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Donald Trump Suffers Worst Night for Endorsements of 2026 Cycle
Three Trump-backed Republicans lost primaries, with defeats in Florida and Wyoming adding to a run of August setbacks, Newsweek and Ballotpedia said.
- On Tuesday, three Republican candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump lost their primary races in Florida and Wyoming, including Representative Cory Mills, Catalina Lauf, and Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder.
- A White House official claimed Trump maintained a 98 percent success rate with 233 wins from 238 endorsements before Tuesday; however, these August defeats expose the limits of the president's influence.
- Representative Cory Mills, facing multiple investigations, lost the Florida 7th Congressional District primary to Ryan Elijah, while Jim Schwartzel defeated Lauf in the 19th District despite Trump's late endorsement.
- Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder lost to state Senator Eric Barlow by more than 20,000 votes in the deep-red state, despite running a highly conservative campaign.
- Trump subsequently called Mills a friend but said he had urged him "to get out of the Race, but he wouldn't listen," as the president faces new tests in South Carolina and Oklahoma runoffs on August 25.
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