It was 2 conservative candidates. There was no Democrat in this race.
You are correct; the Republicans votes were split and the Dems backed him over Wright just to stick it to Trump.
You simply are wrong. The vote totals show it. The media sets the narrative because they were devastated that the GOP locked the Democrats out of the general election.
Once again, 78000 people voted in the primary, 38000 people voted in the general.
Wright won 15000 votes in the primary and won 18000 votes in the general.
Ellzey won 10000 votes in the primary and 20000 in the general.
The next GOP candidate from the primary had 8000 votes in the primary a few more had 10000 votes between them.
The vote totals make clear that Democrats didn’t show up. The drop off from the jungle primary was remarkable. It’s clear that the 18000 voters who voted for other GOP candidates in the primary preferred Ellzey to Wright and split their votes accordingly.
But hey, let the media lie to you and tell you this was about Trump.