A GOP presidential nominee faces such an actually major scandal (e.g., being caught in bed with a dead girl &/or a live boy) that they draw legitimate 3rd-party challengers - like, incumbent Senators-legitimate - from both the populist & RINO wings, thereby splitting the conservative/center-right vote & allowing the Democrat to win WY with ~30% of the vote?
Okay, you got me there!
I still can’t see how R’s win DC, that being said. Even a confirmed puppy killer could win that place if they ran as a Dem.