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By Sahil Kapur

October 28, 2018 at 11:00 AM UTC

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Senator Dean Heller used to be “99 percent against” Donald Trump, but now he’s 100 percent for him. And the Nevada Republican’s candidacy is perhaps the most important test of the president’s political influence in the 2018 election.

One possible reason for the conversion was Danny Tarkanian, an outspoken Trump supporter who revealed his intention in mid-2017 to challenge Heller in a primary and portray him as a squishy moderate.