The president’s pull with the party base has been clear and his resources are vast. But his low approval ratings make him a liability with swing voters.
President Trump campaigning with Representative Mike Lawler of New York in May. Republicans have to weigh Mr. Trump’s approval ratings against his popularity among his base.
After facing low approval ratings and endorsement setbacks, the president made a show of force in lifting Darline Graham to the Republican nomination for Senate in South Carolina.
Runoffs in the state are typically sleepy, but the Republican Senate contest between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman seemed to be drawing relatively high turnout.
Republicans still have some clear advantages on the map, but President Trump’s unpopularity has opened the door for an outcome that once seemed far-fetched.
Voters in Alaska, Wyoming and Florida are nominating candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, and a California district will move one step closer to finding a replacement for its disgraced former Congressman.
An early glimpse of a pivotal Senate race, heated primaries on a newly redrawn congressional map, and a special election to replace Eric Swalwell will be in the spotlight on Tuesday.
Senator Dan S. Sullivan and former Representative Mary Peltola are both widely expected to advance in Alaska’s Senate primary, but their vote shares will be closely watched as a reflection of who’s ahead going into the general election.
Representative Rashida Tlaib was supposed to headline an event called “Chomp the Oligarchy” for three candidates for Congress who face Jewish Democrats in Tuesday’s primary.
Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, has drawn criticism, and a 2023 censure in Congress, for embracing a pro-Palestinian slogan that many Jews consider a call for the eradication of Israel.
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