Trump rallies in Iowa, Kansas as 52 million vote before midterms
Why it matters: Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate edge, and losing either chamber would let Democrats block Trump’s agenda.
President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Sunday with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, two Republican-leaning states where Senate races have tightened ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. More than 52 million Americans had already voted in person or by mail, a record for a midterm, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab. Republicans now control the Senate 53-47 and hold a narrow House majority, putting control of Congress in play. At the same time, legal disputes shadowed key contests: the Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation tied to Alaska’s Senate race and is weighing a Supreme Court appeal after lower courts let California keep counting disputed mail ballots.