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Trump canceled two weekend rallies before rescheduling for this weekend. Trump canceled, then reinstated rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend.
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Final sprint, shifting rallies
President Donald Trump pushed his final midterm campaign sprint as Election Day approached on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with CBS describing a weekslong blitz that included a rally in Florida and a reversal that said he would hold rallies in Kansas and Ohio this weekend.
Trump’s schedule also shifted as the White House announced it rescheduled two weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa after initially canceling them in favor of tele-rallies, and NBC said the president would campaign on Sunday in Kansas and Iowa while participating in conference-call style rallies.
Trump reversed his decision to cancel campaign rallies in Kansas and Iowa, while a legal dispute in Alaska threatened to delay the Senate result after voting closes on Nov. 3.
Aristegui Noticias said the Republican Party announced Trump canceled two rallies scheduled for the weekend before the midterm elections and instead planned “virtual rallies,” while the same report said Trump’s final campaign rally before Election Day was scheduled for Friday in Florida.
HCH said Trump resumed campaign events in Iowa and Kansas after canceling both events on Thursday and announced he would hold virtual activities instead, and it added that the changes were made to accommodate virtual activities.
Campaign feuds and legal fights
Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign asked former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens to stay away from remaining campaign events, and CBS said the request followed a public dispute between the two Democrats.
NBC quoted Stevens saying, “This ad tells Michigan families they cannot afford groceries because their money has to be set aside for ‘killing Palestinians,’ and it blames our close ally Israel for everything Michiganders cannot afford,” as she tied the outside group’s ad to comments El-Sayed made.
A legal dispute in Alaska centered on two candidates named Dan Sullivan, including the incumbent Republican senator and an independent candidate with the same name who is also registered as a Republican.
Trump accused Democrats of recruiting an independent candidate to confuse voters and take support away from the Republican senator, and Al Jazeera quoted Trump saying, “It was a scheme. It was an election fraud. Total election fraud.”
PBS said the nation’s major political parties were at a crossroads as Trump faced the prospect of a voter rebellion Tuesday that could force conservatives to rethink their allegiance to the 80-year-old lame-duck leader.
What is at stake next
La Razón said Iran’s war had become a domestic policy issue in the U.S. midterm campaign less than two weeks before Americans went to the polls on November 3, and it described Democrats tying the conflict to the rising cost of living.
La Razón cited an Associated Press analysis that Iran-related campaign ads had been aired more than 43,000 times since September 1, with an estimated investment of $42 million.
Democrats led national polls by 51.4 percent to 43.2 percent, according to RealClearPolling, and Charles Franklin said, “Democrats are more enthusiastic and more certain they will vote.”
The end of the 2026 midterms would mark the beginning of a high-stakes fight over the country’s political future in the twilight of the Trump era, and former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu asked, “where does the country go next?”
Newsweek said its analysis found no uniform Republican improvement across eight Senate races where Trump stumped, and it quoted Natalie Baldassarre saying, “President Trump is the greatest force for turnout in American politics, and that's why he is barnstorming the country and driving voters to the polls in the final stretch.”