President Donald Trump is adding a series of campaign rallies to his October schedule as Republicans brace for the midterm elections, starting in the nation’s most reliably Republican states.
Rallies in Oklahoma and Alabama
Trump will hold a rally in Durant, Oklahoma, on Thursday, October 1, and another in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, October 2, according to the Republican National Committee.
Both states gave Trump roughly two‑thirds of the vote in 2024, and he carried every county in Oklahoma.
The Durant event takes place at the Choctaw Event Center and is hosted by the Trump 47 Committee, the joint fundraising arm of the Trump campaign and the RNC.
He has endorsed Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Mazzei, who faces Democratic state House Minority Leader Cyndi Munson.
Mobile’s rally sits adjacent to Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, where Republican Rep. Rhett Marques challenges Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures under a GOP‑drawn map the Supreme Court allowed to remain in place this year.
Expanded Midterm Travel
Trump is also slated to campaign in Iowa, Florida, Texas and Alaska before Election Day, a source familiar with the plans told Politico.
He has pledged to support Senate candidates Ken Paxton in Texas and Dan Sullivan in Alaska, while Iowa and Florida have emerged as additional Republican concerns.
The former president has committed to campaigning in 35 competitive House and Senate races, though the White House and RNC have not released a full schedule; rallies in battleground states are expected to begin October 3.
Strategic Rationale
Republicans say the early stops in Oklahoma and Alabama aim to boost turnout among low‑propensity voters rather than simply reinforce safe‑red terrain.
A Republican official described the locations as “very strategic,” noting that Durant lies near the Texas border and reaches the Dallas‑Fort Worth media market, while Mobile’s proximity to the Florida Panhandle expands the rally’s potential impact.
“The President’s ability to engage and activate low‑propensity voters is unmatched,” RNC spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre told the Associated Press. “That’s why he’ll be barnstorming the country to activate the voters we need to win in November.”
With Election Day just over five weeks away, Trump’s calendar is filling rapidly, and the shift from red‑state stops to battlegrounds will determine control of Congress.
