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Thu 1 Oct 2026 08.39 EDT First published on Thu 1 Oct 2026 06.00 EDT

President Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance will both hit the campaign trail on Thursday, but they will be heading to heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month’s midterm elections.

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Trump will continue his outreach in Texas and Oklahoma today, kicking off what the president said will be a 32-day campaign blitz. Meanwhile, Vance will rally in Florida. Both events mean that the top GOP officials will be stumping in parts of the country where the party would expect glide paths to victory for their candidates – but are now facing tougher races.

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Republicans have expressed growing pessimism about their chances in the election, which will determine control of Congress, as the president has repeatedly dismissed concerns about high costs and gas prices as his unpopular war in Iran drags on.

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