Wyoming Republicans Snub Trump-Endorsed Candidate for Governor

[Snellius]

Source: NYT

Republicans in Wyoming on Tuesday brushed off President Trump’s 11th-hour endorsement in their governor’s race and rejected his preferred candidate, Foster Friess, one of the country’s biggest donors to conservative causes and a financial supporter of the president’s.
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Mr. Friess had leaned on political connections and vowed to spend “whatever it takes” from his personal fortune, but he was bested by Mark Gordon, the state treasurer who ran on his local roots, financial acumen and government experience, according to The Associated Press.
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It was a relatively rare loss for Mr. Trump, who has taken great pride in endorsing candidates who have gone on to win. Though Wyoming delivered his largest margin of victory in 2016 — 46 points — the president was clearly not the only factor on voters’ minds, despite efforts by some candidates to make him a focal point. Not only did voters look past the president’s plea to support Mr. Friess — whom he insisted would be a “fantastic Governor!” — they also snubbed Mr. Barrasso’s opponent, David Dodson, an entrepreneur who ran on a populist-inspired platform to put “Wyoming First,” an echo of Mr. Trump’s “America First” agenda.



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/us/politics/wyoming-alaska-primaries.html

[Mc Mike]

1. So much winning.

[riversedge]

2. I read that Trump repeated that in WV last night several times. For Trump, Coal is a WINNER

[Mc Mike]

3. I like how he bounces around to different sectors of the country,

telling people in MI about all the steel jobs he created, telling people in coal country about all the auto jobs he created, telling people in steel country about all the coal jobs he created.

None of them catch on that he doesn't point to the steel jobs he created right by them, or the auto jobs, or the coal jobs.

Then it's back to eating and tweeting, and golf.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "rejected his preferred candidate, Foster Friess"

What?

I didn't realize "aspirin between the knees" was running for governor there!

And this from the OP link -

It was a relatively rare loss for Mr. Trump

OFFS. What a pile of bullshit. This is how they falsely pump him up. A "loss" is a "loss" like "the truth" is "the truth". You can't be a "little bit" pregnant.