There is still one US Senate seat that’s up for grabs after the elections earlier this month and Trump has decided he’s not giving it up without a fight:
ROLL CALL – President Donald Trump will make an eleventh-hour attempt to keep a Mississippi Senate seat in Republican hands later this month when he headlines two rallies there the day before a runoff election.
His campaign organization announced Saturday the president will hold two rallies on Nov. 26 on behalf of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. He will be in Tupelo at 5 p.m. and then in Biloxi three hours later.
Hyde-Smith faces former Democratic Rep. Mike Espy in the special election runoff after neither cleared 50 percent in the Nov. 6 jungle primary, which saw two Republicans and two Democrats run together on the same ballot. Hyde-Smith was appointed to the seat in April after GOP Sen. Thad Cochran resigned over health reasons. The special election winner gets to serve out the final two years of Cochran’s term.
The run-off will happen November 27, a week from tomorrow and Trump’s two rallies will happen the day before.
As it stands now, Republicans have 52 seats in the Senate, meaning they gained two seats in the last election. This one would be number 53 if they could pull it out. They need all they can get to overcome the worst RINOs in the party.
Democrats lost 2 seats, putting them at 47.