Trump promised a swing-district blitz, but October travel hit red states
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised a swing-district blitz ahead of November's midterm elections, but much of his October travel has taken him to red states he won easily two years ago.
In early September, Trump hosted Republicans running in competitive races for a dinner in the White House Rose Garden. There he said, "I'm going to go to every one of those 35 places and we're going to see if we can get everyone elected." The White House has not clarified which 35 places he was referring to.
As of Oct. 17, Trump had campaigned with fewer than a third of the candidates from that dinner, according to NPR.
Trump said he plans 32 days of campaign travel before the November elections, according to Reuters. He launched the midterm push in Texas and Oklahoma.
His October schedule included two visits to Ohio, two visits to Texas, and visits to Oklahoma and Tennessee. During the week of Oct. 17, he held campaign rally stops in Arizona and Montana.
On Oct. 14, he spoke at a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Arizona. He also took an eight-hour flight to Alaska to campaign for Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich. Trump won Alaska by 13 points in 2024. On the return from Alaska, he made two additional stops and spent the night at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas.
At a rally in Tennessee, Trump said from the stage, "What the hell am I doing in Tennessee?"
Trump is also proposing a $5,000 dividend to every American adult if Republicans win the House and the Senate. He first rolled out the idea at the Republican midterm convention.
