Tuesday night was supposed to be the night the media finally got to write their "Trump's endorsement power is fading" story. Instead, Trump-backed Rep. Kevin Hern won the Oklahoma GOP Senate primary, Trump-backed Rep. Barry Moore won the Alabama Republican Senate runoff, and Trump-backed Rep. Mike Collins took Georgia. Three states, three Trump picks, three wins.
So much for that narrative.
Hern's win in Oklahoma was arguably the most consequential of the three — and not just because he demolished the field. The House Republican Policy Committee chairman, the 4th highest-ranking member in GOP leadership, immediately pledged to revive the stalled SAVE America Act, which would require voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote. Democrats have been blocking it like their political lives depend on it. Spoiler: they do.
Hern told Fox News Digital that voter ID and citizenship verification is "the issue he hears about constantly from Oklahomans on the trail." No kidding. Regular Americans want to know that only actual citizens are casting ballots. Apparently that's a controversial position in Washington.
The Oklahoma seat opened up after Sen. Markwayne Mullin became Secretary of Homeland Security, with Alan Armstrong appointed to the seat in March as a placeholder. Trump won all 77 Oklahoma counties across three elections, so the endorsement was gasoline on an already-blazing fire.
President Trump called Hern "a true MAGA patriot representing Oklahoma in the House of Representatives!" And Hern's background backs it up — born on an Air Force base, worked as an aerospace engineer, bought his first McDonald's franchise in 1997, eventually owned 24 of them, and was sworn into Congress in November 2018 after serving 5 House terms. The man knows how to build things and run operations. Washington could use a few more like him.
"The energy and excitement we've seen has been incredible," Hern said on primary day. "Oklahomans want a strong conservative voice in the Senate."
Down in Alabama, Rep. Barry Moore — described by Trump himself as a "totally reliable MAGA warrior" — locked up the Republican Senate nomination. The seat opened because Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for governor to replace Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who must retire due to state term limits. Moore's win means Alabama stays firmly in the MAGA column, as reported by America's Voice News.
Let's do the math one more time for the cheap seats. Trump endorsed three Senate candidates across three Deep South states. All three won on the same night. The "kingmaker" isn't slowing down — he's speeding up.
The SAVE Act angle makes Hern's win particularly spicy. Democrats killed the bill once, and now one of its loudest champions just punched his ticket to the Senate. Good luck burying that one again when the guy pushing it has a fresh mandate from the voters.
Three races. Three states. Three Trump picks. Zero losses. The media can keep writing their "Trump is done" pieces if they want — the scoreboard says otherwise.