Primary elections are underway in the United States for both major parties to select their candidates for the upcoming midterms. For the Republicans, the November vote will be an opportunity to wrestle back control of the Senate, which currently has the Democrats with a wafer-thin majority. But there's been a mixed result for candidates backed by former president Donald Trump. Professor Natasha Linstaedt from the University of Essex tells The World Mr Trump still has "a very strong hold on the Republican Party".
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