Their base of young male supporters and hangers-on has abandoned Trump and MAGA. It couldn't happen to a worse organization.
Headline and graph: New York Times, 11/7/2026
Turning Point USA bet big on Arizona.
Leaders of the right-wing activist organization founded by Charlie Kirk said the state’s contest for governor was “the most important race in America.”
The group’s handpicked candidate, Representative Andy Biggs, a MAGA-aligned Republican, was one of the last politicians Mr. Kirk personally endorsed before his assassination last year. Its political arm spent nearly $20 million to support Mr. Biggs’s campaign.
But on Tuesday, Turning Point’s bet went bust.
In the group’s home state, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats, Mr. Biggs lost to Gov. Katie Hobbs by more than 10 percentage points, and Democrats thumped Turning Point’s chosen candidates for statewide and congressional races. The same happened in Nevada and New Hampshire, states where the group hoped to build conservative power and lay a foundation for the 2028 presidential contest.
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