Trump Republican

The Trump Republican Party is a party designation used by a few 2020 candidates in the Washington state primary of August 4, 2020. These include gubernatorial candidates Goodspaceguy, Anton Sakharov, and Leon Anon Lawson as well as candidate Dave Saulibio. Other gubernatorial candidates such as Tim Eyman described themselves more traditionally as simply affiliated with the Republican Party. Anton Sakharov, one of the gubernatorial candidates identifying himself as a Trump Republican, is a program manager from Maple Valley who has raised $22,000, including $4,200 of his own money. By contrast, another gubernatorial candidate called himself a Pre-2016 Republican. As Donald Trump did not carry Washington in 2016, some observers questioned which strategy might prove more effective. Candidates for office in Washington may choose any party name up to sixteen characters in length, and it does not necessarily need to be an established party.