President Donald Trump weighed in with a surprise Kentucky Derby weekend endorsement for Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) in his Senate race last Friday, weighing in on and shaking up the Senate race just weeks before voters took to the polls.
Kentucky was one of the final red states with a competitive Senate Republican primary that Trump had not weighed in with an endorsement on. His push for Barr now leaves Texas and Georgia as the two main red states without a Trump endorsement.
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In Texas, Trump technically gave his support to all three GOP candidates — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), state Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) — before the March 3 primary, with Cornyn and Paxton now in a runoff. But in Georgia, Trump has remained silent on the Senate primary, leaving MAGA-base voters looking for clear guidance from Trump on where to place their ballots with
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