Stephen Fowler

With President Trump and former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail, can campaign surrogates really move the needle in high profile, high-stakes races?

With President Trump and former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail, can campaign surrogates really move the needle in high profile, high-stakes races?

HOPE, Ark. — For Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner, the most important political label she wears isn't that she's a Democrat. Or that she's not a Republican.

In a sign of the potentially dire midterm political environment, Republicans have spent millions of dollars playing defense in Arkansas, one of the most conservative states in the country.

With high profile visits from President Trump, Vice President Vance, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris, the spotlight is on campaign surrogates in the final days before Election Day.

With high profile visits from President Trump, Vice President Vance, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris, the spotlight is on campaign surrogates in the final days before Election Day.

President Trump is travelling to Mississippi to campaign before the midterms. The state's U.S. Senate race has seen millions of dollars in last-minute spending.

President Trump is travelling to Mississippi to campaign before the midterms. The state's U.S. Senate race has seen millions of dollars in last-minute spending.

COLUMBUS, Miss. — On paper, Mississippi's U.S. Senate race seems like the perfect place for a political upset this year, an assertion President Trump's Monday rally there seems to support.

In the final week of the 2026 midterm election, ad spending data suggests the core battle is less about stopping a Democratic wave in the House, and more about figuring out how high it crests.