Senate GOP drops hands-off approach to primaries after stinging midterm defeats

By Samantha-Jo Roth

Published February 4, 2023 12:00pm ET

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Senate GOP drops hands-off approach to primaries after stinging midterm defeats — Senate Republicans are signaling they’re willing to box out weak GOP candidates in the 2024 primaries following a lackluster 2022 performance that ended with their minority shrinking in the upper chamber. The shift reflects a widespread sense within the Republican conference that its roster of inexperienced and in some cases controversial candidates was at least […]

Senate Republicans are signaling they’re willing to box out weak GOP candidates in the 2024 primaries following a lackluster 2022 performance that ended with their minority shrinking in the upper chamber.

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