.KatieBrittforAL’s victory over RepMoBrooks in a runoff election to pick Alabama’s Republican Senate nominee was another triumph for Donald Trump in a key party primary — but not because the former president endorsed the winner.
Britt, the former chief of staff to retiring Sen. Richard Shelby , was headed to victory in Tuesday’s contest long before Trump granted his seal of approval on June 10. Indeed, she surpassed Brooks in public opinion polls early this year, leading Trump to disavow his support for the congressman. Yet in perhaps a more important way, Britt’s nomination represented an accomplishment for the former president worth bragging about.
In this way, Britt’s win is emblematic of the breadth of Trump’s defeats in high-profile Republican primaries across the country so far in this midterm election cycle. Republican congressional and gubernatorial candidates most successful against Trump-endorsed contenders embraced Trump personally and his program and declined to hit back when he targeted them with his typical insults and vitriol.
“I’m for Trump, don’t get me wrong,” said Marlon Norwood, who lives in southeastern Alabama’s rural wiregrass region. Norwood emphasized that his first choice for president in 2024 is Trump. “I’d rather have him. He’s the first businessman we had up there; he got things straight.” However, he added, “I still think Katie would have won [the Senate race] whether [Trump] endorsed her or not.”
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