Trump goes on a revenge tour in Indiana after failed redistricting vote
Just weeks after Bluffton City, Indiana, Common Council member Blake Fiechter was endorsed by President Donald Trump for a state Senate seat, he backed out of the race.
“I felt like I was on a raft alone trying to navigate,” he told
WANE-TV of Fort Wayne in February.
So Trump, with his sights set on unseating the Indiana Republican lawmakers who
defied him on a redistricting vote last year, threw him a lifeline. In early March, Fiechter and five other Republican candidates Trump is backing for state Senate seats were at the White House and getting their picture taken behind the Resolute Desk.
The next day, Fiechter was
back in the race.
“It was just basically ‘work hard, we’ll be there for you, don’t let me down,’” a longtime Trump adviser recalled.
Millions of dollars have flooded into Indiana’s Republican Senate primaries ahead of the May 5 primary as Trump seeks revenge on the legislators who refused to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries to boost the party ahead of the midterm elections. It was a rare rebuke for Trump, who has otherwise maintained a firm grip on the Republican Party since he returned to office.
Trump has endorsed 17 candidates for state legislative seats in Indiana, including five challengers to Republican state senators who voted against the redrawn map in December. He is also backing a spate of state Senate incumbents who supported the redistricting effort and a candidate for an open seat, who was also part of the March White House meeting.
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