President Trump will continue his red state campaign swing with recently announced rallies in Montana and Arizona slated for this week with important races in each state just under a month away. The Arizona rally is tentatively planned to be hosted at Laughlin Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City – a town near the Nevada border…
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President Trump will continue his red state campaign swing with recently announced rallies in Montana and Arizona slated for this week with important races in each state just under a month away.
The Arizona rally is tentatively planned to be hosted at Laughlin Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City – a town near the Nevada border – where Trump will take the stage on Oct. 14 at 1 p.m., according to the Arizona Republic, citing a now-deleted post on the Republican National Committee’s website.
It is unclear who will appear alongside Trump at the Bullhead City rally, but the Arizona GOP is looking to regain the Grand Canyon State’s governorship after previously having a tight grip on Arziona’s statewide offices, but faces tough political headwinds.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) is up for reelection after winning in 2022, but Arizona is one of five Democratic-held governorships up this year in states won by Trump in 2024.
Hobbs will face off against Republican Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), a House Freedom Caucus member backed by President Trump.
Trump’s Montana rally is reportedly set for the Majestic Valley Arena in Flathead County as he campaigns for Republican candidate Aaron Flint in the Big Sky Country’s 1st Congressional District election. Trump will speak in Montana on Oct. 12 at 6:15 p.m., according to KPAX, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Flint is running against Democratic candidate Sam Forstag to replace retiring Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.).
Montana’s Senate race has also remained somewhat competitive as Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead, GOP nominee Kurt Alme, independent Seth Bodnar and Libertarian Kyle Austin compete for retiring Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) open Senate seat.
Despite early polling showing Bodnar could beat Alme in a one-on-one race, Bankhead has repeated that she would not drop out of the race to assist Bodnar’s chance, saying in August, “I’ll never bow down…I am in this race to win it, and I am staying through Nov. 3.”
According to Rutgers-Eagleton polling from September, 38 percent of respondents backed Alme, 30 percent supported Bodnar, 16 percent chose Bankhead and 5 percent supported Austin.
Trump’s tour of traditionally red states like Montana and Nebraska has raised some eyebrows but one Republican source told The Hill earlier this month that the trips were part of a larger strategy of replicating the party’s presidential election turnout as much as they can going into the midterms, comparing it to “hitting two birds with one stone.”
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