is already threatened because so many of her partys candidates have promised not to back herother younger ambitious lawmakers may fill the void left by mr crowley and that list seems bound to include democrats who are not white men with mr crowley and her secondincommand representative steny hoyer ms pelosi knew who could threaten her now it is not clear where an insurgency may come fromour politics editor is answering readers questions about our political coverage submit your questions herepolitical gravity still exists occasionallyimagecreditcaitlin ochs for the new york timesa stunning thing happened in new york yes just not where many assumed it wouldformer representative michael grimms redemption run for the house which took him from federal prison to a strong public polling lead in his bid to reclaim his old seat was supposed to be another data point in the memeable trumpera political conceit that nothing mattersmr grimm had gone to jail the president endorsed his opponent representative dan donovan virtually every other meaningful republican in the area did too mr donovan held a sizable fundraising advantage in their primary and yet many assumed mr grimm was the favorite neutralizing mr donovans advantages with his trumpstyle swagger and relentless ubiquity at diners and borough functionsbut on tuesday at least some of those other factors seemed to matter at the polls some voters cited the trump endorsement as decisive in their choice others said they worried about mr grimms viability in the fall against the democratic nominee max rose a wellfunded veteranwhatever the reason there was something striking about an entirely explicable outcome for a change a generally unassuming incumbent defeated a disgraced former officeholder by a considerable margin a sitting president made a difference for a current member of congress it all added up in one corner of the city at leastimagecreditalex goodlett for the new york timesmitt romney will be just fineit is not yet clear if a senator mitt romney would be a loyal foot soldier in mr trumps washington as his recent conduct has often suggested or a highprofile executive irritant as his criticisms of thencandidate trump during the 2016 campaign might imply but on tuesday this much was obvious there will almost certainly be a senator mitt romneyafter a disappointing showing at the utah republican convention in april and amid sporadic concerns that his past attacks on mr trump might alienate some voters in mr romneys adopted state the former massachusetts governor and presidential candidate won his senate primary handily clearing the way for what is expected to be an uneventful general election contest in a solidly red statewith the upcoming retirements of senator jeff flake of arizona and senator bob corker of tennessee and the recent republican primary loss for representative mark sanford of south carolina the next congress seems likely to have fewer notable skeptics of mr trump in the republican ranks barring a major surprise before november mr romney will have the opportunity to fill the void if he is so