Trump Aside, Republican Establishment Is Having a Good Year

  • Outsiders haven’t been able to replicate billionaire’s success
  • McCain, Rubio win primaries, bolstering GOP’s Senate prospects

Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, speaks in Phoenix on Aug. 12, 2016.

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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The populist wave that swept Donald Trump to the top of the Republican ticket hasn’t led to a revolution sweeping away party insiders.

That’s the message from another set of primary victories Tuesday night for Senate incumbents from the party’s establishment wing -- Arizona’s John McCain and Florida’s Marco Rubio. It’s also good news for a party hoping to cling to control of Congress even if their standard-bearer loses big in November.