Trump Shapes the Governor’s Races

New York Times: “In recent weeks, the president has leapt enthusiastically into contested nomination fights, doling out endorsements — sometimes several a day — as part of an immersion into primaries that has caught contestants, Republican officials and in some cases even his own staff by surprise. By taking sides in intraparty disputes in a way his predecessors studiously avoided, Mr. Trump has helped put his favored candidates over the top in Alabama, South Carolina and most recently Georgia, where he helped a hard-right Republican prevail over a more mainstream candidate in the runoff for governor.”

“And there may be more to come: Mr. Trump recently said he would campaign ‘six or seven days a week’ this fall for vulnerable Republican candidates — though some of them may not want his help in states or districts where he is unpopular.”