{"id":1470834,"date":"2022-05-10T23:29:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T03:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470834"},"modified":"2022-05-10T23:29:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T03:29:52","slug":"trump-backed-candidate-loses-big-in-key-primary-tarnishing-trumps-endorsement-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-candidate-loses-big-in-key-primary-tarnishing-trumps-endorsement-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Big In Key Primary, Tarnishing Trump\u2019s Endorsement Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-backed-candidate-loses-big-in-key-primary-tarnishing-trumps-endorsement-record%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=1470834&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--><p>Businessman Jim Pillen won the Republican nomination for Nebraska\u2019s gubernatorial race Tuesday, defeating a scandal-plagued Trump-endorsed candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1524225941626531841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">election<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecisionDeskHQ\/status\/1524222347544248321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forecasters<\/a> projected Pillen had won the three-way primary against Republican state Sen. Brett Lindstrom and Trump-backed Charles Herbster. As of late Tuesday it appeared Herbster could finish a distant second in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Herbster\u2019s loss marks a shift in former President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement success rate after all 22 of his endorsements <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/03\/trump-backed-candidates-win-big-ohio-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">swept<\/a> the Ohio and Indiana primaries on May 3. Trump had endorsed Herbster in October 2021 and reaffirmed his commitment to the candidate in May, despite accusations from eight women that Herbster groped and kissed them without their consent, according to a Nebraska Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskaexaminer.com\/2022\/04\/14\/gop-state-senator-seven-other-women-say-charles-herbster-groped-them-he-denies-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican State sen. Julie Slama told the outlet in April that Herbster reached up her skirt and touched her inappropriately at a 2019 event. Slama was initially the only woman to publicly come forward, but a second woman, 23-year-old Elizabeth Todsen, who used to work for Nebraska Republican state Sen. Dave Murman, later provided her name at the end of April, the Nebraska Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskaexaminer.com\/2022\/04\/30\/a-second-woman-steps-forward-by-name-to-allege-charles-herbster-groped-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Herbster has denied all allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to stick by our statement that Charles 100 percent denies these allegations,\u201d Emily Novotny, Herbster\u2019s campaign spokeswoman, said after Todsen made her accusation public, the Nebraska Examiner reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/pivotal-primary-races-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here Are The 12 Pivotal Primary Races Of 2022)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7426572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7426572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster speaks during a rally at the I-80 Speedway hosted by former President Donald Trump on May 01, 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two of the women who asked their identities be withheld are still considering filing a police report, the Nebraska Examiner reported.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/donald-trump-jd-vance-mehmet-oz-nancy-mace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threw his support behind<\/a> Herbster again in May, saying \u201che\u2019s been maligned, he\u2019s been maligned, he\u2019s been badly maligned and that\u2019s a shame,\u201d KOLN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1011now.com\/2022\/05\/02\/after-rescheduling-trump-rally-endorsing-herbster-finally-happens-sunday-greenwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I came out here. It would have been easier for me to say I\u2019m not coming out but I defend people when I know they\u2019re good. He\u2019s a good man,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts was unable to run again due to term limits and backed Pillen, who owns a large hog operation, in the race, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The next major test of the strength of Trump\u2019s endorsement will come on May 17, when Pennsylvania holds its Republican primary. Former talk show host Mehmet Oz <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/09\/donald-trump-endorses-mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received<\/a> Trump\u2019s backing in April and received a bump in the polls, but the race <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/10\/kathy-barnette-mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appears close<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businessman Jim Pillen won the Republican nomination for Nebraska\u2019s gubernatorial race Tuesday, defeating a scandal-plagued Trump-endorsed candidate.Several election forecasters projected Pillen had won the three-way primary against Republican state Sen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":1482465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470834","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\/1470834","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\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}