The GOPe has to do something to corral the conservatives. They probably figure on co-opting one with credibility among the ‘troublemakers’ into their club.
Count on it.
See definingthemachine.com
to see what is going to happen to him.
They step into congress and owe 6 figures in “party dues”, which they have to pay or they will be relegated to obscurity.
Of course, these “dues” can be paid by doing certain behaviors that support the elite part of the party.