Trump makes his last red-state stops as GOP tries to save midterms

On the campaign trail

• Final countdown: President Donald Trump will campaign in Iowa and Kansas, holding rallies he briefly canceled before bringing them back . These are his last scheduled campaign stops of the midterm cycle, with plans for him to hold telerallies on Monday.

• Michigan Democratic unity: Senate Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed campaigns today with South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn in Detroit as they try to boost Black turnout in Tuesday’s election. It remains to be seen whether Rep. Haley Stevens, El-Sayed’s former primary rival, will join them after plans for the two to campaign together fell apart amid their dispute over an outside group’s controversial ad.

• Track early voting: More than 50 million voters have already cast their ballots. See CNN’s early voting tracker for analysis of the partisan breakdown in key states.

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Talarico slams Paxton as "bought and paid for"

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico accused his Republican rival Ken Paxton of serving “billionaire megadonors” like Elon Musk, who has poured nearly half a billion dollars into elections in the 2026 cycle.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico accuses Republican rival Ken Paxton of serving "billionaire megadonors" like Elon Musk, who has poured nearly half a billion dollars into elections in the 2026 cycle.

Michigan Democrat rift: What happened between El-Sayed and former primary rival Stevens

Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn at a Detroit church on Sunday. His former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens had also been scheduled to appear at the event, but a public rift between the two Democrats appears to be deepening.

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed told CNN that comments by Rep. Haley Stevens, his former primary rival, over a controversial outside ad are not relevant to his campaign.

More on what happened:

Earlier reports of division: Their scheduled joint appearance on Sunday would have been the first in recent months following reports of tensions between them. Stevens had appeared with El-Sayed at unity events in the days immediately after she narrowly lost to him in the August primary, but conversations quickly dried up.

“This isn’t working”: El-Sayed’s campaign on Saturday reportedly asked Stevens to stay away from his upcoming events . Longtime Michigan lawmaker Rep. Debbie Dingell clarified later that she’s the one who spoke to Stevens. “I’m the one that talked to Haley and I am the one that said, ‘This isn’t working,’” she explained.

Controversial ad: An outside group’s advertisement, which blames Americans’ struggles with high costs on US foreign aid for Israel, is central to the tensions between El-Sayed and Stevens. There were talks about getting Stevens onto the campaign trail with El-Sayed, but she was only willing to do so if he clearly disavowed the ad, according to a source.

Both trade barbs: Stevens issued a statement aimed at pressuring El-Sayed into denouncing the ad. El-Sayed responded that Stevens “seems intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago.” He later said: “I do not agree with the contents of that ad.”

“Total distraction”: El-Sayed has sought to downplay the rift, saying it’s irrelevant to voters and sidestepping questions from reporters on the unfolding drama. When asked whether he wanted Stevens to attend the planned joint appearance on Sunday, El-Sayed responded: “I would rather not distract from the key issues of this campaign.” Dingell echoed his comment , saying the rift “has become a total distraction.”

GOP rival weighs in: Meanwhile, El-Sayed’s Republican rival Mike Rogers said he would welcome Stevens on the campaign trail. He earlier accused El-Sayed of antisemitism and told Stevens’ supporters “you have a home with us.” President Donald Trump also weighed in , giving Stevens “credit” and amplifying baseless attacks against El-Sayed.

President Donald Trump weighed in on the rift between Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens and Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, giving Stevens “credit” and amplifying baseless attacks against El-Sayed.

The “president is not on the ballot,” central Arizona county reminds voters

The recorder’s office for a county in central Arizona reminded voters late Saturday that President Donald Trump “is not on the ballot” this midterm election.

“We are receiving many calls asking why that race is missing,” the Yavapai Recorder’s X post reads .

Trump has repeatedly told voters during his nationwide GOP rally sprint to “pretend” he is on the ballot.

In the last two weeks, the president has made appearances in nearly two dozen different rallies , stopping in states like Texas, Ohio, and Florida. Trump wraps his weekend traveling to rallies in Iowa and Kansas.

Yavapai County is mostly covered by Arizona’s 2nd and 8th congressional districts, both where Republican incumbents are running for reelection. Trump won both districts during the 2024 presidential election.

These are some of the events we're watching on Sunday

With two days left in the midterms race, candidates are making their final attempts to reach voters ahead of Election Day.

Here are some events that are taking place on Sunday:

President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa and Kansas to stump for Senate candidates in those states. He earlier scrapped these rallies, and then reinstated them . These are his final scheduled in-person campaign stops before Election Day.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be among several Democratic politicians campaigning for California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra at a rally in Los Angeles.

Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning with South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn in Detroit, Michigan. Rep. Haley Stevens was scheduled to make a joint appearance with El-Sayed, but she was later reportedly told to skip his events amid a growing public rift between them.

