• CA-20, IL-12, NC-14: Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed a trio of Republican candidates for the U.S. House: California Assemblyman Vince Fong, Illinois Rep. Mike Bost, and North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore.
Fong, who is running to succeed former Rep. Kevin McCarthy in his state's 20th District, probably needs the most help, as he's going up against a crowded field of opponents in the March 5 top-two primary as well as the March 19 special election for the remainder of McCarthy's term. Moore, by contrast, only faces underfunded opponents in the GOP primary for North Carolina's 14th District, which is also on March 5.
Bost, who is fighting for renomination on March 19 in Illinois' 12th District, probably is located somewhere between these two poles. The congressman faces a well-known challenger in former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who was the party's 2022 nominee for governor. Bost, though, ended 2023 with a massive $1.4 million to $117,000 cash on hand advantage, and there's been no serious outside spending to help the challenger overcome that gap.