Full List of Donald Trump’s Candidates Who Lost Their Senate Races

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Herschel Walker’s loss in the Georgia Senate run-off election to Raphael Warnock ended what has been a miserable midterm for Donald Trump.

The Democrat incumbent defeated the Republican candidate endorsed by the former president on Tuesday night, garnering 51.4 percent of the vote compared to Walker’s 48.6.

Today’s result means the Democrats have a 51-seat majority in the Senate, with the party having already gained control of the upper chamber in November. Even if Walker won Tuesday’s run-off election, Democrats still control the Senate in a 50-50 split with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-casting vote.

Walker became the latest high-profile midterm candidate to win the support of Trump who lost their race.

Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, right, speaks at a rally with former President Donald Trump on Sept. 25, 2021, in Perry, Georgia. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Trump has been widely blamed, including within the Republican Party, for the GOP’s failure to regain control of the Senate and only passing a 218-seat majority in the House, rather than a “red wave” as predicted.

The former president also endorsed several extremist and election-denying candidates in the gubernatorial and secretary of state midterm elections across the country that were rejected by voters.

It is in the Senate where Trump has made some of his riskiest endorsements, backing political newcomers Walker in Georgia, Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance in Ohio, and celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania.

While all three won their GOP primaries, with Vance going on to win the Senate election on November 8, Oz and now Walker were among the GOP’s most significant losses in the midterms as Republicans failed to to capitalize on the backlash against the Biden administration to regain control of the upper chamber.

In total, eight of Trump’s endorsed Senate midterm candidates lost their respective races.

Of Trump’s 254 general midterm election endorsements, 208 went on to win their races, though most of these were incumbents widely expected to win regardless of Trump’s support.

Trump’s Losing Endorsed Senate CandidatesHerschel Walker—lost in Georgia by Sen. Raphael Warnock. Kelly Tshibaka—lost in Alaska by Sen. Lisa Murkowski.Blake Masters—lost in Arizona by Sen. Mark Kelly. Adam Laxalt—lost in Nevada by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.Mehmet Oz—lost in Pennsylvania by John Fetterman.Don Bolduc—lost in New Hampshire by Sen. Maggie Hassan.Leora Levy—defeated in Connecticut by Sen. Richard Blumenthal.Gerald Malloy—defeated in Vermont by Peter Welch.

In a tweet congratulating Warnock on his re-election to the Senate, President Joe Biden said: “Tonight the voters of Georgia stood up for our democracy, rejected Ultra MAGAism, and above all: sent a good man back to the Senate. Here’s to six more years.”

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