{"id":2468977,"date":"2025-07-31T05:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-vance-plan-2026-full-court-press-to-defy-midterm-election-odds\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:14:19","slug":"trump-and-vance-plan-2026-full-court-press-to-defy-midterm-election-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-vance-plan-2026-full-court-press-to-defy-midterm-election-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Vance plan 2026 full-court press to defy midterm election odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-and-vance-plan-2026-full-court-press-to-defy-midterm-election-odds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Republican Party&#8217;s strategy to overcome typical midterm election challenges in 2026 with strong backing from former President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Historically, the party in power tends to lose seats during midterms, but Trump and Vance are focused on maintaining the GOP&#8217;s control and fundraising momentum. Despite internal conflicts within the party, particularly concerning Trump&#8217;s governance decisions such as his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Republicans are gearing up for an aggressive campaign.<\/p>\n<p>RNC Chairman Michael Whatley, a key figure in Trump&#8217;s 2024 victory, recently launched a senate campaign in North Carolina, creating leadership changes within the party&#8217;s fundraising apparatus.Trump supports Joe Gruters as a successor to Whatley. Vance, as RNC finance chair, has successfully raised millions at fundraisers across the country, leveraging his political and business connections to energize donors, especially in the tech sector.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP remains confident despite these shifts, with officials expressing optimism about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paxton-urges-gop-state-lawmakers-to-tighten-election-integrity-laws\/\" title=\"Paxton Urges GOP State Lawmakers to Tighten ... Integrity Laws\">election integrity efforts<\/a> and campaign messaging. meanwhile,Democrats see an possibility in Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-felt-relief-when-supreme-court-forced-admin-to-reinstate-trump-immigration-policy-nyt-reports\/\" title=\"Biden Officials Felt \u2018Relief\u2019 When Supreme Court Forced Admin To Reinstate ... Immigration Policy, NYT Reports\">declining poll numbers<\/a> on immigration and economic issues,and also public dissatisfaction with his legislative agenda,suggesting a perhaps competitive 2026 election cycle.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump and Vance plan 2026 full court press to defy midterm odds and keep GOP trifecta<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2180996\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican campaign officials are looking to buck modern midterm election trends in 2026, and simmering infighting within the party, with help from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">JD Vance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, parties in power lose seats in midterm elections, and six months into Trump&rsquo;s term, the GOP is saddled with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >additional speed bumps heading<\/a> into next year. First, a number of governance choices Trump has made over the summer, including his administration&rsquo;s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3486184\/trump-losing-control-of-epstein-crisis-sixty-percent-see-cover-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jeffrey Epstein case\">Jeffrey Epstein case<\/a>, have ignited an ideological rift within the MAGA caucus, at least on social media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3485645\/trade-negotiations-new-phase-trump-tariff-hikes\/\">Trade negotiations enter new phase as Trump stands by tariff hikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3486714\/doge-administrator-amy-gleason-rare-appearance-white-house-health-event\/\">DOGE administrator Amy Gleason makes rare appearance at White House health event<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3486567\/kamala-harris-ally-katy-perry-dines-with-justin-trudeau-in-montreal-stirring-speculation\/\">Kamala Harris ally Katy Perry dines with Justin Trudeau in Montreal, stirring speculation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485984\/michael-whatley-north-carolina-senate-race-2026-roy-cooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"MICHAEL WHATLEY ENTERS NORTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE, SETTING UP 2026 CLASH WITH COOPER\">MICHAEL WHATLEY ENTERS NORTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE, SETTING UP 2026 CLASH WITH COOPER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, a key architect of Trump&rsquo;s 2024 win, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485984\/michael-whatley-north-carolina-senate-race-2026-roy-cooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"launched his own campaign\">launched a campaign<\/a> for North Carolina&rsquo;s opening Senate seat, possibly leaving the committee without its leader ahead of what&rsquo;s expected to be a particularly vicious campaign cycle. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114911072057863888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"backed\">backed<\/a> Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters to succeed Whatley when he steps down as chairman.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump and Vance, who assumed the role of RNC finance chairman in March, have a vested interest in ensuring Republican campaign coffers are stocked heading into the election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has maintained historic fundraising levels following his 2024 election victory, amassing a war chest north of $1.6 billion. Meanwhile, his political operation is already spending on campaign ads highlighting Republicans&rsquo; roles in passing the &ldquo;one big, beautiful bill,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s landmark tax and spending legislation that he signed into law on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>And while Trump has yet to fully coordinate his travel plans with the RNC ahead of 2026, its officials told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they expect the president to hit the road to stump for Republicans in close elections.