and the president's team imploring him for the good of the republican party to please not run for senate this year, as he was otherwise intending. the white house later confirmed that, in fact, the president had done that. the president called this guy in nevada, danny tarkanian, who has lost every time in nevada. the president called him and told him not to run for senate this year, so as to clear the way for republican u.s. senator dean heller to run for re-election in nevada without the hassle of having a republican primary challenge. so the president intervened to keep that primary challenger out, to clear the way for dean heller. so dean heller could be re-elected. trump endorsed senator dean heller last night lost his re-election race. he lost his seat in the u.s. senate. he was beaten by a democrat named jacky rosen, who was a democratic member of congress who had to give up her seat to run against dean heller.