Trump holds Iowa and Kansas rallies before midterms

Donald Trump held rallies in Dubuque, Iowa, and Salina, Kansas, on Sunday, November 1, urging support for Republicans as the party sought to retain narrow majorities in Congress ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. At the Iowa rally, Trump said Republicans would win broadly. His speech there lasted about two hours, while his address in Kansas ran nearly 90 minutes. Hundreds of people left the Kansas gathering before he finished, according to accounts of the event. Trump described it as the campaign’s final stop for the night. Republicans were defending a 53-47 majority in the Senate and a narrow House majority. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats were on the ballot. Polls cited in reports suggested Democrats were positioned to gain ground in the House, while the Senate contests remained close. More than 54 million votes had been cast by Sunday, according to the University of Florida Election Lab tally reported at the time; the figure was an early-voting snapshot, not a final turnout count. The rallies came as Republicans faced competitive races in both states. In Iowa, the party was defending a Senate seat and the governorship, while the state’s 2nd Congressional...