Trump closes out campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas ahead of Tuesday's elections

US President Donald Trump ended his midterm campaign push with rallies in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday, as both parties entered the final stretch before Tuesday's elections. He appeared first in Dubuque, Iowa, and later in Salina, Kansas, where Republicans are facing strong competition from Democratic candidates. The events were presented as the closing stops in a campaign that has taken Trump across the country since the start of October.

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According to the supplied report, Trump told supporters in Iowa that Republicans were close to sweeping victories and urged them to elect "America first" Republicans across the ballot. In Kansas, Air Force One flew over the crowd before landing at Salina airport for an outdoor rally. Trump then delivered another lengthy speech, and hundreds of attendees left before he finished speaking.

He described the Kansas event as his final stop of the campaign. The report says Trump has held more than two dozen rallies in 19 states during the campaign. It also says more than 54 million votes had already been cast before Election Day, underlining the scale of early voting in the contest.

The elections will decide all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats, with Republicans holding narrow majorities in both chambers before the vote. The rallies came at a moment when the elections were being framed as a referendum on Trump's second term in office. The report says his approval rating has fallen to a low point in that term, with public discontent linked to domestic decisions, sweeping tariffs and his decision to launch the war in Iran.

That political backdrop gives the final campaign events added significance, because the results could shape control of Congress and the scope of oversight of the administration. The article also points to a shift in Republican strategy compared with the 2024 campaign. Instead of focusing mainly on states that voted for Joe Biden in 2020, Trump has concentrated much of his effort on states where he has previously performed strongly.

In parallel, Democrats are described as facing internal divisions in Michigan, where congresswoman Haley Stevens publicly endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers rather than backing her party's nominee. The report says Democrats are seen as having a strong chance of regaining the House and a possible path to the Senate as well. What remains unclear is how much the final rallies will affect turnout in the closing hours before voting.

The report does not provide fresh polling from Iowa or Kansas, and it does not say whether the campaign events changed the balance in either state. The main focus now shifts to Tuesday's results, which will determine whether Republicans keep control of Congress or Democrats gain the leverage to block legislation and investigate the administration.

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