'Mini-Trump' candidates battle it out in Republican primaries
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) - Mike Braun, an Indiana businessman turned politician, rails against Washington, says he speaks for disaffected voters, and uses his personal wealth to help finance his bid for public office.
Any similarity to President Donald Trump is entirely intentional.
Braun, who owns a distribution and freight company, says he would not have launched his Republican effort for the U.S. Senate if Trump had not blazed the trail two years ago.
I thought there was the opportunity to define a different kind of candidacy, one from the outsider business world, the same thing Trump did, he told Reuters ahead of the primary vote on Tuesday.
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