Here are the Trump-backed candidates who won the Nebraska and West Virginia primaries
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All 22 of Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates in Indiana and Ohio came away with the Republican nomination last week.
While his May 3 win-loss record looked impressive on paper, it was artificially inflated — the former president backed lots of incumbents who had no opposition and counted them as victories.
Trump did take one legit risk in endorsing J.D. Vance in the Ohio Senate primary. And his big gamble proved successful when Vance came from behind to finish in first place.
This week, Trump had slightly more political capital at risk by choosing sides in two key primary races. He backed GOP Rep. Alex Mooney over Rep. David McKinley in West Virginia’s 2nd District and Charles Herbster for governor in a messy contest in Nebraska.
There was one notable omission from Trump’s endorsement list in Nebraska: GOP Rep. Don Bacon. Trump is no fan of Bacon, who supported the bipartisan infrastructure bill and has said Trump bore some responsibility for Jan. 6.
Yet while Trump declined to back Bacon, he also decided against endorsing Bacon’s sole primary challenger. At a May 1 rally in Nebraska, Trump even took shots at Bacon, and asked the attendees to vote for the congressman’s cash-strapped GOP challenger, Steve Kuehl.