Senate Republicans mounted an aggressive primary intervention strategy to recruit strong candidates to improve their chances of taking back the majority next year, but not everything is going according to plan.
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Rep. Matt Rosendale are widely expected to enter their state’s respective Senate races in the coming months, creating new hurdles for Republican leaders as they try to chart a winning strategy without inflaming disaffected conservatives.Earlier this year, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, under the new leadership of Sen.
Additionally, the NRSC under Daines has focused on boosting its preferred candidates. The committee has now endorsed four candidates total, including Sam Brown in Nevada and Jim Banks in Indiana, a strategy the party hasn’t deployed since 2014 after poor results in elections in 2010 and 2012. There are some fears that Rosendale could win the primary but could suffer another general election loss to Tester.
“Republicans who can’t win general elections need to stay out of these Senate races, especially the ones in states that are so critical to taking over the majority, like Montana and West Virginia,” said a Republican operative involved in Senate races who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “We don’t need to be investing any more resources and time into states to win primaries and then again to win the general. It’s just a waste of time and effort.
Meanwhile, Democrats are watching closely from the sidelines, eager to see how messy primaries could divide the GOP well into the summer of next year. “Kari Lake guarantees Republicans of losing again. Her rhetoric is wrapped up in anger and willingness to fight, and it’s clear she doesn’t have a coherent strategy to actually win,” Heye said.
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