Voters in Republican-leaning Nebraska and West Virginia go to the polls to pick candidates for U.S. Congress and other state races, with multiple matchups again testing former President Donald Trump's sway with voters
The contests are part of a series of primaries that will set the stage for Nov. 8 elections in which Republicans are favored to win control of at least one chamber of Congress, which would give them the power to bring Democratic President Joe Biden's legislative agenda to a halt.Trump has endorsed more than 150 candidates this year as he lays the groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2024, among them "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D.
McKinley was one of 13 House Republicans to vote for Joe Biden's infrastructure package, which will send billions of dollars in new spending for roads, bridges and other projects to the low-income state. In Nebraska, the race to succeed retiring Republican Governor Pete Ricketts has centered around accusations that Herbster had groped multiple women in recent years. Herbster has denied the charges and filed a defamation lawsuit against one of the accusers, state Senator Julie Slama. Slama has filed a countersuit alleging battery.
At that rally, Trump also urged his supporters to "vote like hell" against Republican Representative Don Bacon, who has criticized Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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