Could Trump play kingmaker in North Dakota’s Senate primary?
MINOT, N.D. — Operating on the belief that what North Dakotans want in Washington, D.C., is another preening, ideologically hidebound narcissist, state Rep. Rick Becker has announced a challenge to incumbent Sen. John Hoeven in North Dakota’s Republican primary.
Can Becker win? I don’t think so, and I don’t know any credible political observer in the state who thinks so, but, hey, we could all be wrong.
That’s why we hold the elections.
One potential wild card a lot of people have been talking about since Becker announced is former President Donald Trump.
Could he get involved in the race, elevating with his political celebrity Becker’s challenge from a wish-casting exercise in ego to something more credible?
