Trump heads to North Carolina where Republicans are struggling to hold a Senate seat

On the campaign trail

• A North Carolina stop : President Donald Trump is set to travel to Greenville today to rally for Michael Whatley — another Republican in a tight race against his Democratic opponent Roy Cooper. Trump was in Kansas yesterday, as he campaigns overwhelmingly in red states that voted for him by double digits in 2024.

• Ramaswamy’s challenge : In Ohio, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is attempting a rare route in politics, going from national notoriety as a presidential candidate to running for governor. It has not been easy.

• Early voting: In-person voting will begin today in Hawaii, Louisiana, Utah, Wisconsin and Missouri. Follow CNN’s early-voting tracker here .

Here's what's happening on the campaign trail today

With exactly two weeks to go until Election Day, midterm candidates are out campaigning across the US today. President Donald Trump is also expected to hold a rally in North Carolina .

Here are some of the major events taking place today:

In Texas , Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico will continue his “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Tour” in Texarkana and Tyler , while his GOP opponent Ken Paxton will make stops in Conroe and Richmond. Senator Bernie Sanders will also hold a rally in Houston alongside Greg Casar, who is running for re-election to the House, and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

In Ohio , Democrat Sherrod Brown , who is seeking to return to the Senate, will hold a meet-and-greet in Chillicothe and a get-out-the-vote rally in Athens. Republican Sen. Jon Husted , who is seeking re-election, will deliver remarks at a rally dinner in Portsmouth . Vivek Ramaswamy , the Republican candidate for Ohio Governor, will participate in a Faith & Freedom Town Hall in Westerville.

In Iowa , GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson , who is running for Senate, will take part in a fireside chat in Des Moines . Josh Turek , the Democrat running for Senate, will make stops in Council Bluffs and Sioux City today.

In Michigan , the state’s Senatorial Candidates, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers , will take part in a forum hosted by the Detroit Economic Club.

In Florida later, former President Bill Clinton will join David Jolly, the Democratic nominee for Florida Governor, at an interfaith event in Hollywood . The visit marks Clinton’s first public campaign event of this year’s election cycle.

Examining the prospects for the Democrats in the upcoming midterms

Democrats are hungry for a blue wave in the November election, and a series of recent polls has them thinking they could pull off victories in some deeply red territory that would have seemed unthinkable a few months ago.

Expectations for the party are so high that one could envision a fair amount of disappointment in the party — and celebration among Republicans — if Democrats don’t shoot the moon on Election Day and take control of both chambers of Congress.

Democrats are excited about this election. They held a nearly 10-point advantage over Republicans in a recent ABC News / Washington Post poll when voters were asked which party they will support in November.

In Senate races, Democratic candidates are competitive against Republicans in red states including Alaska, Iowa, Kansas and Texas.

There are also tight races in purple states like Michigan and Georgia, where Democrats are hoping momentum can save seats they currently hold. The inevitable post-election review of polling will hinge on whether pollsters this year captured or over-indexed Democrats’ enthusiasm.

The president’s party almost always loses House seats.

Only twice in the past 100 years has the president’s party not lost at least some – and frequently a lot of — House seats.

The two exceptions were in 2002 under President George W. Bush, in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq after 9/11; and in 1998, when the dot-com boom buoyed the economy and there was a public backlash to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Here's what happened Monday on the campaign trail

Early in-person voting begins today in Hawaii, Louisiana, Utah, Wisconsin and Missouri — after several other states began voting .

President Donald Trump is on a campaign blitz in overwhelmingly in red states that voted for him by double digits in 2024. Today, Trump travels to Greenville to rally for Michael Whatley — another Republican in a tight race against his Democratic opponent Roy Cooper.

Last night, the president rallied in Kansas for GOP Sen. Roger Marshall. Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton said he sees Trump’s Kansas visit as a “big compliment,” and that the president’s campaigning for his GOP opponent is “only going to hurt him.”

Here are more of Monday’s highlights:

In Kansas , Trump told the crowd that riots and looting in France are foreshadowing what could happen to the US if Democrats win in November.

Kansas voters are feeling the economic pinch, with one woman telling CNN the cost of living is the biggest issue motivating her decision on who to vote for. The state has emerged as one of the most unexpected battlegrounds as Democrats try to pull off their first Senate victory in the state since 1932.

In Michigan, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed put his faith at the forefront in a new video asking voters to elect him as the country’s first Muslim senator.

In Florida, cost-of-living expenses and unkept promises are among the reasons Latino voters in Miami-Dade County say they are rethinking their support for Trump .

In California, federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered and voted in US elections.

In CNN’s latest Poll of Polls average , Trump’s approval ratings stand at 34% among US adults, with 65% disapproving.

And a review of AdImpact data for the final two weeks of the midterms shows more than $300 million pouring into races for the 10 Senate seats CNN rates as most likely to flip .

CNN’s Betsy Klein, Kit Maher, Elise Hammond, Aditi Sangal, Arlette Saenz and David Wright contributed reporting.

