Republicans grow more worried about a midterm blue wave as Trump’s numbers hit record lows

On the campaign trail

• A new low: President Donald Trump’s approval rating stands at a record low of 32%, a CNN poll shows . Democrats enter the midterms with a 10-point nationwide advantage over Republicans in voters’ choice in their own congressional district.

• Another red-state rally : Trump will travel to South Carolina today to campaign for Sen. Darline Graham , who is seeking a full term after being appointed to her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat. She is in a tough contest against Democratic candidate Annie Andrews despite Trump winning the state two years ago by 18 points.

• Ohio governor’s race: Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign is drawing fierce pushback over a $4 million ad campaign featuring a video of his Democratic opponent’s estranged mother telling voters to reject her. Vice President JD Vance will be in Ohio today to campaign for Ramaswamy, a source said.

First on CNN: Pro-renewable energy super PAC expands list to target 8 GOP candidates

A pro-renewable energy super PAC that’s already helped defeat three House Republicans in primaries is expanding its target list in the final days of the midterm elections.

Invest in Tomorrow Coalition is launching a $1 million mail campaign opposing eight House GOP incumbents and candidates in competitive races, according to an announcement first shared with CNN. The group said each candidate has “turned on the solar and clean energy industry” through their public positions and votes.

The new targets include six House Republicans running for reelection: Reps. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Tom Barrett of Michigan, Robb Wittman of Virgina, Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Monica De La Cruz of Texas and Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida. They also includes two GOP candidates for open House seats, Brinker Harding in Nebraska and Jim Desmond in California.

The super PAC is already spending $15 million to defeat seven other House Republican candidates. And in primaries earlier this year, it helped beat Reps. Chip Roy of Texas and Ralph Norman of South Carolina, who were seeking higher office, as well as Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, who was running for reelection.

Trump launches last-minute scramble to contain damage from gas and diesel price spike

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Fuel prices are historically high and voters are taking out their anger on President Donald Trump and Republicans.

Trump is waging a campaign in the final moments of the midterm election to quell discontent among farmers , truckers and drivers exhausted by $4 gas and near-record diesel.

In the past few weeks, Trump officials have unveiled a wide range of policy moves, including an $8 billion lifeline to farmers , a controversial plan to import diesel from Russia , allowing truckers to use red-dyed diesel and ways to rehab the aging armada of dark-fleet tankers.

The last-minute scramble to contain the energy price fallout is an implicit acknowledgement of how the war with Iran has exacerbated the American public’s yearslong frustration with the high cost of living – a problem Trump promised to fix on Day One.

“It looks and feels panicky because they’re panicked,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, a center-right think tank.

Some of the Trump administration’s actions could be helpful, but none of them will give voters what they crave: Cheap gas, diesel and jet fuel.

Read the full analysis here.

Trump pledges to spend over $400m by Election Day, as midterm campaigns continue. Catch up

With less than two weeks until Election Day, midterms campaigning is in full swing. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he is “ working like a dog” to defend the current Republican majority.

Here’s what else happened on the campaign trail yesterday:

Trump pledged to spend more than $400 million by Election Day, invoking the rioting in France to emphasize what he believes is at stake in the upcoming midterm elections. He also said he would direct the Department of Justice to settle remaining claims related to water contamination at Camp Lejeune if Republicans win the midterms.

The Republican National Committee said it has unloaded over $50 million to help midterm candidates. The RNC raised $18.6 million in September , entering the final full month of the election with $97.3 million in cash on hand, according to its monthly Federal Election Commission filing.

Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee, which has struggled to raise money for the entire election cycle, entered October with $19.2 million remaining in its accounts. The committee also has $15 million in debt, tied to a loan incurred last year to help keep it afloat.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, is launching a $4 million ad campaign featuring his Democratic opponent’s estranged mom telling Ohioans to reject her. Amy Acton has said she has not seen her mother since she was about 12 years old, when her mother’s husband abused her and was facing criminal charges.

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her district office in the Bronx received a suspicious letter that is being investigated by the New York Police Department and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. She described the incident as an attempt to intimidate elected officials ahead of the elections.

CNN’s Kit Maher, Katherine Dautrich, Patrick Svitek, David Wright, Fredreka Schouten and Gloria Pazmino contributed to this reporting.

Senate debates and a Trump rally: What's happening on the campaign trail today

Midterm candidates are once again out campaigning across the US today, with two Senate debates set to take place this evening.

Here are some of the major events taking place today:

In Southfield, Michigan, the state’s senate candidates, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican nominee Mike Rogers will take part in a live debate hosted by local television station WXYZ at 7 p.m. ET.

In Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat Adam Hamilton and Republican Roger Marshall will also participate in a Senate debate at 8 p.m. ET.

At the same time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a live debate will be held between Wisconsin gubernatorial hopefuls Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany .

Separately, at 7 p.m. ET, President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks to a rally in Pendleton, South Carolina.

We’ll bring you any major developments from these events as they happen.

