Democratic women won their primaries in Virginia’s 7th and 10th Congressional Districts. In almost every race where a woman ran in Virginia she won. Henry McMaster from a runoff after he failed to secure over 50 percent of the vote, but it did have him leading by a significant margin. McMaster - who was an early endorser of the president’s - has gotten Trump’s blessing via Twitter.
On the flip side, support from the president was not enough to keep South Carolina Gov. Roby's opponent, Bobby Bright, a one-time Democratic congressman, ran ads accusing Roby of turning “her back on President Trump when he needed her the most.” She came under fierce fire in her GOP primary for withdrawing her endorsement of Trump in the 2016 presidential race after the "Access Hollywood" tape revealed Trump's boasts about grabbing women by the genitals. Martha Roby was forced into a runoff last week. Sanford isn’t the only incumbent whose criticism of Trump hurt in the primary. Arrington had been running as a Trump ally while highlighting Sanford's criticism of the president. Sanford's political career was damaged in 2009 over an affair, but he won his House seat just a few years later. It was the first election loss for a politician who is no stranger to controversy. Trump said he endorsed Arrington over his party's incumbent lawmaker because Sanford - who has never hesitated to criticize the president - was “very unhelpful” and “nothing but trouble.”
Just three hours before the polls were supposed to close in South Carolina, Trump inserted himself into an already tight race between Sanford and Arrington.
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