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In two of those states, Daines recruits have spoken critically of Trump: David McCormick, who will launch his campaign in Pennsylvania this week, and Mike Rogers in Michigan. The campaign chairman said hes optimistic the president will see they are the strongest candidates in their respective primary fields. Rogers could face former Rep. Peter Meijer, who lost reelection in 2022 after voting to impeach Trump something Daines appeared to suggest could be an issue.

Can he win a primary and a general election? Thats always the question, Daines said of Meijer. Mike Rogers is best positioned to be able to do both.

The Daines/Trump alliance gives Trump an ally in Senate leadership and possibly recruits that can boost the ticket in tough battleground states like Pennsylvania and Michigan. In turn, Trumps team is focused most on helping in red states that will determine control of the Senate and make Daines a successful chairman, according to a person close to the campaign.

You get a lot of cross winds in that job at the state and at the national level, but I give him high marks, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a former two-term NRSC chair, said of Daines. In West Virginia and Montana and Ohio we have a good shot regardless of who is at the top of the ticket.

The former president is fond of Daines, and believes him to be discreet and a straight shooter, according to the person close to the Trump campaign. He uses him as a sounding board on political and policy matters. Their staffs talk often and Daines praised Trump operatives Susie Wiles, Brian Jack and Chris LaCivita.

Theyre a seasoned and savvy political team and we have frequent conversations, he said. The objective is winning and we always bring it back to that.

Democrats are skeptical. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), a vice-chair at Democrats campaign arm, deadpanned of Trump: Hes not the most reliable partner.

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