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With the departure of Justin Amash, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is the closest thing to a libertarian left in Congress. So it is not surprising that a political action committee aligned with the senator would work to identify and promote libertarian candidates, nor that it would endorse them in primary races.
And it is not surprising that Paul would endorse the more libertarian candidate in a Republican primary, even if President Trump had endorsed a rival.
He endorsed Manny Sethi over Trump’s pick, Bill Hagerty, in the Tennessee Republican Senate primary in 2020. Hagerty won and is now senator. Paul also endorsed a libertarian candidate in Texas who lost to Kay Granger, Trump’s pick, in a Republican House primary in Texas.