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Trump's endorsement losses are starting to pile up. It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

Most of former President Donald Trump's endorsements have been in races where his

anointed candidate faced little or no competition.

If this was horse racing, no one would be impressed by a handicapper who won placing

bets at a track featuring races with only one horse.

The only Trump endorsements that matter are in competitive races, and there, the record is

mixed.

A quick recap.

In Texas, Trump endorsed Susan

Wright in a special election last year. She lost. In Pennsylvania, his first candidate in the

GOP Senate primary, Sean Parnell, dropped out of the race after his wife amid a custody dispute

accused him of being physically abusive, which he denied. Trump's second choice, Memadaz,

is mired in a tight race

that appears headed to a recount. Trump also endorsed Doug Mastriano in the GOPee-Gubinitorial

primary, but only in the final weekend of the campaign when the race was no longer competitive.

In Nebraska, he endorsed Charles Herbster in the GP gubernatorial primary. He lost in Ohio.

He endorsed G.D. Vance in the GOP Senate primary, Frank LaRose in the Secretary of State primary, Max Miller in the 7th District,

and Madison Gassiotto Gilbert in Ohio 13, all 4-1 in North Carolina. Trump endorsed Representative

Ted Budd in the GOP Senate primary. He won. He also endorsed

Bowhines in the GOP primary to represent the 13th District. He won. And he endorsed Representative

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