{"id":370005,"date":"2026-10-27T09:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/midterm-elections-2026-1-week-until-high-stakes-elections"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:39:20","slug":"midterm-elections-2026-1-week-until-high-stakes-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/midterm-elections-2026-1-week-until-high-stakes-elections","title":{"rendered":"Midterm elections 2026: 1 week till high-stakes elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">President Donald Trump on Tuesday makes his fourth campaign season (since Labor Day) trip to Texas where he is set to hold two rallies in the state today as he and Republicans make their closing arguments in battleground races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">With just one week before Election Day, Trump will attend rallies in Lubbock and Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">All eyes are on the Texas Senate race as Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico remain locked in a neck-and-neck contest. Paxton confirmed he will attend and plans to deliver remarks at both rallies. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, who is in a toss-up race in the 15th Congressional District against Tejano musician Bobby Pulido, said she will also be in attendance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur gIjeL \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7b9968fd-d4ad-44fe-be35-6734223ef940\/vance-2-gty-gmh-261013_1791918650297_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7b9968fd-d4ad-44fe-be35-6734223ef940\/vance-2-gty-gmh-261013_1791918650297_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7b9968fd-d4ad-44fe-be35-6734223ef940\/vance-2-gty-gmh-261013_1791918650297_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7b9968fd-d4ad-44fe-be35-6734223ef940\/vance-2-gty-gmh-261013_1791918650297_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Emily Chang\" alt=\"Emily Chang\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7b9968fd-d4ad-44fe-be35-6734223ef940\/vance-2-gty-gmh-261013_1791918650297_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">Republican Senate candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton looks on as U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, October 13, 2026 in Tyler, Texas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">Pool\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Talarico will also speak at a rally in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday, according to a campaign advisory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur Rnci \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/beabf49c-6990-418d-83c3-88736d5cd19f\/talarico-2-gty-gmh-261022._1792686893551_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/beabf49c-6990-418d-83c3-88736d5cd19f\/talarico-2-gty-gmh-261022._1792686893551_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/beabf49c-6990-418d-83c3-88736d5cd19f\/talarico-2-gty-gmh-261022._1792686893551_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/beabf49c-6990-418d-83c3-88736d5cd19f\/talarico-2-gty-gmh-261022._1792686893551_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hannah Demissie\" alt=\"Hannah Demissie\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/beabf49c-6990-418d-83c3-88736d5cd19f\/talarico-2-gty-gmh-261022._1792686893551_hpMain_16x9.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">Democrat candidate for US Senate James Talarico speaks to supporters during his &#8220;Clear Eyes Full Hearts&#8221; campaign tour at the Hilton University of Houston in Houston, Texas, October 21, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">Cecile Clocheret\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">More than 20% of registered voters in Texas have voted early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><i class=\" \">-ABC News&#8217; Hannah Demissie, Diana Paulsen and Emily Chang<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/live-updates\/midterm-elections-2026-1-week-high-stakes-elections\/?id=137578278\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday makes his fourth campaign season (since Labor Day) trip to Texas where he is set to hold two rallies in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14584,7153,7108,44210,609,20022,102,19964,6172,7289,5090],"class_list":["post-370005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-emily-chang","tag-hannah-demissie","tag-james-talarico","tag-monica-de-la-cruz","tag-president","tag-senate-race","tag-texas","tag-texas-senate","tag-tyler","tag-united-states-senate","tag-vice-president-jd-vance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370007,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370005\/revisions\/370007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}