Pence Backs Trump Loyalists and Skeptics in House Elections
WASHINGTON — As Representative Darin LaHood, Republican of Illinois, prepared to campaign with Mike Pence, the former vice president, in his district last month, he braced for a backlash from his party’s right-wing base. Just days before, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol had re-created in chilling detail how…