Republicans in Iowa defied Donald Trump and challenged his grip on the party by refusing to vote for a candidate for governor the president had personally endorsed.
Trump’s pick, Rep. Randy Feenstra, lost to farmer and businessman Zach Lahn in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday. Lahn was initially seen as an outsider in the showdown between five GOP candidates.
The loss means Feenstra has earned the dubious honor of being the first Trump-backed candidate for governor to lose a primary before November’s midterm elections.
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