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Trump Hoped for a Celebration but Did Not Have Much to Cheer

Congrats Pennsylvania. Trump disconsolate and childishly narcissistically into himself to the end.

"Watch Obama's closing message to voters in Philadelphia CNN"

Trump Hoped for a Celebration but Did Not Have Much to Cheer

The former president endorsed roughly 300 candidates in the midterm elections. With votes still being counted, those in competitive races appeared to have mixed results.
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Mr. Trump affixed his name to dozens of candidates who were virtual locks to win at the ballot box — including some who had no Democratic opponent — in an attempt to compile a lopsided win-loss record that he started trumpeting Tuesday evening, well before any key Senate battleground contests had been called.

He backed candidates in the five most competitive Senate races, including Mr. Walker in Georgia and Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania, both of whom he helped recruit.
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In governors’ contests, Mr. Trump’s influence was felt most deeply in Arizona, where Ms. Lake, a former local news anchor, fashioned almost her entire campaign on the former president in substance and style. The strategy proved hugely successful in a primary contest against a well-known Republican establishment figure and kept her close in the polls with Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee. But Ms. Lake was trailing as votes were being counted early Wednesday. Mr. Trump’s gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin, Tim Michels, and in Michigan, Tudor Dixon, both lost to incumbents.

In governors’ races that were still undecided early Wednesday, Mr. Trump had endorsed Derek Schmidt in Kansas and Joe Lombardo in Nevada.

In an interview with NewsNation conducted before polls closed, when asked how much credit he believed he deserved for any of the more than 330 candidates he endorsed throughout the cycle, Mr. Trump said, “Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. And if they lose, I should not be blamed at all, OK, but it’ll probably be just the opposite.”

He added, “Usually what would happen is, when they do well, I won’t be given any credit, and if they do badly, they will blame everything on me. So I’m prepared for anything, but we’ll defend ourselves.”

Mr. Trump is singularly focused on defending himself, preoccupied with not just his win-loss record but with the myriad investigations he is facing and the prospect of challenges by other candidates for the party’s nomination in the primaries. He has been most vexed by the potential of Mr. DeSantis to mount a presidential candidacy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/politics/trump-endorsements-midterms-gop.html