Four Senate candidates endorsed by Trump lost... two gubernatorial candidates also defeated

President Donald Trump’s endorsed Republican candidates suffered a series of midterm defeats, with four Senate picks and two gubernatorial picks losing their races. Trump responded on Truth Social by saying he was not on the ballot and that Republicans would have won overwhelmingly if he had been. During the campaign, he had urged voters to back GOP candidates as if he himself were running, but after the results he pointed to his absence from the ballot to explain the losses. He had earlier said he accepted the midterm results and was willing to work with Democrats. The outcome signals limited coattails for Trump in down-ballot races, and the next focus is how the party and the president adjust strategy ahead of the next election cycle.