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Trump leaves behind diminished GOP
Three of the big power centers that drove the GOP’s last successful midterm campaign are no longer the same forces in party politics now.
President Donald Trump is leaving the White House less popular than ever and with intra-party score-settling on his mind more so than party-building. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo
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The Republican Party is confronting an uncertain future and key institutions that helped it gain power in the past have hollowed out or pulled back during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Three of the big power centers that drove the GOP’s last successful midterm campaign are no longer the same forces in party politics now, with Republicans out of the White House and in the minority in both chambers of Congress. The Koch network of megadonors and big-spending outside groups has stepped back its partisan political campaigning, while the U.S. Chamber of Commerce not only shrunk its spending but made a biparti
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Sheldon Adelson’s super PAC spending spree shaped GOP politics
Adelson, who died Monday, combined with his wife to donate more to Republicans than multiple other megadonors combined.
Casino magnate and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson is recognized by President Donald Trump during a Nov. 16, 2018 Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
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There are Republican megadonors, and then there was Sheldon Adelson.
The casino magnate, who died Monday at 87, and his wife Miriam together accounted for an enormous share of GOP political spending over the last decade, making him a Republican kingmaker. Even in a political world now over-stuffed with million-dollar donors, their pull was clear from the pilgrimages presidential candidates made to his Venetian resort in Las Vegas, meeting in his office just off the casino floor. Senior Republican operatives at GOP outside groups strategized around their nine-figure checks
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