'He's everything': Trump looms large in Indiana and West Virginia primariesWashington Examiner, May 6, 2018, Al Weaver
President Trump is set to play an outsized role in two important GOP Senate primaries on Tuesday as Republicans hope the winners help them keep their majority in the fall.
The president's enduring popularity in West Virginia and Indiana has made both three-way primaries a contest to see who can be the most Trump-like and win enough support from his base to move into the general election season.
"Trump's playing a huge role in both of those states," said David McIntosh, head of the Club for Growth. "Like everywhere in the country, Republican primary voters really want candidates who are going to support the president and support his agenda."
"So you see every candidate pounds his chest and says, 'I'm the most pro-Trump and my opponents — they bet against the president.' It's a repeated line," McIntosh continued. "Voters are smarter than that and sort it out, but it is a huge variable."
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