A small set of advisers is vetting some of the candidates seeking the most valuable stamp of approval in GOP politics.
voters for a conservative group that is trying to show that support for the state's other senator, Republican John Thune, is weak enough for him to lose a primary. While Rounds isn't up for re-election for another five years, Thune is on the ballot in 2022.
But there's another key thread: Trump is looking to find races where his endorsement can be tied directly to a hopeful's fate. A small set of advisers, led by longtime counselor Susie Wiles, vets candidates seeking Trump's endorsement. The group includes Bill Stepien, who managed Trump's 2020 campaign; Brian Jack, the White House political director under Trump; and Donald Trump Jr., according to people familiar with the process.
While the decisions start from different angles — a one-on-one encounter with a supplicant, Trump approving of an ally's public commentary on him, or appeals to Wiles's endorsement team — they end in the same place.
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