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Trump remains a winner where it really matters

High-profile candidates who got the Trump-hug tended to be losers. But among critical Republican primary voters, the former president’s pull is as strong as ever.

Victoria CooperUS politics researcher

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Donald Trump emerged from the 2022 midterm election with egg on his face.

Although most former US presidents try to stay above intra-party squabbles, the former president had unprecedented involvement in the midterm primaries, which ultimately led to the ascendance of “outsider” Trump-like candidates in several key congressional swing states and losses in toss-up gubernatorial elections.

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Victoria Cooper is a research associate at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

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