Jessica Taylor has a good look at the today’s primary to replace retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), where Trump-endorsed Bill Hagerty (R) faces Manny Sethi (R) in what has become an “intense mudslinging” contest.
“Now, Tennessee Republican insiders believe either candidate has the potential to win, with Sethi possessing the late momentum but the fundamentals of the contest still perhaps favoring Hagerty. Recent elections have shown that Trump’s endorsement is as close to a silver bullet as you can get in a GOP primary, but Sethi has honed in on what might be the new Achilles heel for more establishment Republican candidates — previous support of Mitt Romney. This race presents a test of whether new alliances can trump old ones within the Republican Party.”

