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Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP

By ZEKE MILLER and STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about a potential Repub-
lican primary challenge, President Donald Trump’s cam-
paign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent
an intraparty fight that could spill over into the general-
election campaign. The nascent initiative has been an in-
tense focus in recent weeks and includes taking steps to
change state party rules, crowd out potential rivals and
quell any early signs of opposition that could embarrass
the president. While any primary challenge would almost
certainly be unsuccessful, Trump aides are looking to pre-
vent a repeat of the convention discord that highlighted
the electoral weaknesses of Presidents George H.W. Bush
and Jimmy Carter in their failed re-election campaigns.
To defend against that prospect, Trump’s campaign has
deployed what it calls an unprecedented effort to moni- In this Nov. 26, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump points to a supporter as he departs a rally
tor and influence local party operations. at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss.
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