President Donald Trump was dealt a victory after his endorsed candidate Anthony DiLorenzo won the Republican primary in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday. DiLorenzo defeated Hollie Noveletsky, who served as the former vice chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party. He received 51.5 percent of the vote to Noveletsky’s 26.8 percent, according to The , which called the race at 8 p.m.
Trump’s endorsement has remained powerful in recent Republican primaries, but his support doesn't necessarily guarantee a candidate will win. In some recent primaries, other Republicans defeated Trump-backed candidates. DiLorenzo’s victory is the latest sign of Trump’s ongoing popularity among GOP voters.
It comes after a recent poll from the University of New Hampshire gave a warning sign about DiLorenzo’s chances, showing Noveletsky with a 3-point lead, 28 percent to 25 percent. It had surveyed 443 Republican voters from August 20 to 24, 2026. Trump endorsed DiLorenzo, a local businessman, on Truth Social on July 13, praising him as a “very successful Businessman and Entrepreneur.” “It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Anthony DiLorenzo, who is running to represent the fantastic people of New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District!” he wrote at the time.
Trump has endorsed hundreds of candidates across the country ahead of the midterms, with Ballotpedia giving him a 96 percent success rate in primaries this year. Some of his endorsed candidates have lost to other Republicans. In Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, for instance, Representative Andy Ogles, backed by Trump, lost to Charlie Hatcher, the state’s former commissioner of agriculture who was endorsed by Governor Bill Lee.
In Florida’s 19th District, Trump-backed Catalina Lauf also lost her primary to Jim Schwartzel in the race to succeed Representative Byron Donalds, who is running for governor. Trump’s preferred candidate in Michigan’s 8th District, Amir Hassan, also lost his primary to rival Thomas J. Smith, a Republican who suspended his campaign and endorsed another candidate prior to the election.
Several Trump-backed gubernatorial candidates have lost their primaries, including Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones in Georgia, Representative Randy Feenstra in Iowa, Mike Lindell in Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette in South Carolina and Megan Degenfelder in Wyoming. Trump’s endorsement record has been bolstered by his enduring popularity among the Republican primary electorate. His national approval rating has plummeted since his return to the Oval Office, but Republicans continue to support his administration, according to recent polls.
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