Jackson Lahmeyer, the candidate previously backed by President Donald Trump in Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, dropped out of the race one day after advancing to a runoff in the GOP primary.

NOTUS first reported earlier Wednesday that he was expected to drop out of the race.

“After prayerful consideration with my wife, Kendra, and my team over the last twenty four hours, I’ve made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for Congress,” Lahmeyer said in a statement.

“I do not want to be a distraction to my family, my church, and the great people of Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, who deserve a strong conservative voice representing them in Washington,” he continued.

Following publication of the NOTUS story that Lahmeyer was expected to leave the race, Trump posted on Truth Social that he would be withdrawing his endorsement of Lahmeyer and endorsing state Rep. Mark Tedford, who advanced to the runoff alongside Lahmeyer.

The runoff set for Aug. 25 is to fill a seat being vacated by Republican Kevin Hern, who is running for Senate.

Lahmeyer made the move after the Daily Mail published text messages purported to show that he was flirting with a woman who is not his wife

Lahmeyer did not respond to a text and call seeking comment.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) got a shot in the arm for his campaign this week, as he picked up a surprising endorsement from a conservative talk radio host.

Shelley Wynter, a prominent Black conservative radio personality, was a significant backer of right-wing Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022. This time, however, he is crossing the aisle, according to Patricia Murphy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"I'm here to tell you live on the radio that I am Team Ossoff for the rest of the summer, and I will do everything I can possible on this show to get you re-elected," said Wynter. "I see re-elections as a job interview, and in my humble opinion, I've seen nothing from Senator Jon Ossoff that requires me to say you're fired from the job. So you've got my support. I endorse you."

He went on to add that, "Everything I'm hearing, everything you're doing, everything you've done, I agree with. I have some minor disagreements on some smaller issues, but on the big things, I'm on your team."

Ossoff, who flipped his seat in a 2021 runoff, is the only Democratic senator seeking reelection in a state Trump carried in 2024, making Georgia a top GOP target. He faces Republican Rep. Mike Collins, who won the June 16 primary runoff after a late Trump endorsement.

President Donald Trump is only seeing the backlash mount from his own party against the Iran agreement he signed to end the war largely on Iran's terms, CNN's John Berman reported on Thursday morning.

Trump, said Berman, is facing "a lot" of anger from conservatives — and the long list of social media posts put up on the display behind him, he added, is "just a smattering" of what they are saying about him.

Among the posts quoted by Berman are conservative commentator Pradheep Shanker, who said Trump "caved and surrendered"; national security commentator David Reaboi, who said "It's even worse than the Obama deal back then"; conservative columnist Marc Thiessen, who said it's like "offering the Marshall Plan to rebuild Germany while the Nazis were still in power"; and right-wing analyst Batya Ungar-Sargon, who said, "The greatest superpower to ever exist, brought to its knees by a few minds."

Meanwhile, said Berman, Republican lawmakers are striking a similar tone — and he played several clips.

"This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder. Iran ends up stronger," said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).

"Now, I don't want to see theocratic Islamists who want to kill us made stronger," said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). "So if this deal is giving them $300 billion, that's a mistake."

"They're better off than they were before the hostilities began," said former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). "And that should not be the consequence of war."

Trump, noted Berman, is already feeling the heat — and lashed out at the critics overnight on Truth Social, calling them "fools" who are "jealous" of his success.

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