Incumbents Raise More Than Trump-Backed Challengers
Incumbents Raise More Than Trump-Backed Challengers
October 16, 2021 at 7:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 6 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/16/incumbents-raise-more-than-trump-backed-challengers/
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Three House Republicans targeted by former President Donald Trump raised more money in the third quarter than his hand-picked candidates to defeat them, Bloomberg reports.
Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Fred Upton of Michigan and Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington were among the 10 House Republicans who infuriated Trump by voting against him during his second impeachment proceeding. So far, Republican donors havent followed him in backing their challengers.
Trump has yet to endorse candidates running against the other six Republican incumbents who voted to impeach him on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but his vow to fight them has worried GOP officials.
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