在竞选活动中

• 再创新低：据CNN民调显示，唐纳德·特朗普总统的支持率跌至历史新低，仅为32%。民主党在全国范围内，在其各自选区的国会众议员选举中，领先共和党10个百分点。

• 又一场红州集会：特朗普今天将前往南卡罗来纳州，为参议员达琳·格雷厄姆助选。达琳·格雷厄姆接替了已故哥哥林赛·格雷厄姆的参议员席位，此次寻求连任。尽管特朗普两年前在该州以18个百分点的优势获胜，但她与民主党候选人安妮·安德鲁斯的竞争依然十分激烈。

• 俄亥俄州州长竞选：共和党候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米(Vivek Ramaswamy)的竞选活动因斥资400万美元投放广告而遭到强烈抵制。该广告包含一段视频，视频中他的民主党对手的母亲（两人关系疏远）呼吁选民拒绝支持她。一位消息人士称，副总统JD·万斯(JD Vance)今天将前往俄亥俄州为拉马斯瓦米助选。

CNN独家报道：支持可再生能源的超级政治行动委员会扩大目标名单，将8名共和党候选人列为攻击目标。

一个支持可再生能源的超级政治行动委员会已经帮助三位共和党众议员在初选中落败，如今在中期选举的最后几天，该委员会正在扩大其目标名单。

据CNN率先报道，投资未来联盟（Invest in Tomorrow Coalition）发起了一项耗资100万美元的邮件宣传活动，旨在反对八位共和党众议院现任议员和在竞争激烈的选战中参选的候选人。该联盟表示，每位候选人都通过其公开立场和投票记录“背弃了太阳能和清洁能源产业”。

新的打击目标包括六位寻求连任的共和党众议员：佛罗里达州的安娜·保利娜·卢娜、密歇根州的汤姆·巴雷特、弗吉尼亚州的罗布·威特曼、威斯康星州的德里克·范·奥登、德克萨斯州的莫妮卡·德拉克鲁兹和佛罗里达州的玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉萨尔。此外，还包括两位竞选众议院空缺席位的共和党候选人：内布拉斯加州的布林克·哈丁和加利福尼亚州的吉姆·德斯蒙德。

这个超级政治行动委员会已经花费了1500万美元来击败其他七位共和党众议员候选人。在今年早些时候的初选中，它帮助击败了寻求更高职位的德克萨斯州众议员奇普·罗伊和南卡罗来纳州众议员拉尔夫·诺曼，以及寻求连任的田纳西州众议员安迪·奥格尔斯。

特朗普紧急出动，试图控制汽油和柴油价格飙升带来的影响。

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燃油价格处于历史高位，选民们将怒火发泄在唐纳德·特朗普总统和共和党人身上。

在中期选举的最后时刻，特朗普发起了一场运动，试图平息农民、卡车司机和普通驾驶员的不满情绪，他们因每加仑 4 美元的汽油和接近历史最高水平的柴油价格而疲惫不堪。

在过去几周里，特朗普政府官员公布了一系列政策举措，包括向农民提供 80 亿美元的救助金、一项备受争议的从俄罗斯进口柴油的计划、允许卡车司机使用红色柴油以及修复老旧的“暗船队”油轮的方法。

为遏制能源价格下跌而进行的最后一刻的紧急行动，实际上承认了与伊朗的战争加剧了美国民众多年来对高生活成本的不满——而特朗普曾承诺在上任第一天就解决这个问题。

“这看起来和感觉起来都很恐慌，因为他们确实很恐慌，”中间偏右的智库“美国行动论坛”主席道格拉斯·霍尔茨-伊金说道。

特朗普政府的一些举措或许会有帮助，但这些举措都无法满足选民的愿望：廉价的汽油、柴油和航空燃油。

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中期选举竞选活动仍在继续，特朗普承诺在选举日之前花费超过4亿美元。了解更多详情。

距离选举日不到两周，中期选举竞选活动正如火如荼地进行。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普昨天表示，他正在“拼命工作”，以捍卫共和党目前的多数席位。

以下是昨天竞选活动中发生的其他事件：

特朗普承诺在选举日之前投入超过4亿美元，并援引法国骚乱事件来强调他认为即将到来的中期选举至关重要。他还表示，如果共和党赢得中期选举，他将指示司法部解决与勒琼营水污染事件相关的剩余索赔。

共和党全国委员会表示，已投入超过5000万美元用于支持中期选举候选人。根据其向联邦选举委员会提交的月度报告，共和党全国委员会9月份筹集了1860万美元，在进入选举最后一个完整月份时，其现金储备为9730万美元。

与此同时，民主党全国委员会在整个选举周期中筹款困难，截至10月初，其账户余额仅剩1920万美元。该委员会还背负着1500万美元的债务，这笔债务源于去年为维持其运转而获得的贷款。

俄亥俄州州长共和党候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米发起了一项耗资400万美元的广告宣传活动，广告中他的民主党对手艾米·阿克顿的母亲艾米·阿克顿呼吁俄亥俄州选民拒绝她。艾米·阿克顿表示，她大约12岁时就没见过母亲，当时她母亲的丈夫虐待她，并面临刑事指控。

纽约州民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯表示，她位于布朗克斯区的选区办公室收到了一封可疑信件，目前纽约市警察局和包括联邦调查局在内的联邦执法机构正在对此进行调查。她称这起事件意在选举前恐吓民选官员。

CNN 的 Kit Maher、Katherine Dautrich、Patrick Svitek、David Wright、Fredreka Schouten 和 Gloria Pazmino 对本报道亦有贡献。

参议院辩论和特朗普竞选集会：今天竞选活动上发生了什么？

今天，中期选举候选人再次在美国各地展开竞选活动，今晚将举行两场参议院辩论。

以下是今天发生的一些重大事件：

在密歇根州南菲尔德，该州的参议院候选人，民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德和共和党候选人迈克·罗杰斯，将于美国东部时间晚上 7 点参加由当地电视台 WXYZ 主持的现场辩论。

在堪萨斯州堪萨斯城，民主党人亚当·汉密尔顿和共和党人罗杰·马歇尔也将参加美国东部时间晚上 8 点举行的参议院辩论。

与此同时，在威斯康星州密尔沃基市，将举行一场威斯康星州州长候选人民主党人戴维·克劳利和共和党人汤姆·蒂芙尼之间的现场辩论。

另外，预计美国东部时间晚上 7 点，唐纳德·特朗普总统将在南卡罗来纳州彭德尔顿的一次集会上发表讲话。

我们会随时为您带来这些事件的重大进展。