Trump-Backed Republicans Lose Key Senate Races as Democrats Take Control

Republican Senate candidates endorsed by Donald Trump lost races in South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas and Michigan, helping Democrats take control of the chamber. The results exposed limits to Trump’s influence over voters beyond his core supporters. The report says Trump’s interventions in party primaries divided Republicans, while concerns about prices and other issues also weighed on the party. Analysts argued that some of his preferred candidates were less electable than the Republicans they replaced or challenged. Trump responded that Republicans would have won in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official said the administration had expected the party to lose both chambers and that Trump had campaigned across the country to improve its prospects.

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