With eyes on midterms, Flake and Heller feel the pressure from both sides

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Jeff Flake and Dean Heller are feeling the squeeze.

Both are Republican senators from out west who declined to support President Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton. That is sure to test their relationship with Republican voters at home, possibly encouraging Trump loyalists bent on revenge to challenge them in their respective primaries.

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