp beat a Trump-backed candidate in the Republican primary, and in the general election, he won a 7.5% victory over the powerful Stacey Abrams whose campaign to end voter suppression made her a national celebrity. ![]() As a result, Kemp became enemy number one in Trump’s post-election vendettas. Brian Kemp who certified Biden’s win in the state. In fact, some Republican operatives have taken to calling them “normal” Republicans-the first time in many years studying politics that I’ve ever heard people refer to some of their candidates as “normal.” In Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State who refused Trump’s request to find him the 11,780 votes that would allow him to win Georgia, sailed to a 10-point victory over his Democratic opponent, surviving the wrath of Trump. In the general election, non-Trump Republicans did very well. Of the 1,397 GOP candidates in congressional primaries in 2022, 59% were not endorsed by Trump, made no mention of Trump on their websites or social media, and made no mention of MAGA or America First. And the fact that Trump-endorsed candidates did well in the primaries added to the mantra that the Republican Party was now “Trump’s Party.” However, it turns out that a “normal” Republican Party was lurking in the wings. Even among those who failed to get his endorsement, a large number did their best to turn themselves into “mini-Trumps” mimicking his style, his positions on issues and declaring themselves MAGA and America First. During the primaries a lot of attention was paid to candidates at all levels who were hungry for Trump’s endorsement. Another one that received insufficient coverage is that there is still a “normal” Republican Party in waiting, and Democrats, who have had three substantial wins in recent years, (the 2018 midterms, the 2020 presidential and the 2022 Senate) may not do as well against a “Trumpless” party.ĭuring the primaries, my team at Brookings conducted a review of every single Republican and Democratic candidate for Congress. Editors don’t like that.”įor more than seven years, Trump has sucked all the air out of the media space, and climate change isn’t the only story that has gotten lost in the shuffle. Climate change stories tend to depress ratings and subscriptions. The veteran journalist Marvin Kalb writes of his coverage: “Trump is known to raise TV ratings and increase newspaper subscriptions. He has dominated news coverage since he came down that golden escalator in Trump Tower. Donald Trump is like a 10-car pileup on the side of the highway.
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