{"id":2646986,"date":"2026-08-19T13:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-trump-backed-republicans-who-have-lost-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:33:10","slug":"here-are-the-trump-backed-republicans-who-have-lost-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-trump-backed-republicans-who-have-lost-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the Trump-backed Republicans who have lost in 2026"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhere-are-the-trump-backed-republicans-who-have-lost-in-2026%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=2646986&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\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-candidate-loses-big-in-key-primary-tarnishing-trumps-endorsement-record\/\" title=\"Trump-Backed ... Loses Big In Key ..., Tarnishing Trump\u2019s Endorsement Record\">endorsement success rate<\/a> in the 2026 primary elections remains high at 96% across 313 races,but recent weeks have seen a growing number of losses,totaling 12 so far. Notably, nine of these losses occurred in the past three weeks amid ongoing international tensions and economic issues. Trump has endorsed in numerous races, including for Senate, House, and state offices, and has sometimes attempted to mitigate losses by endorsing multiple candidates or switching endorsements if his initial candidate loses. Despite his strong historical success, his influence appears to be waning, as some races show diminished support for his endorsed candidates. this cycle has also seen notable defeats for both Republican and Democratic incumbents,highlighting a broader shift in political dynamics and the decreasing impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-mike-pences-brother-without-mentioning-ex-vp\/\" title=\"Trump Endorses Mike Pence\u2019s Brother Without Mentioning Ex-VP\">high-profile endorsements<\/a> on grassroots voters.  <\/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\/news\/white-house\/4690076\/trump-calls-jon-ossoff-pee-wee-herman-natalie-harp-comments\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s 2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/primary\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2520\">primary<\/a> endorsement success rate remains staggeringly high, but the president has seen a growing number of losses stack up in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Endorsements_by_Donald_Trump\">Ballotpedia<\/a>, Trump has endorsed in 313 U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and state primary races this cycle, posting a 96% win rate so far. The figures outpace his numbers across the past two midterm cycles in terms of both total endorsements and success rate.<\/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\/4692828\/trump-96-percent-endorsement-success-rate-republicans-he-backed-who-lost\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump has a 96% endorsement success rate. Here are the Republicans he\u2019s backed who have lost<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4692436\/five-takeaway-florida-alaska-wyoming-primary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Five takeaways from Florida, Alaska, and Wyoming primary elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4687497\/non-campaign-local-events-politicians-rural-small-town-america\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Non-campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >local road events bring politicians<\/a> in front of rural, small town, and a-political America<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, following two losses in Florida and one in Wyoming Tuesday night, Trump\u2019s total <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4690923\/trump-urged-cory-mills-drop-reelection-florida-gop-primary\/\">losses<\/a> this cycle have jumped to 12.<\/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\">Here is every Trump-endorsed candidate that lost a primary in 2026:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Phil Berger<\/strong>, who ran for North Carolina\u2019s 26th state Senate District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bruce Borders<\/strong>, an Indiana State House Representative, who ran for reelection.<\/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\"><strong>Megan Degenfelder<\/strong>, who ran for\u00a0Wyoming governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gov. <strong>Pamela Evette <\/strong>(R-SC), who ran for\u00a0South Carolina governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep.<strong> Randy Feenstra <\/strong>(R-IA), who ran for Iowa governor.<\/p>\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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amir Hassan<\/strong>, who ran for the House in Michigan\u2019s 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gov. <strong>Burt Jones <\/strong>(R-GA), who ran for Georgia governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catalina Lauf, <\/strong>who ran for the House in Florida\u2019s 19th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sid Miller<\/strong>, Texas Agriculture Commissioner, who ran for reelection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <strong>Cory Mills <\/strong>(R-FL), who ran for reelection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <strong>Andy Ogles<\/strong> (R-TN), who ran for reelection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brenda Wilson<\/strong>, who ran for a state Senate seat in Indiana\u2019s 38th state Senate District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Tuesday, Trump\u2019s 12 losses in 2026 fall six short of his combined total for the 2018 and 2022 cycles. Nine of the 12 losses have occurred in the past three weeks amid the ongoing war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4692040\/iran-war-strain-us-efforts-deter-china\/\">Iran<\/a> and lingering inflation. Some political analysts have suggested the trend is a sign of the president\u2019s waning influence over the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are clearly some races where Trump just does not have the juice,\u201d said Matthew Dallek, a political historian at George Washington University. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t have the cachet to pull his candidate over the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s worth noting that the president has sought to minimize his losses in certain races by either endorsing multiple candidates or later endorsing the winning candidate for the general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did just that on Wednesday, writing that he had previously urged the scandal-plagued Mills, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4690923\/trump-urged-cory-mills-drop-reelection-florida-gop-primary\/\">whom he described on Truth Social<\/a> as a \u201cfriend,\u201d to drop out of the race, before endorsing the challenger Ryan Elijah ahead of November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Mills] wouldn\u2019t listen. He thought he could win, so who can blame him? Trump wrote. \u201cWe now have a great candidate, Ryan Elijah, running in his place! Ryan stands for EVERYTHING MAGA, and is respected by ALL. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4677523\/trump-kingmaker-reputation-damaged-primary-endorsement-losses\/\"><strong>TRUMP\u2019S ROLE AS KINGMAKER DENTED FOLLOWING STRING OF PRIMARY LOSSES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Trump isn\u2019t the only leader suffering losses this primary cycle. Democrats have also seen incumbent leaders backed by the establishment taken down in their primaries by an insurgent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\">socialist<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEndorsements from higher-ups in the political ecosystem, I think they can be very important for insider networking and fundraising,\u201d Christopher Nicholas, a veteran Republican political consultant, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cBut their utility with rank-and-file voters is waning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s 2026 endorsements hit 96% success rate despite recent losses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3421,"featured_media":2646987,"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\/08\/AP26231543951236.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42974,48003,41680,39684,84387],"class_list":["post-2646986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2026-elections","tag-political-losses","tag-republican-candidates","tag-trump-support","tag-trump-backed-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26231543951236.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646986","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\/3421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646990,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646986\/revisions\/2646990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}