Some Republicans fear bruising intra-party fights in the Republican primaries over re-litigating Trump’s grievances could risk losses to Democrats in the general election.

In Georgia, Trump sparked infighting among Republicans by prompting Purdue – who lost his Senate re-election bid last year – to run against incumbent Republican Kemp. Kemp had angered Trump when he certified Biden’s 2020 election win in Georgia.

Nationally, the Alaska contest pits Trump against the Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who supports Murkowski.

Trump followers, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gaetz, and Louie Gohmert, are the new faces of the House Republican Party 

But another part of what keeps Trump relevant is the bitter partisanship that currently dominates American politics, which analysts say is a function of the gerrymandering of congressional districts that has sidelined moderate voices in both parties.

While a few Republicans have rejected Trump’s narrative, including Representative Adam Kinzinger, who voted for Trump’s impeachment but will not seek re-election in the midterms, most have fallen in line with Trump.

Meanwhile, a group of outspoken House members, including Representatives Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and Paul Gosar, have emerged as the leading cheerleaders for his message in Congress.

“Trump has always appealed to the right-wing base of the Republican Party and he has managed to capture it,” Thomas Volgy, a professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at The University of Arizona, told Al Jazeera.

“When you take the gerrymandering, the identity politics, the punishment of people who speak a different tone in your own political party … it makes it very difficult for people to move away.”