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    Primaries To Watch: Will Trump Endorsements Be Enough To Protect GOP Incumbents?

    The president's record of picking winners is mixed, and two races test his ability to move voters today. Democratic activists try to win a big governor's race and knock off a party leader in Congress.
    by Jessica Taylor Jun 26, 2018 5 minutes
    South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster waves next to President Trump during a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., on Monday.

    President Trump has been burned by making endorsements in the past that didn't pan out (twice in Alabama's special Senate election last year), but he has backed primary candidates in two key races being decided Tuesday.

    Whether the president's backing can lift his chosen candidates to victory will be put to the test, including in South Carolina where he and Vice President Pence campaigned in recent days.

    Both parties are seeing ideological divisions drawn across party contests in seven states. Several Democratic incumbents are facing primary challenges from the left, while there are fights between the more conservative and establishment wings of the GOP.

    Meanwhile, more than 80,000 voters in Maryland may need to file provisional ballots, because of a technical glitch with voter information that was updated through the state's Motor Vehicle Administration.

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