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, the first vice president to serve as RNC finance chair, has launched himself into his secondary role as the top GOP money man. Since being named to the position in March, Vance has held fundraisers in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Fundraisers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Big Sky, Montana, which occurred Tuesday, took in more than $2 million apiece, while an event in Nantucket, Massachusetts, raised upward of $5 million, according to Vance aides.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Vance has] &#8203;&#8203;just been a fantastic draw for these events. [Whatley has] talked about this with folks,&rdquo; one senior RNC official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;When you&rsquo;ve got someone like the VP headlining a fundraiser for you, you know there&rsquo;s a higher level of enthusiasm. It&rsquo;s easier to get folks to them, and he&rsquo;s just been a great partner. I mean, it truly has worked out phenomenally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One veteran Republican campaign official noted that Vance&rsquo;s deep ties to the venture capital world, coupled with a &ldquo;deep&rdquo; policy expertise, have made it significantly easier to pull donations from the tech world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The numbers speak for themselves,&rdquo; the official assessed. &ldquo;We couldn&rsquo;t ask for someone better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s team declined to preview the RNC&rsquo;s second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indian-american-immigrant-and-top-gop-prospect-enters-kansas-house-race\/\" title=\"Indian American immigrant runs for Kansas House seat as top GOP candidate.\">-quarter fundraising numbers<\/a>, which are slated to be published on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Whatley&rsquo;s imminent departure from the RNC also hasn&rsquo;t rattled committee staff.<\/p>\n<p>Republican officials told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that losing the chairman would be &ldquo;bittersweet&rdquo; but that he would set them up for success heading into 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The biggest thing is there is a confidence in the building now on our side that just did not exist for the last five years before he came on board,&rdquo; one senior RNC official said. &ldquo;Having a smart candidate, in North Carolina, who knows how to attack [Democrat Roy] Cooper, who&rsquo;s not going to do dumb s*** to piss off the president and can raise a bunch of money &mdash;&nbsp;it&rsquo;s going to make our lives easier, so it&rsquo;s just bittersweet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A second Republican campaign operative added, &ldquo;All of our priorities haven&rsquo;t really changed, especially pertaining to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassroots-patriot-helped-election-officials-keep-voter-rolls-clean\/\" title=\"Grassroots Patriot Helped ... Officials Keep Voter Rolls Clean\">election integrity &#038;mdash<\/a>; all of our efforts are still going in full force. Our messaging operation is up and running. Yes, obviously it&rsquo;s going to change things, given the fact that we&rsquo;ll have a new chairman and a new voice. But I think that race is so important in North Carolina, and so I think it&rsquo;ll be really great having him there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Democrats, who have struggled to find effective means of resisting Trump&rsquo;s agenda, have started to look at 2026 optimistically.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3485689\/last-call-boozy-imports-trump-alcohol-tariffs-wine-spirits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ALCOHOL INDUSTRY WARNS OF LAST CALL FOR BOOZY IMPORTS UNDER TRUMP&rsquo;S TARIFFS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Multiple veteran Democratic operatives told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;that Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3479355\/record-low-approvals-plague-trump-democrats-parties-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">sliding poll numbers<\/a>&nbsp;on immigration and the economy, and a generally negative public perception of his reconciliation legislation<\/span>, will give them a leg up in critical battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This president doesn&rsquo;t give two s***s about helping normal, working-class households, just his wealthy friends, and I think Republicans are finally starting to wake up to his lies,&rdquo; one Biden White House veteran said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2180996\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2180996\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and Vance gear up to defy midterm trends in 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2468978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-vance-midterms.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[27635,34250,32504,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2468977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-27635","tag-midterm-elections","tag-political-strategy","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-vance-midterms.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468977"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468981,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468977\/revisions\/2468981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}