President Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Mississippi next Monday, a notable choice for a last-minute midterm event given the state’s reliably Republican history. The visit is raising alarm that even redder GOP strongholds are in play weeks out from the election.
The Republican National Committee announced Wednesday that Trump is speaking at the Crossroads Arena in Corinth, Miss., next Monday, just a week out from the November midterms.
The Senate race between Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) and Democrat Scott Colom has turned unexpectedly competitive in recent weeks, with several nonpartisan election handicappers shifting their ratings of the race from “solid” or “safe” Republican to “likely Republican.”
Trump’s low approval ratings and high cost of living expenses driven by the administration’s tariff war with Canada and war in Iran, which are pinching voters’ pocketbooks, have started to put more reliably Republican strongholds in play this cycle.
Decision Desk HQ forecasts a 78 percent probability that Democrats retake the House and a 56 percent chance of flipping the Senate.
Trump has recently held rallies in Kansas and North Carolina, and he is scheduled to speak at one in South Carolina on Wednesday.
The recent events underscore Republican concerns that even their bases of support in GOP states may stay home this November or split their ticket. The Mississippi event is taking place in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, which went for the president by 37 points, according to The Downballot.
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