Senate GOP has 2018 edge in numbers, struggle for candidates - Business Insider
× Republicans are struggling to recruit top-tier Senate challengers in states where Trump won Joe Manchin. Zach Gibson/Getty Images DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Senate Republicans landed a top-tier candidate in West Virginia but have struggled to recruit well-known GOP challengers in several states where President Donald Trump romped and Democratic incumbents warily face re-election. Two-term Rep. Evan Jenkins on Monday announced his bid against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia's popular former governor whose conservative record often puts him at odds with his party and made him a possible member of Trump's Cabinet. Jenkins, in a video, said Manchin changed when he got to Washington, spotlighting the senator's unsuccessful effort on gun control with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania after the 2012 murders at Sandy Hook school. "West Virginia values, not anymore," Jenkins says in the ad. In Wisconsin, Michigan and other states,Read full article from Senate GOP has 2018 edge in numbers, struggle for candidates - Business Insider
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