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Trump finishes sprint to midterm elections with Kansas rally just hours after taking stage in Iowa as new poll predicts 'blue tsunami' on the horizon

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Schwab, N. (2026, November 2). Trump finishes sprint to midterm elections with Kansas rally just hours after taking stage in Iowa as new poll predicts 'blue tsunami' on the horizon. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16257353/trump-finishes-midterm-rallies-democratic-tsunami.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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President Donald Trump concluded his election campaigning with back-to-back rallies in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday night ahead of midterms where Republican candidates are struggling according to a New York Times/Siena poll showing Democrats leading in all seven key Senate races, including those in Iowa and Kansas. At the Iowa rally, Trump rallied support for GOP candidate Ashley Hinson, making comments about her weight, and defended Representative Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers against fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. The article highlights tensions within the Democratic party over Stevens's endorsement and Trump’s rhetoric towards El-Sayed, suggesting a challenging political climate for Republicans in upcoming elections.
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President Donald Trump held rallies in Kansas and Iowa on October 30, 2026, after initially canceling them due to criticism from a reporter over small crowd sizes during his campaign events. The decision came just days before the November 3 midterm elections as Democrats had questioned his previous telerallies' effectiveness. This reversal followed significant early voter turnout increases in competitive Senate race states like Kansas and Iowa. Trump’s final rallies were aimed at boosting Republican candidates’ chances of retaining power in Congress.

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🔮 Take Daily Mail's quiz and find out President Donald Trump finished his sprint to the midterm elections Sunday night with final rallies in Iowa and Kansas, as a doomsday poll showed Republican candidates behind in all seven key Senate races. Trump hoped that headlining 30 rallies - and pumping up his MAGA base - would prevent a blue tsunami, where the GOP majorities in the House and Senate are wiped out.
🔮 The blue-collar coalition that powered him to the White House in 2016, and stuck with him through 2020 and 2024, may finally be breaking.
🔮 With nearly all reputable experts forecasting that the House will be captured by the Democrats, the focus is on control of the Senate, which will be decided by a handful states.
🔮 Trump was expected to head to Salina, Kansas, on Saturday to boost Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who's in a surprisingly tight reelection race, but strangely abandoned the adoring crowds and scheduled tele-rallies from Mar-a-Lago instead.
🔮 'It says something to the effect that: "Under no circumstances, and for any reason, will you even consider thinking about running for President if you had,"' Trump said before changing tack.
🔮 He suggested the media would have been all over the story had his mother bad-mouthed the President.
🔮 As for Melania Trump, according to observers, she didn't really give Kimberly the time of day when she was with Don Jr, so why would she now?
🔮 White House press secretary Katie Zacharia held a 14-minute press briefing on Tuesday, which was widely panned for its length and substance Over on CNN, pundit Ana Navarro had joked Tuesday night after Zacharia's first briefing that Jennings 'might get another shot at the apple.
🔮 The new press secretary told Real America's Voice's Jack Posobiec Thursday that her briefing materials weren't fully baked until 8 am Tuesday morning - and she was set to meet the press at 9:30 am.
🔮 A poll released late Thursday indicated that Musk's dollars might already be turning the ship around.
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Kansas Senator Roger Marshall watches President Donald Trump speak at his final campaign rally in Salina, Kansas President Donald Trump (right) brought Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) onstage during his final midterm campaign rally in Salina, Kansas Trump then explained it was important for him to come out and once again rally for Senator Roger Marshall, who's facing a tough reelection fight against Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton. 'We're shutting it down tonight, can you believe it?
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🔮 Take Daily Mail's quiz and find out President Donald Trump finished his sprint to the midterm elections Sunday night with final rallies in Iowa and Kansas, as a doomsday poll showed Republican candidates behind in all seven key Senate races. Trump hoped that headlining 30 rallies - and pumping up his MAGA base - would prevent a blue tsunami, where the GOP majorities in the House and Senate are wiped out.

