{"id":2649016,"date":"2026-08-24T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairman-predicts-gop-will-pick-up-seats-in-midterm-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:21:38","slug":"rnc-chairman-predicts-gop-will-pick-up-seats-in-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairman-predicts-gop-will-pick-up-seats-in-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC chairman predicts GOP will pick up seats in midterm elections"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frnc-chairman-predicts-gop-will-pick-up-seats-in-midterm-elections%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=2649016&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>Joe Gruters, Chairman of the Republican National committee, expressed confidence that Republicans will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-to-face-2026-majority-fight-lacking-trump-coattails-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... GOP to face 2026 majority fight lacking Trump coattails - Washington Examiner\">defy historical trends<\/a> adn maintain their congressional majorities in the 2026 midterm elections. During a Fox News interview, he stated that his party is poised to win congressional seats despite an environment that typically favors the opposition party. Gruters highlighted the strength of Republican candidates, their financial resources-reportedly the highest in party history-and the popularity of Donald Trump as key advantages. He predicted victories in key Senate races in Ohio, Maine, and Texas and emphasized the importance of party unity and aligning behind Trump\u2019s agenda to ensure continued control. With narrow current majorities in both chambers, Republicans are optimistic due to recent favorable redistricting maps and strategic campaigning, though the race remains competitive, especially in the House. Gruters advised voters to consider comprehensive sources like the Cook Political Report for race evaluations, asserting that Republicans are confidently positioned to retain and possibly expand their congressional control in the upcoming elections.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2059\">Republican National Committee<\/a> Chairman Joe Gruters said he believes <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"240\">Republicans<\/a> will defy historical trends and maintain their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"11313\">congressional<\/a> majorities in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">2026 midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBet on us because we\u2019re going to win. We\u2019re going to defy history,\u201d Gruters said during a Monday interview on Fox News, expressing confidence that Republicans will retain control of the Senate and House despite a political environment that has historically favored the party out of power.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698500\/rnc-gruters-gop-seats-midterms-advantage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>RNC chairman predicts GOP will pick up seats in midterm elections: \u2018Bet on us\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698455\/abdul-el-sayed-opposes-hasan-piker-michigan-democrats-speak-out\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Abdul el Sayed opposes Hasan Piker after Michigan Democrat calls him a \u2018hack\u2019 and \u2018dangerous\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4698401\/trump-endorsement-power-vital-primary-competitions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump touts endorsement power ahead of vital primary competitions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have the candidates that we\u2019ve recruited,\u201d he added. \u201cWe have the resources, most cash on the hand in the history of the party ever, and then we have the best showman in the world, Donald J. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gruters\u2019s comments come as Republicans enter the final stretch before the midterm elections with narrow majorities in both chambers and Democrats aiming to reclaim control of the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RNC chairman argued that candidate quality, party unity, and Republicans\u2019 financial resources will allow the party to overcome what he described as unfavorable historical trends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYeah, we are going to win everything, and it comes down to the candidate quality,\u201d Gruters said. \u201cWhat we have is common sense on our side. They have craziness and these left-wing mini-Mamdani radicals that, at the end of the day, voters are going to reject because you know they want more mainstream candidates. That\u2019s what we offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gruters specifically predicted victories for Republican Senate candidates in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1141\">Ohio<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"193\">Maine<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"253\">Texas<\/a>, where Democrats are eyeing flipping longtime Republican seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Jon] Husted\u2019s going to win. [Mike] Rogers is going to win. [Susan] Collins is going to win. [Ken] Paxton\u2019s going to win,\u201d Gruters said. \u201cAll these swing seats they\u2019re talking about,\u00a0they\u2019re red states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gruters also pointed to the party\u2019s resources and messaging as reasons for his confidence, arguing that Republicans need to remain united behind President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need the Republicans to come together. We need to stand united on behalf of the president to make sure he can serve his full four years,\u201d Gruters said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers, leaving relatively few seats vulnerable to determine control of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"31\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11272\">House<\/a> remains particularly competitive. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates 203 House seats as safely or likely Republican and 194 as safely or likely Democratic, leaving 18 races rated as toss-ups. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans also emerged from a yearlong redistricting effort with a House map that could give them additional protection in the midterm elections. An analysis from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nrcc\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"466\">National Republican Congressional Committee<\/a> found that the new maps created 14 seats that Trump would have carried by at least 10 percentage points in 2024, including six seats that Trump would have won by more than 15 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The map leaves Republicans closer to the 218 seats needed to control the House before the most competitive races are decided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4695391\/mike-rogers-data-center-moratorium\/\">MIKE ROGERS BACKS DATA CENTER MORATORIUM AS SOME GOP CANDIDATES SHIFT AGAINST AI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gruters said voters should look beyond individual polls and prediction market odds when evaluating the state of the midterms. He pointed viewers toward the Cook Political Report, describing it as a nonpartisan source for tracking competitive races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look at the Senate side, it\u2019s a 53-47 split. I think we win. I think we stay at 53, and maybe even pick up a seat,\u201d Gruters said. \u201cOn the House side, I think we\u2019ll even do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP confident in midterms, vows to defy history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2649017,"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\/2026\/08\/AP25234045634613.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,6203,7408,5894,6915],"class_list":["post-2649016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-gop","tag-midterms","tag-politics","tag-rnc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25234045634613.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649016","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\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649016"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649020,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649016\/revisions\/2649020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2649017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}