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Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Sean Parnell lost his legal battle for custody of his three children on Monday, with a judge ruling in favor of his estranged wife, who has accused Parnell of physical and verbal abuse.
Laurie Snell, the estranged wife of Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell, was awarded primary physical custody and sole legal custody of the couple’s three children after she accused him of domestic abuse, according to a judge’s order Monday. The ruling calls into question the Trump-backed candidate’s viability in the race.
As former President Donald Trump has waded into contested primaries across the country, trying to exact revenge and remake the Republican Party in his image, he has endorsed a series of candidates without a rigorous vetting process.