Republican PrimaryDeadprez's more libertarian style campaign ends up as appealing to much (but not all) of the West and Deadprez also manages to win California in an upset as well as his home state of Texas; which keeps him in the race for a while. He also is competitive in the Northeast.
However overall
Grassr00ts just crushes him, winning the South and the Midwest by huge margins.
General electionGrassr00ts: 49.9% PV; 311 Electoral VotesTack50: 49.0% PV; 227 Electoral VotesThe election ends up as a nailbiter. Grassr00ts has huge appeal in the midwest, easily flipping MN and holding easily PA, and especially MI and WI. His home state of Illinois is closer than in 2016 but I still carry it easily, albeit underwhelmingly.
This appeal allows benefits him in the Northeast, allowing him to flip ME and NH; with RI and DE being within single digits.
I get appeal among hispanics which allows me to flip AZ. Florida is surprisingly not that close and Grassr00ts holds it by around 3 points.
However he suffers a massive dropoff in Texas which ends up extremely close. In the end, Grassr00ts wins it by half a point; though it is not the tipping point state (that being NH for a 269-269 tie and FL for an actual win for me).