Article snippet: As Republican Party so have the fortunes of some of the primary candidates he was backing. Several Senate candidates came into the GOP primary this cycle touting their ties to the former White House adviser only to see that advantage crash and burn when Bannon got into a public feud with President Trump in January after the publication of Michael Wolff’s book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” Senate candidates like Mississippi’s Chris McDaniel, who entered that race on Wednesday, Arizona’s Kelli Ward, and Nevada’s Danny Tarkanian were touted as Bannon-backed candidates who could defeat the established GOP incumbents. Ward, a physician, in fact, had such a powerful start to her primary challenge of Sen. Jeff Flake that her support from Bannon and Trump –- who tweeted about her candidacy in August -- was seen by political experts as a factor in the senator's decision not to run for reelection. But she has seen her campaign lose some fundraising steam over the past few months. Her fundraising has been behind her GOP primary opponent, Rep. Martha McSally. Ward raised $435,904 in the last quarter of 2017, while McSally raised more than $1 million. Ward, like many other Bannon-supported candidates, distanced herself from him in January after his feud with Trump, whom she has embraced. The president, however, while not endorsing in the race, has praised McSally’s work on border security and she was seated close to him at January White Hous... Link to the full article to read more