Calls, messages show White House attempts to get candidate out of Indiana Senate race

By: Tom Davies

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 900

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Top White House officials took time to repeatedly contact a politically unknown Indiana Republican in attempts at persuading her to quit her state Senate campaign in favor of a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump.

In text messages and phone call recordings released to news outlets Friday by Alexandra Wilson, close Trump staffers and others suggested she would be in line for political appointments if she dropped out of the Republican primary.

Those attempts, first …

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