在竞选活动中

• 北卡罗来纳州之行：唐纳德·特朗普总统今天将前往格林维尔，为另一位共和党候选人迈克尔·沃特利助选。沃特利正与民主党对手罗伊·库珀展开激烈角逐。昨天，特朗普在堪萨斯州进行了竞选活动，他主要在那些在2024年大选中以两位数优势支持他的“红色州”进行竞选。

• 拉马斯瓦米的挑战：在俄亥俄州，生物科技企业家维韦克·拉马斯瓦米正尝试一条罕见的政治道路，从全国知名的总统候选人转型为州长候选人。这条路并不平坦。

• 提前投票：夏威夷州、路易斯安那州、犹他州、威斯康星州和密苏里州今天开始现场投票。请点击此处关注CNN的提前投票追踪器。

以下是今天竞选活动中正在发生的事情。

距离大选日还有整整两周，中期选举候选人今天在美国各地展开竞选活动。预计唐纳德·特朗普总统也将在北卡罗来纳州举行集会。

以下是今天发生的一些重大事件：

在德克萨斯州，民主党参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科将继续他的“清澈目光，满怀热忱之旅”，分别在特克萨卡纳和泰勒举行竞选活动；而他的共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿则将在康罗和里士满停留。参议员伯尼·桑德斯也将与竞选连任众议员的格雷格·卡萨尔以及前德克萨斯州众议员贝托·奥鲁克在休斯顿举行集会。

在俄亥俄州，寻求重返参议院的民主党人谢罗德·布朗将在奇利科西举行选民见面会，并在雅典举行动员选民投票的集会。寻求连任的共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德将在朴茨茅斯的一次集会晚宴上发表讲话。俄亥俄州州长共和党候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米将参加在韦斯特维尔举行的“信仰与自由”市政厅会议。

在爱荷华州，共和党众议员、参议员候选人阿什利·欣森将在得梅因参加一场炉边谈话。民主党参议员候选人乔什·图雷克今天将在康瑟尔布拉夫斯和苏城停留。

在密歇根州，该州的参议员候选人，民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德和共和党人迈克·罗杰斯，将参加由底特律经济俱乐部主办的论坛。

稍后，前总统比尔·克林顿将前往佛罗里达州，与佛罗里达州州长民主党候选人戴维·乔利一同出席在好莱坞举行的一场跨宗教活动。此次访问标志着克林顿在今年选举周期中的首次公开竞选活动。

分析民主党在即将到来的中期选举中的前景

民主党人渴望在 11 月的大选中掀起蓝色浪潮，最近的一系列民调让他们认为，他们有可能在一些深红地区取得胜利，而这在几个月前似乎是不可想象的。

人们对民主党的期望如此之高，以至于可以预见，如果民主党在选举日未能取得巨大成功，控制国会两院，那么民主党内部将会出现相当程度的失望，而共和党人则会欢欣鼓舞。

民主党人对这次选举充满信心。在最近ABC新闻/华盛顿邮报的一项民调中，当被问及11月将支持哪个党派时，民主党人领先共和党人近10个百分点。

在参议院竞选中，民主党候选人在阿拉斯加、爱荷华、堪萨斯和德克萨斯等红色州与共和党候选人展开了激烈的竞争。

在密歇根州和佐治亚州等摇摆州，选情也十分胶着，民主党希望凭借这股势头保住目前已占据的席位。选后对民调的分析必然会揭示，今年的民调机构究竟是准确捕捉到了民主党选民的热情，还是高估了他们的热情。

总统所在的政党几乎总是会失去众议院席位。

在过去100年中，只有两次总统所在的政党没有失去至少一些——而且通常是很多——众议院席位。

两次例外分别是 2002 年乔治·W·布什总统执政期间，在 9/11 事件后美国入侵伊拉克之前；以及 1998 年，当时互联网泡沫提振了经济，公众对弹劾比尔·克林顿总统强烈反对。

以下是周一竞选活动中发生的事情

夏威夷州、路易斯安那州、犹他州、威斯康星州和密苏里州今天开始提前现场投票——此前其他几个州已经开始投票。

唐纳德·特朗普总统正在2024年大选中以两位数优势支持他的几个共和党传统州展开竞选攻势。今天，特朗普前往格林维尔，为另一位共和党候选人迈克尔·沃特利助选——沃特利正与民主党对手罗伊·库珀展开激烈的角逐。

昨晚，总统在堪萨斯州为共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔助选。民主党参议员候选人亚当·汉密尔顿表示，他认为特朗普访问堪萨斯州是对他“极大的赞扬”，并称总统为他的共和党对手助选“只会对他造成伤害”。

以下是周一的更多精彩内容：

在堪萨斯州，特朗普告诉人群，法国的骚乱和抢劫预示着如果民主党在11月获胜，美国可能会发生什么。

堪萨斯州的选民正感受到经济压力，一位女性告诉CNN，生活成本是她决定投票给谁的最大考量因素。随着民主党力图自1932年以来首次在该州赢得参议院席位，堪萨斯州已成为最出人意料的战场之一。

在密歇根州，民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在一段新视频中将自己的信仰放在首位，呼吁选民选举他成为该国第一位穆斯林参议员。

在佛罗里达州，生活成本高昂和未能兑现的承诺是迈阿密-戴德县的拉丁裔选民表示正在重新考虑是否支持特朗普的原因之一。

在加利福尼亚州，联邦当局对二十多名外国公民提起诉讼，这是全州范围内的一次清查行动的一部分，该行动的目标是官员们所称的在美国选举中非法登记和投票的人。

根据 CNN 最新民调平均值，特朗普在美国成年人中的支持率为 34%，反对率为 65%。

对 AdImpact 数据在中期选举最后两周的分析显示，超过 3 亿美元涌入 CNN 评选出的 10 个最有可能易手的参议院席位的竞选中。

CNN的Betsy Klein、Kit Maher、Elise Hammond、Aditi Sangal、Arlette Saenz和David Wright对报道做出了贡献。