{"id":2641852,"date":"2026-08-07T13:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-charlie-hatcher-after-andy-ogles-primary-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:11:02","slug":"trump-endorses-charlie-hatcher-after-andy-ogles-primary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-charlie-hatcher-after-andy-ogles-primary-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses Charlie Hatcher after Andy Ogles primary loss"},"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\">18<\/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-endorses-charlie-hatcher-after-andy-ogles-primary-loss%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=2641852&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>President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Charlie Hatcher to become Tennessee\u2019s 5th Congressional District representative after Hatcher defeated incumbent Rep.Andy Ogles in the GOP primary. This marks the second primary loss for a Trump-endorsed candidate this week, following Amir Hassan\u2019s defeat in Michigan\u2019s 8th District. Despite his primary track record, Trump expressed confidence that Ogles faced tough odds in the general election. Ogles&#8217;s territory had been substantially redrawn after a Supreme Court decision, which contributed to his defeat. He is known for controversial remarks, including anti-Muslim statements, and was challenged by Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner supported by prominent Tennessee Republicans. Hatcher will now compete against Democrat Chaz Molder in the upcoming general election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> quickly endorsed Republican Charlie Hatcher to become the next representative for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"600\">Tennessee\u2019s<\/a> 5th Congressional District after defeating his original endorsee, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), in the GOP primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogles\u2019s loss on Thursday was the second GOP candidate whom Trump had endorsed to lose their primary race this week, after Amir Hassan lost the GOP primary for Michigan\u2019s 8th Congressional District against Thomas J. Smith, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4677732\/meet-michigan-salsa-mogul-thomas-smith-beat-trump-endorsed-republican\/\">salsa mogul <\/a>who had ended his campaign a month prior.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4679070\/trump-endorses-charlie-hatcher-tennessee-andy-ogles-primary-loss\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump endorses Charlie Hatcher after Andy Ogles primary loss<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4679124\/fraternal-order-of-police-slammed-gabe-vasquez\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fraternal Order of Police slams vulnerable House Democrat for using logo in constituent mail<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4678908\/rogers-appeals-democrats-turned-off-el-sayed-home-with-us\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rogers appeals to Democrats turned off by el Sayed: \u2018You have a home with us\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Trump appeared unconcerned about his primary track record and instead suggested that Ogles faced long odds of winning Thursday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLast night was another good night for Endorsements, 8-1, and the 1 was a person who I remained loyal to even though he had virtually no chance of winning, and was running against a Great \u2018Trump\u2019 Candidate, and former Agricultural Commissioner of Tennessee, named Charlie Hatcher,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117054989318193595\">wrote on Truth Social <\/a>on Friday. \u201cGood luck Charlie! Run tough and hard. You have my Complete and Total Endorsement!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tennessee\u2019s 5th District had been redrawn after the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Louisiana v. Callais<\/em> decision weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and subsequently led Republicans in southern states to create new congressional maps. The redraw put Ogles in mostly new territory, retaining just about 20% of his old district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4678622\/andy-ogles-charlie-hatcher-tennessee-house-primary\/\">TRUMP-BACKED ANDY OGLES LOSES GOP PRIMARY FOR TENNESSEE HOUSE SEAT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Ogles, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, was also beset by a history of inflammatory remarks, including calling for a ban on immigration from mostly Muslim countries.\u00a0\u201cMuslims don\u2019t belong in American society,\u201d Ogles wrote in a social media post in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, outraised Ogles and had the backing of Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) in addition to the backing of former Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. He will face off against Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder, a Democrat, in the general election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump backs Hatcher after Ogles GOP primary loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2641853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26203729233596.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36962,83841,39035,33184,3634],"class_list":["post-2641852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-andy-ogles","tag-charlie-hatcher","tag-political-endorsement","tag-primary-election","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26203729233596.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641852","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641860,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641852\/revisions\/2641860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}