# Trump campaigns in red states as Republicans face midterm headwinds

> With three weeks until the midterms, President Trump is stumping in reliably Republican states as his party faces historical challenges and low approval ratings.
- Title: Trump campaigns in red states as Republicans face midterm…
- Summary: With three weeks until the midterms, President Trump is stumping in reliably Republican states as his party faces historical challenges and low approval…
- Keywords: 2026 midterms, donald trump, alaska, montana, georgia, mike collins, jon ossoff, republicans, campaign trail, politics, news, Trump
- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/10/15/nx-s1-6003645/lots-of-red-state-stumping-for-president-trump
- Published: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: 2026 midterms, donald trump, alaska, montana, georgia, mike collins, jon ossoff, republicans, campaign trail, politics, news
## Election day is less than three weeks away
Hosts Scott Detrow and Ailsa Chang report on the campaign trail in states that could decide control of Congress as the midterms approach.
## Republicans face a red undertow
Historically the president's party loses seats in a midterm. This year Republicans face gas prices, the war in Iran and President Trump's historically low approval ratings.

> red undertow
## Trump flies to Alaska and Montana
President Trump has been hitting the trail, flying to Alaska, a typically Republican state.He also made a stop in Montana, saying he wanted to pay his respect to places he did not have to go.

> I like to also pay my respect to places that I don't have to go.
## Collins trails Ossoff in Georgia
On Friday, Trump will be in Georgia, where polls show Representative Mike Collins trailing Senator Jon Ossoff in the U.S. Senate race.
## Heated exchanges in Georgia debates
Two recent debates have featured heated exchanges, with Collins calling Ossoff a trust fund kid and Ossoff attacking Collins' history of hiring aides with white nationalist views.

> you've hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office.
## Key takeaway

President Trump is campaigning in red states including Alaska and Montana ahead of midterm elections, as Republicans battle gas prices, the Iran war and Trump's low approval ratings.