Republicans across Ohio are testing the degree to which Donald Trump’s blessing — explicit or not — can push ideologically aligned candidates through next week’s primaries that will set up fall contests deciding control of the House and Senate.
In a state that Trump carried twice by 8 points, even those congressional candidates who once questioned the apparent leader of the party have courted his support and largely mirrored the presumptive presidential nominee’s talking points on the campaign trail.
“The Trump endorsement has become the Tyrannosaurus Rex of Republican primaries,” said Mark Weaver, an Ohio-based Republican strategist.
Once a swing ...