在竞选活动中

• 倒计时：唐纳德·特朗普总统将在爱荷华州和堪萨斯州举行竞选活动，此前他曾短暂取消过这些集会，但后来又恢复了。这是他中期选举周期中最后几场已安排的竞选活动，他还计划在周一举行线上集会。

• 密歇根州民主党团结一致：参议院民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德今天与南卡罗来纳州众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩在底特律共同开展竞选活动，力图提高周二选举中非裔选民的投票率。埃尔-赛义德的前党内初选对手、众议员海莉·史蒂文斯是否会加入他们的行列，目前尚不得而知。此前，两人因一个外部团体发布的争议性广告而产生分歧，导致共同竞选计划破裂。

• 追踪提前投票情况：已有超过5000万选民投出了选票。请查看CNN的提前投票追踪器，了解关键州的党派构成分析。

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德克萨斯州参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科指责他的共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿为像埃隆·马斯克这样的“亿万富翁超级捐助者”服务，马斯克已在 2026 年的选举周期中投入了近 5 亿美元。

德克萨斯州参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科指责共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿为像埃隆·马斯克这样的“亿万富翁超级捐助者”服务，马斯克已在 2026 年的选举周期中投入了近 5 亿美元。

密歇根州民主党内部出现裂痕：埃尔-赛义德与前党内初选对手史蒂文斯之间发生了什么？

密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德将于周日在底特律的一座教堂与南卡罗来纳州众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩一同参加竞选活动。他之前的党内初选对手、众议员海莉·史蒂文斯原定也出席了此次活动，但这两位民主党人之间的公开分歧似乎正在加深。

密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德告诉 CNN，他的前党内初选对手、众议员海莉·史蒂文斯就一则有争议的外部广告发表的评论与他的竞选无关。

更多事件详情：

此前有报道称两人关系紧张：原定于周日举行的联合公开活动将是近几个月来两人首次共同露面。在8月份的初选中，史蒂文斯以微弱劣势败给埃尔-赛义德后，她曾与埃尔-赛义德一同出席了一些团结活动，但之后两人之间的交流很快就中断了。

“这行不通”：据报道，埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队周六要求史蒂文斯不要参加他即将举行的活动。密歇根州资深议员黛比·丁格尔随后澄清说，是她与史蒂文斯谈的。“是我跟黑莉谈的，是我说，‘这行不通’，”她解释道。

争议广告：一个外部团体发布的广告将美国人面临的高昂生活成本归咎于美国对以色列的援助，这则广告是埃尔-赛义德和史蒂文斯之间紧张关系的核心所在。据一位消息人士透露，曾有人提议让史蒂文斯与埃尔-赛义德一起参加竞选活动，但她只愿意在埃尔-赛义德明确否认该广告的情况下才肯这样做。

双方唇枪舌剑：史蒂文斯发表声明，意在向埃尔-赛义德施压，迫使其谴责该广告。埃尔-赛义德回应称，史蒂文斯“似乎执意要重提三个月前结束的初选”。他随后表示：“我不同意该广告的内容。”

“完全是干扰”：埃尔-赛义德试图淡化这场分歧，称其与选民无关，并回避记者就这场风波提出的问题。当被问及是否希望史蒂文斯出席原定于周日举行的联合活动时，埃尔-赛义德回应道：“我不想让这场竞选的关键议题分散人们的注意力。”丁格尔也赞同他的观点，称这场分歧“已经完全分散了人们的注意力”。

共和党对手发声：与此同时，埃尔-赛义德的共和党对手迈克·罗杰斯表示，他欢迎史蒂文斯加入竞选活动。此前，他指责埃尔-赛义德有反犹主义倾向，并告诉史蒂文斯的支持者“你们在我们这里就像家一样”。唐纳德·特朗普总统也发表了看法，他“赞扬”了史蒂文斯，并继续对埃尔-赛义德进行毫无根据的攻击。

唐纳德·特朗普总统就民主党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯和密歇根州参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德之间的分歧发表了看法，他“赞扬”了史蒂文斯，并加大了对埃尔-赛义德的毫无根据的攻击力度。

亚利桑那州中部某县提醒选民：“总统候选人不在选票上。”

亚利桑那州中部某县的选民登记处在周六晚些时候提醒选民，唐纳德·特朗普总统“不在本次中期选举的选票上”。

“我们接到很多电话，询问为什么这场比赛没有报道，”《亚瓦派记录报》的 X 版块帖子写道。

特朗普在全国共和党竞选集会冲刺期间，多次告诉选民要“假装”他的名字出现在选票上。

过去两周，总统参加了近二十场不同的竞选集会，足迹遍及德克萨斯州、俄亥俄州和佛罗里达州等多个州。特朗普周末的行程以前往爱荷华州和堪萨斯州参加集会而告终。

亚瓦派县大部分位于亚利桑那州第二和第八国会选区，这两个选区的共和党现任议员都在竞选连任。特朗普在2024年总统选举中赢得了这两个选区。

以下是我们周日关注的一些赛事。

中期选举还有两天，候选人们正在做最后的努力，争取在选举日之前赢得选民的支持。

以下是周日将举行的一些活动：

唐纳德·特朗普总统将前往爱荷华州和堪萨斯州，为两州的参议院候选人助选。他此前取消了这些集会，后来又恢复了。这是他在选举日之前最后几场计划中的线下竞选活动。

前副总统卡马拉·哈里斯将与其他几位民主党政客一起，在洛杉矶的一次集会上为加州州长候选人泽维尔·贝塞拉助选。

民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德正在密歇根州底特律与南卡罗来纳州众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩一起进行竞选活动。众议员海莉·史蒂文斯原计划与埃尔-赛义德共同出席活动，但据报道，由于两人之间公开矛盾日益加剧，她后来被告知不要参加埃尔-赛义德的活动。