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On Sunday morning Kristen Welker told an NBC affiliate that President Trump has “had some mixed results” with his primary endorsements, and cited a race he had just won. That afternoon he posted that her four words were a “purposeful inaccuracy,” that she would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment,” and called on the commission's chairman by name to act on what he called a “Threat to our Country.”
The Claim, And The Count
Left column is what was said about the record. Right column is the record. Data through August 25, 2026.
What was said
“100% for the U.S. Senate, and 98% for the U.S. House, recently and over the longterm.”
Trump, Truth Social, Aug 30, 2026
What the record shows
Both of those numbers are close to right. All 24 of his endorsed Senate candidates with primaries so far won. In the House he lost 4 of roughly 218 endorsements — about 98 percent. Welker did not dispute either figure.
Fox News, Aug 27, 2026 · Central Oregon Daily / USA TODAY, Aug 27, 2026
What was said
Saying he had “mixed results” is a “purposeful inaccuracy” warranting FCC “rebuke or punishment.”
Trump, Truth Social, Aug 30, 2026
What the record shows
He did not quote the office where the results are mixed. In governors' races he is 19–5 — 79 percent, his weakest category. Five of the nine primaries he lost this cycle were governors' races. Across state executive and legislative endorsements the rate is 87 percent.
Central Oregon Daily / USA TODAY, Aug 27, 2026 · Fox News, Aug 27, 2026
What was said
“President Trump's endorsement is the most powerful endorsement in the history of American politics. Anyone claiming otherwise is a complete and utter fool.”
A White House official, speaking anonymously, Aug 15, 2026
What the record shows
101 of his 260 tracked endorsements went to candidates who had no primary opponent at all. The official declined to release the endorsement list the White House used to calculate its own success rate. So did the White House when USA TODAY asked.
Politico, Aug 15, 2026 · New York Times, Aug 26, 2026 · USA TODAY, Aug 26, 2026
The Nine Who Lost
Every 2026 Republican primary loss by a Trump-endorsed candidate, through August 25. Four House, five governor.
Cory Mills — Florida's 7th District. An incumbent Trump endorsed in February, beaten August 18 by a former local news anchor while under investigations involving his treatment of women. Trump posted afterward that he had tried to get Mills to drop out.
Catalina Lauf — Florida's 19th District, open seat. Given a “Complete and Total Endorsement” days before the August 18 primary and finished seven points behind Jim Schwartzel.
Andy Ogles — Tennessee's 5th District. Incumbent, endorsed, lost.
Amir Hassan — Michigan's 8th District.
Pamela Evette — South Carolina governor. The sitting lieutenant governor, beaten in the runoff by Attorney General Alan Wilson in what Fox called a landslide.
Burt Jones — Georgia governor. Also a sitting lieutenant governor.
Randy Feenstra — Iowa governor. A sitting member of Congress.
Megan Degenfelder — Wyoming governor. The state schools chief, beaten August 18 on the same night Trump's Senate pick, Harriet Hageman, won hers.
Mike Lindell — Minnesota governor.
Where The Endorsements Went
The placement of the endorsements, and the races where it plainly decided the outcome.
101 of 260 endorsements this cycle went to candidates in uncontested primaries — no opponent, guaranteed a spot on the November ballot before he weighed in.
Of the 159 contested primaries, 93 of his picks were incumbents and 66 were not. Every one of the nine losses came out of the contested column.
He endorses far earlier than he used to. In 2018 the average primary endorsement came about seven weeks before the vote. This cycle it is closer to seven months, and nearly 75 percent of the announcements went to incumbents.
Kentucky's 4th District is the counterexample, and it is a big one. Thomas Massie — who had pushed for the Epstein files, criticized the Iran war, and voted against the tax bill — was beaten May 19 by Ed Gallrein, a farmer and former Navy SEAL Trump recruited and campaigned for in person. It became the most expensive U.S. House primary on record, more than $32 million in ad spending.
Washington Post, May 19, 2026 · Kentucky Lantern, May 19, 2026
Trump has claimed a rate near or above 96 percent in every cycle he has counted: 97% in 2018 (35 of 36), 98% in 2020 (117 of 120), 96% in 2022 (179 of 187), 98% in 2024 (175 of 178), and 97% so far in 2026 (256 of 264, by the White House's own count).
A GOP strategist, Ryan Williams, on what the losses mean: “The Republican Party is Trump's party … but it doesn't necessarily mean the candidate's going to win.”
None of the above are midterm results. The general election is November 3, 2026. Every figure on this page is a primary.
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