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Archive photo · 2 June 2025Donald Trump Holds Final Republican Rallies In Iowa And Kansas Before November 3 Midterms
“divisions emerged among Democrats in Michigan, threatening to undermine their effort to retake the Senate.”
“Facing voter frustration over rising prices, Trump sought to tamp down such concerns and shift focus on attacking Democrats”
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Trump held final midterm rallies in Iowa and Kansas ahead of Election Day. The final rallies capped a 28-stop Republican midterm campaign blitz.
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Final rallies, midterms loom
US President Donald Trump held final Republican campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, as his party faced challenges to its majority in Congress. Trump campaigned in Florida, Iowa and Kansas in the last weekend before the vote, and he sought to tamp down concerns about rising prices while attacking Democrats, saying they would "bankrupt" families if elected.
Trump told supporters he had transformed the country, saying Democrats had left the US in a "dark age" but under his command, "we quickly turned it into the golden age of America". Trump wrapped up his campaign in Iowa and Kansas with a final push to rally support, while divisions among Democrats in Michigan threatened to undermine their effort to retake the Senate.
Rhetoric and endorsements
Haley Stevens endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, and Stevens told reporters she had been "not welcome in his campaign" after losing the Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed.
Trump praised Stevens for endorsing Rogers and welcomed her to move to the Republican Party, and it quoted Trump saying, “I don’t know Haley, I’ve never met Haley, but Haley said what few people are willing to say,”.
Trump continued attacks on El-Sayed at rallies, branding him a "jihadist" and saying, "we don't want to have a jihadist".
Trump compared his 2016 campaign rally size to rallies Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders was having that year, and it quoted Trump saying, "We have the biggest rallies ever in history".
What is at stake
Democrats have a good chance of winning at least partial control of Congress, which would act as a check on Trump's power and could upend the last two years of his presidency. Republicans currently hold a slim majority in both the House of Representatives and Senate, and Democrats are keen to gain control so they can challenge Trump's agenda and gain investigative powers over his administration.
Winning the House would put Democrats in charge of the federal budget and give them the ability to block legislation and investigate the Trump administration. A forecasting tool from Harvard University suggests Democrats have a 96% chance of taking the House and a 76% chance of taking the Senate, while a national poll from NBC News posted this weekend suggested registered voters prefer a Democrat-controlled Congress by a 7-point margin, leading Republicans 52% to 45%.