Trump Wins Indiana Primary Revenge Against Dissident Republicans
President Trump's "revenge tour" succeeded in Indiana on Tuesday as five Trump-backed candidates defeated Republican state senators who had previously opposed his congressional redistricting efforts. Trump's political payback against GOP opponents achieved significant results.
Primary Results
Five Trump-backed primary challengers defeated Indiana Republican state senators who had opposed a mid-decade redistricting push, while one incumbent won and one race was still too close to call last night.
Trump's Political Strategy
President Donald Trump vowed revenge when the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state Senate embarrassed him in December by voting down his demands to redraw the state's congressional maps to help the party win two more seats. And in Tuesday's primary, he got it.
Broader Political Context
President Donald Trump's revenge tour against dissident Republicans hits Indiana's primaries on Tuesday, as he and allies try to unseat seven Republican state senators who voted last year against a Trump-backed congressional map.