Trump confidently carried Iowa Senate District 35 by about 21 points in 2024. In January, Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped the seat, winning by roughly 4 points over Republican Katie Whittington. The result was about a 25-point overperformance by Democrats compared with Trump’s margin a year earlier.
Republican Matt Van Epps is up against a progressive Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn for the seat vacated by former GOP Rep. Mark Green. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have both been aggressively trying to turn out support for Epps and avoid a disastrous upset for the GOP.
Voters in central Tennessee went to the polls for a special election that's considered a bellwether for which party controls the U.S. House in next year's midterms.
Republican Matt Van Epps defeats Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's 7th district special election, keeping GOP seat in red district Trump won by 22 points.
Trump claimed the results of Tuesday’s race would show the GOP "is stronger than it’s ever been" while Democrats anticipated a monumental upset.
At a Franklin rally on Dec. 1, President Donald Trump weighed in ahead of the highly competitive 7th district race. Here's what he said.