John Bolton is not running for office himself, but he says he wants to devote his energy to helping Republicans maintain control of the U.S. Senate.
, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign contributions. He spent millions of dollars in that election supporting Republican candidates, directly and indirectly, who aligned with his hard-line conservative views.so far: $50,000 to five GOP incumbents, including Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Bolton said he sees the presidential election as"a coin toss at this point." But he expressed concerns that"the effect of Trump on the electorate, even if he wins ... may be negative enough to sink enough Republican Senate candidates" and cost the GOP control of that chamber. Republicans hold 53 of the Senate's 100 seats.For vulnerable GOP senators,"the most important thing to their reelection is a strong performance by Trump in their state," he said.
"Is he going to solicit the 5% of Republicans who say they don’t support the president? He’s fishing in a very small pond," Schlapp said.
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