President Donald Trump is preparing to hit the campaign trail next week, with back-to-back rallies in Oklahoma and Alabama as Republicans enter the final stretch before the November 3 midterm elections.
The first stop is scheduled for Thursday, October 1, at the Choctaw Event Center in Durant, Oklahoma. A second rally is set for Friday, October 2, at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama. Official campaign listings show both programs beginning at 6 p.m. Central. They do not specify when Trump will take the stage.
The appearances will bring Trump to two states he carried comfortably in 2024. The Hill reported that he won Oklahoma by 34 points and Alabama by 30 points. In Durant, Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Mazzei is expected to join the rally, according to local station KJRH.
A Bigger October Plan
The stops come ahead of the intensive campaign schedule Trump outlined earlier this month. At a September 2 White House Rose Garden dinner for Republican lawmakers, he said he intended to focus on roughly 35 important races during the final 30 days before Election Day.
“I’m going to go to every one of those 35 places,” Trump said, according to the New York Post’s account of his remarks. He also discussed holding telephone town halls and named Alaska as a state where he intends to campaign for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
The Oklahoma and Alabama rallies offer an early look at Trump’s October travel plans. Both are Republican strongholds, while some closer contests elsewhere could help determine control of Congress.
Cook Political Report moved the Kansas Senate race from likely Republican to lean Republican and the South Carolina contest from solid Republican to likely Republican this week. Neither rating makes those races a toss-up, but the shifts add to the stakes as Trump begins his promised midterm push.
