President Donald Trump is preparing an all-out campaign blitz during the final month before the midterm elections, pledging to personally help Republicans win as many as 35 critical races as the GOP fights to maintain control of Congress.
Trump revealed the strategy Wednesday night during a Rose Garden dinner at the White House attended by Republican lawmakers and administration officials.
Beginning in October, the president plans to dramatically increase his campaign schedule, traveling to competitive states and districts while holding a barrage of virtual rallies and town halls ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3.
“I’m going to take the final 30 days, maybe a little bit more than that, because it’s all about 35 races,” Trump told the gathering.
The president pledged to personally campaign in each of the targeted areas, telling Republicans he intends to use his political influence and loyal voter base to push close GOP candidates across the finish line.
Trump did not provide a complete list of the 35 races he intends to target. Instead, he asked House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders to identify contests where GOP candidates are tied, narrowly leading or slightly trailing their Democratic opponents.
“In some cases, you can be losing by a lot, and we’ll bring you over the line,” Trump said. “But mostly, it’s if you’re close.”
The president also revealed plans to conduct a massive number of “tele-town halls” during the final stretch of the campaign, potentially participating in as many as 10 in a single night.
Trump described the virtual events as an extremely effective way of reaching voters without requiring the travel time associated with traditional campaign rallies.
The strategy is designed in part to solve one of Republicans’ biggest challenges heading into November: Trump himself will not be on the ballot.
Republican strategists have expressed concern that some voters who enthusiastically turn out for Trump in presidential elections may stay home during the midterms. Trump’s aggressive campaign schedule is intended to mobilize those supporters for congressional Republicans.
Two Senate races have already received specific commitments from the president.
Trump said he will travel to Alaska to campaign for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, whose reelection contest has become unexpectedly competitive.
He also plans to continue campaigning in Texas for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight battle against Democrat James Talarico.
Trump recently traveled to Texas to boost Paxton and has promised to spend significant time in the state before Election Day as Republicans fight to prevent Democrats from capturing a Senate seat there for the first time in decades.
The president compared his upcoming midterm push to the closing months of his successful 2024 presidential campaign, when he maintained a relentless schedule of speeches and rallies.
Trump recalled deciding four months before the 2024 election that he would take no days off and even stop playing golf so he could devote virtually all of his time to campaigning.
“All I’m gonna do is work, work, work, fight, fight, fight, win, win, win,” Trump said of the strategy that ultimately returned him to the White House.
Republicans face a difficult political environment heading into November, with numerous House and Senate contests considered highly competitive and Democrats hoping to capitalize on the historical tendency of the president’s party to lose seats during midterm elections.
Trump is betting that his ability to energize Republican voters can disrupt that historical pattern.
With control of both chambers potentially hanging on a relatively small number of races, the president is preparing to spend the final month doing what has defined his political career — campaigning aggressively and attempting to turn Republican voters out in force.
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