President Donald Trump traveled to Georgia on Wednesday as part of a midterm strategy that puts him at the center of several competitive races, a notable choice given his low approval ratings and the historical tendency for presidents’ parties to lose seats in midterms.
President Donald Trump traveled to Georgia on Wednesday for a campaign rally, continuing a midterm strategy that leans on his personal appeal to drive turnout in closely contested races.
So far this year, Trump has appeared with roughly a dozen Republican candidates in contests viewed as competitive, according to NPR reporting carried by public radio outlets. The approach runs against the more traditional playbook of keeping a president with weak approval numbers away from swing districts.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has described the plan as an effort to make Trump himself a focal point for voters who are less likely to participate in midterm elections. In a late-2025 interview with the pro-Trump online talk show The Mom View, Wiles said strategists typically try to localize midterm races and minimize the role of federal officials, but she argued Republicans would instead "put him on the ballot" because many low-propensity voters are "Trump voters."
Trump has also promoted a first-of-its-kind Republican midterm convention in Dallas scheduled for Sept. 9–10, according to reporting by The Texas Tribune, Axios and Dallas-Fort Worth television outlets. Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters has said the gathering is intended to energize Republicans heading into November.
Democrats, meanwhile, are betting that opposition to the administration will be a key motivator for their voters, including in suburban and swing-seat districts. Former Republican Rep. Charlie Dent has also argued that candidates in the most competitive seats may need to calibrate how closely they align themselves with Trump, depending on the politics of their districts.
Trump’s Georgia stop included remarks backing Republican candidates ahead of the fall elections, according to reporting by The Associated Press and Axios.