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Take Daily Mail's quiz and find out President Donald Trump finished his sprint to the midterm elections Sunday night with final rallies in Iowa and Kansas, as a doomsday poll showed Republican candidates behind in all seven key Senate races. Trump hoped that headlining 30 rallies - and pumping up his MAGA base - would prevent a blue tsunami, where the GOP majorities in the House and Senate are wiped out. asserted
majorities → take → House
But a late-breaking New York Times/Siena poll showed that in every one of the seven toss-up Senate races, the Democrats have the advantage, including in the two states Trump visited on Sunday. asserted
Trump → break → Sunday
The President spent more than two hours on a rally stage in Dubuque, Iowa, to boost GOP Senate hopeful, Representative Ashley Hinson. asserted
President → spend → hopeful
As he has with other candidates at other rallies, he called attention to 43-year-old Hinson's physique. asserted
he → call → physique
'I knew Ashley for a long time, and she was a little bit heavier. asserted
she → know → time
She was,' Trump told the crowd. asserted
Trump → tell → crowd
'And she went out - the old-fashioned way too, not with the, you know, give me a shot.' asserted
you → go → shot
At that moment, he was interrupted by a protester. asserted
he → interrupt → protester
'They always do it, right in the middle of my punchline!' the President complained. asserted
President → do → punchline
President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Salina, Kansas, with the Qatari-gifted Air Force One parked behind him and a Elvis-Trump mash-up on the rally's jumbotrons He then got back to his story about Hinson's weight. asserted
He → arrive → weight
'She was great the other way, but she put herself in shape,' Trump said. asserted
Trump → put → shape
'And she did that for you,' he told the audience, giving Hinson a glowing endorsement. asserted
he → do → endorsement
Also at the Iowa rally, Trump addressed the political bombshell of the day: Michigan Democratic Representative Haley Stevens endorsing Republican Senate hopeful Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. asserted
Stevens → address → Sayed
Stevens and El-Sayed were not seeing eye to eye on Israel, which erupted into Sunday's about-face, which got Stevens kicked out of Michigan's Democratic Party. asserted
Stevens → see → Party
She just went out and she endorsed Mike Rogers. asserted
she → go → Rogers
And Mike Rogers is doing well. asserted
Rogers → do → ?
Mike Rogers is apple pie,' Trump said. asserted
Trump → say → ?
He also said he'd like to see Stevens join the Republican Party. asserted
Stevens → say → Party
Stevens ran against El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, so many in the party saw her endorsement of Rogers as sour grapes. asserted
many → run → grapes
Trump brought up El-Sayed multiple times at both rallies, again saying the Senate would need a 'metal detector' for the Muslim Democrat should he win. asserted
he → bring → Democrat
An attendee at President Donald Trump's Dubuque, Iowa, rally was sporting a T-shirt that read, 'I love ICE raids' asserted
I → sport → raids
President Donald Trump gestures as he talks about the 'weave' during his Dubuque, Iowa rally, where his speech stretched for more than two hours President Donald Trump gestures to his crowd Sunday in Dubuque, Iowa, where he held the first of two final midterm campaign rallies ' asserted
he → gesture → rallies
We're not going to let the jihadists, the communists, whoever the h*** we got. asserted
we → go → *
I shouldn't use the word. asserted
I → use → word
Should I use it or not?' he asked the Dubuque crowd. asserted
he → use → crowd
'We've got more crap running for office,' Trump then said, enunciating 'crap. asserted
Trump → get → crap
' 'We're not going to stand for it,' he added. asserted
he → go → it
The President's Sunday double-header was announced Friday after both rallies had been cancelled by Trump less than 24 hours before. asserted
rallies → announce → Trump
The White House put them back on Trump's schedule after he blew up at a Reuters reporter who had asked him Thursday whether he was getting 'sick' of all the travel. asserted
he → put → travel
Proving that wasn't the case, in Iowa, Trump spoke for more than two hours, nearly breaking his own rally speech record. asserted
Trump → prove → record
'This isn't rambling. This isn't rambling. This is genius,' the President told the crowd at one hour and 17 minutes in. asserted
President → ramble → crowd
He spoke for one hour and 24 minutes in Salina, Kansas, after dazzling the crowd with an Air Force One flyover. asserted
He → speak → flyover
'I could have been home watching television or some crappy thing,' he joked once onstage. uncertain
he → watch → television
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall watches President Donald Trump speak at his final campaign rally in Salina, Kansas President Donald Trump (right) brought Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) onstage during his final midterm campaign rally in Salina, Kansas Trump then explained it was important for him to come out and once again rally for Senator Roger Marshall, who's facing a tough reelection fight against Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton. 'We're shutting it down tonight, can you believe it? asserted
you → watch → it
I wanted to make you the last but the best,' Trump said. asserted
Trump → want → ?
'I did not want to interrupt your football game, but maybe I should have,' he then added. asserted
he → want → game
The Kansas City Chiefs were beaten by the Chicago Bears earlier that afternoon. asserted
Chiefs → beat → Bears
' In the hour that followed, Trump went after some of his favorite Democratic punching bags, including El-Sayed and Representative Ilhan Omar. asserted
Trump → follow → Sayed
He, again, promised Americans $5,000 checks if the Republicans win the midterms. asserted
Republicans → promise → midterms
Trump also made Secretary of State Marco Rubio come onstage. asserted
Rubio → make → State
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