Trump's Final Rally Sprint Hits Iowa and Kansas as Alaska Spirals

President Donald Trump hits Iowa and Kansas today for the final scheduled rallies of the 2026 midterm cycle — stops he scrapped earlier in the week before abruptly bringing them back. Telerallies are on deck for tomorrow, according to CNN. Then it's up to the voters.

Election Day lands Tuesday, November 3, and the ballots are already piling up. At least 52 million votes have been cast since early voting kicked off in some states as far back as mid-September. Unofficial results will start trickling out once polls close, but the real counting — double-checks, then local and state certification — stretches into the following days and weeks.

In Michigan, Senate Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed is stumping in Detroit alongside South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, both chasing a Black turnout boost. Notably absent from the schedule: Rep. Haley Stevens, El-Sayed's former primary rival. Plans for the two to appear together fell apart, and whether she shows is anyone's guess.

Alaska is a full-blown mess. A second Dan Sullivan landed on the Senate ballot, and the state has now answered the Justice Department's push for an expedited preliminary injunction in its lawsuit — a bid to delay certification if GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, so voter confusion can be investigated. The incumbent takes the controversy to CNN's State of the Union at 9 a.m. ET Sunday.

The chaos isn't confined to Alaska. A New York Times report tied Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign to recruiting the other Dan Sullivan in an apparent bid to confuse voters. In Ohio's governor race, GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's mother criticizing her — even though Acton says she hasn't spoken to her mother since she was 12. Republicans, meanwhile, have tried to mine a culture-war fight out of Barack Obama's crack that Trump has the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.

For context: 2022 delivered one of the best midterms for a White House party in a century, with Democrats riding an unusually wide age gap as young voters broke hard their way. Exit polling then showed plenty of voters casting ballots against Trump — and the economy and affordability are weighing heavy on this year's electorate. The stakes: whether Democrats get a check on Trump's power consolidation, and which party controls the House and Senate.