How believing in free enterprise — and just being difficult — led to a Republican’s defeat

Published August 5, 2016 3:26am ET



Conservative congressman Tim Huelskamp lost reelection badly on Tuesday, losing his primary by 14 points.

There are two stories to tell about Huelskamp’s loss, and both are true. One story is the same old story about the same old Beltway GOP divide that defined the party from Obama’s election to Trump’s nomination: The battle between the GOP’s corporate lobbyists and the GOP’s free-market crusaders.

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