The former president created suspense about whether he would weigh in on a race among several of his allies.
endorsed retired Army captain Sam Brown in a social media post late Sunday night, giving the Republican Senate candidate a crucial boost two days before Nevada primary.
Key GOP leaders in Washington, including National Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Sen. Steve Daines and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , recruited Brown. Trump was facing pressure from Gunter’s allies, including some of their shared donors, to back the former ambassador.
In a statement, Brown said he was honored to have Trump’s endorsement and that they would work toward “delivering a better future for every Nevadan.”“I look forward to helping President Trump pass the America First agenda in the U.S. Senate after we both win in November,” Brown said in his statement.
Gunter, who is independently wealthy, has been able to self-fund ads for his campaign while casting Brown as a pawn of the D.C. establishment. One of his firstJim Marchant, a former state assembly member who championed Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election when he unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2022, is also running in the June 11 GOP primary to challenge Rosen.
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