{"id":1353908,"date":"2022-03-02T00:07:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T05:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353908"},"modified":"2022-03-02T00:07:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T05:07:55","slug":"trump-endorsed-candidates-on-fire-in-texas-former-president-undefeated-in-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorsed-candidates-on-fire-in-texas-former-president-undefeated-in-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Endorsed Candidates on Fire in Texas: Former President Undefeated in Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-endorsed-candidates-on-fire-in-texas-former-president-undefeated-in-primaries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trumpapplaudsbollywood1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Every candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Texas\u2019s Republican primaries have either won or are substantially leading their races as of 11:00 p.m. ET, potentially solidifying Trump\u2019s kingmaker status in the first primaries of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 45th president gave his stamp of approval \u2014 a much coveted prize among Republican hopefuls \u2014 to 33 candidates.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/state-of-texas\/state-of-texas-runoff-risk-for-republicans-and-democrats-in-race-for-attorney-general\/\">Polling<\/a>\u00a0out of Texas has already shown that GOP voters are more likely to support candidates who have passed Trump\u2019s muster.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The former president released a statement celebrating his late night victory:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Big night in Texas! All 33 candidates that were Trump endorsed have either won their primary election or are substantially leading in the case of a runoff.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/01\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-wins-republican-primary-landslide-victory\/\">Governor Abbott<\/a> and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick have won in a landslide. Thank you, and congratulations to all!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump\u2019s endorsement secured the nomination of incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who faced fierce primary opposition from former State Sen. Don Huffines and former State Party Chairman Allen West. He also lifted\u00a0two of House Republicans\u2019 top recruits to the nomination without a runoff: Monica De La Cruz and Wesley Hunt, who are both at 56 percent with well over half the votes counted.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas primaries are the first regularly scheduled primary elections in the 2022 cycle, making it the first opportunity to test the power of Trump\u2019s endorsement post-presidency. As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/texas-goes-first-a-fortnight-from-americas-first-primary-day-what-to-look-for-in-lone-star-state\/\">previously reported<\/a>, how Trump fares on these races could influence how aggressive he gets in future primaries elsewhere in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter incredible success with President Trump\u2019s endorsements up and down the ballot last year, all 33 of President Trump\u2019s endorsed candidates came in first tonight \u2013 an unprecedented start to the 2022 midterms,\u201d President Trump\u2019s former White House Political Director Brian Jack told Breitbart News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Texas\u2019s Republican primaries have either won or are substantially leading their races as of 11:00 p.m. ET, potentially solidifying Trump\u2019s kingmaker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}