Ernst's allies are not worried about a potential primary challenge, noting that she remains popular among Republicans in the state and that she boasts strong conservative credentials.
Still, Vander Plaats said, the future Senate vote on Hegseth’s becoming defense secretary could be fuel for a primary challenge against Ernst.
Let’s attack a U.S. senator for not doing what we demand her to do right now at this exact second,” former Polk County GOP Chair Will Rogers said.
Retzlaff, the Jones County GOP chair, said the Ernst primary rumor mill is already spinning, with "two or three names" circulating.
“Does it rise to the level of a primary challenge that would cost tens of millions of dollars, Republicans fighting Republicans?
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