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He's reshaped the party in his image.
At the same time, you are increasingly seeing Republican voters feel comfortable acknowledging his choice isn't the only one.
Well, 17 candidates on the ballot included Democrats, Libertarian and Independent.
And it was a lower turnout special election, so it doesn't take much to alter the margins there.
That said, Sarah Callis at Georgia Public Broadcasting talked to voters who said Trump's pick wasn't the best embodiment of America First or MAGA to them.
That was Colton Moore.
He's one of the most conservative lawmakers in Georgia's state legislature.
But also like we've seen over the last decade of Trump endorsements, pretty much everyone aligns with the president.
And sometimes it's about who he thinks is more likely to win.
After last week's election, Trump's campaign political director, James Blair, posted online that everyone Trump endorsed either won outright or advanced to a runoff.
And that was true in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas.
But many of those were uncontested primaries or there were no serious challengers.
That's also the same for yesterday in Mississippi.
But one notable result to me was North Carolina's U.S.
Senate primary.
Trump's handpicked leader of the Republican National Committee and handpicked choice to represent the party in one of the top Senate races, Michael Watley, only got 60 percent in the primary.
So unlike other races and places, his seal of approval could not clear the field.
And it's something to keep an eye on in the competitive general election there.
Well, Trump teased he would quickly make a pick last week between Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Kim Paxton.
But it hasn't happened.