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The broader warning for Trump is simple: you can only relitigate one lost election so many times before voters start voting on the next one. Georgia keeps showing how much of his political power still depends on the anger he can summon — and how often that anger is starting to hit a ceiling.
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Trump’s handpicked candidates had a mixed night in Georgia, where his endorsement could still move some Republican voters but could not rescue every favorite or punish every enemy. The results underscored the gap between Trump’s media dominance and his actual ability to dictate primary outcomes.
Trump tried to use Georgia’s primaries to settle scores against officials who defied his 2020 election lies. The results showed that even many Republican voters were not eager to turn the primary into a personal vendetta machine.