GOP faces brutal midterm headwinds as Republicans paint election as ‘competition with communism’

President Donald Trump headlines the first-ever GOP midterm convention in Dallas as Republicans fight to hold slim congressional majorities amid inflation.

Republican state party leaders grumble about the timing, cost and planning of Trump’s midterm convention

Event organizers said they believed that doing a post-Labor Day convention will be the best way to reach people who don’t always pay attention to politics.

Republican Party

The Republican Party, or the GOP, currently holds the majority in the US House of Representatives as well as the majority of state legislatures. The Republican leaders are Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell in the Senate and Ohio’s John Boehner in the House.

GOP, Dem Strategists Debate Which Party Should Get John Fetterman: 'You Can Have Him, Frankly'

“I’ll make you a deal.” a Democratic strategist proposed.
Pew Research Center

How Republicans and Democrats see their own ideology – and their party’s

In both coalitions, those who say they are more liberal or conservative than their party are also more critical of it.

Maverick Democrat surges with Republicans as his own party turns on him, stoking talk of GOP switch

John Fetterman now holds a 73% favorability among Pennsylvania Republicans, surpassing Dave McCormick's 63%, as party switch speculation grows.

WSJ Report Eviscerates Georgia Republican’s Campaign as ‘Gone Disastrously Wrong’ — Some GOP Leaders Think He’s Already Lost

Rep. Mike Collins' (R-GA) campaign is going "disastrously wrong," as The Wall Street Journal laid out in excruciating detail on Monday.

Ex-GOP congressman wonders if Donald Trump is deliberately sabotaging his own party

By not focusing on the cost of living and dealing with the issues that Americans care about, I think he’s hurting himself and more importantly, he’s hurting his party at ti