{"id":5226,"date":"2026-08-12T05:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:40:33","slug":"nepo-candidate-wins-primary-with-father-in-laws-final-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5226","title":{"rendered":"Nepo Candidate Wins Primary With Father-in-Law\u2019s Final Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Republican Michael Alfonso managed to win his House primary after his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, helped drag him across the finish line in the final stretch of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5224\">Trump\u2019s Goons Lob Twisted Insult at CNN War Correspondent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alfonso won the GOP race for Wisconsin\u2019s 7th District seat in a race against veteran Kevin Hermening, Jessie Ebben, and Niina Baum in the northern part of the state.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With 56 percent of the votes counted, Alfonso took first place with 49.1 percent of the vote, followed by Hermening at 26.9 percent and Ebben at 15.9 percent, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The MAGA candidate prominently featured his more famous father-in-law in the final days of the race as he tried to follow in his footsteps to represent Wisconsin in the House despite battling accusations of nepotism on the trail and that he only got Trump\u2019s endorsement thanks to his family connection. <\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old is married to the transportation secretary\u2019s eldest daughter Evita Duffy. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump\u2019s endorsement in the race, other Republicans refused to bow out and pave the way for Duffy\u2019s son-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy, a former reality TV star and congressman who also previously represented the sprawling Wisconsin district, appeared alongside Alfonso during several campaign stops as the clock ticked down on Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>Alfonso posted multiple times on social media standing alongside the transportation secretary giving a thumbs up. He defended using his father-in-law on the trail in an interview with the local station WSAW over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5222\">Trump Humiliated as Notorious MAGA Nut He Backed Loses Race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just wants to, you know, remind the voters that this guy, this young 26-year-old, he\u2019s got the energy of someone in their 20s, but the values of someone in the 7th district: faith, family, and freedom,\u201d Alfonso said.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso appeared for an interview on NewsNation with his father-in-law seated right next to him where he was also challenged on the claims that he was a shoo-in thanks to Duffy\u2019s effort and Trump\u2019s endorsement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I\u2019m not going to apologize for marrying my middle school sweetheart,\u201d Alfonso said before touting that he grew up in the district and works there, claiming that among the candidates in the race he was the \u201chardest working one\u201d with his efforts traveling the district.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy also pushed back on nepotism accusations that his son-in-law was hardworking when it came to his job in construction and \u201ccares about the district\u201d before attacking Hermening as \u201ca little bit older\u201d and \u201centitled to these positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing well because he\u2019s a hard worker and has the right message for the district,\u201d Duffy insisted as Alfonso sat awkwardly beside him nodding.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso\u2019s Fox News television star mother-in-law Rachel Campos-Duffy also went to bat for Alfonso, singing his praises in her own social media video posted on Monday before the election. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5220\">RFK Jr. Says He Can\u2019t Vote Because He\u2019s Legally Homeless<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Michael Alfonso managed to win his House primary after his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, helped drag him across the finish line in the final stretch of the race. Read more Trump\u2019s Goons Lob Twisted Insult at CNN War Correspondent Alfonso won the GOP race for Wisconsin\u2019s 7th District seat in a race against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nepo Candidate Wins Primary With Father-in-Law\u2019s Final Push - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nepo Candidate Wins Primary With Father-in-Law\u2019s Final Push - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Republican Michael Alfonso managed to win his House primary after his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, helped drag him across the finish line in the final stretch of the race. 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