by John Solomon
William Jennings Bryan, Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Truman romanticized the American campaign rally with whistle-stop tours aboard trains.
But Donald Trump took the rally to rock-star status over the last decade by filling stadiums and arenas with tens of thousands, often leaving many outside wanting to get in.
The 45th and 47th president made one last campaign surge for the 2026 midterms, hoping to keep his ruling Republican Party from falling to the historical midterm curse.
His investment was historic by any measure, including an extra $50 million spent in the final week from his political action committee to help House candidates, according to senior advisers.
In all, Trump’s midterm investment included $450 million from his PAC.
He also held 29 in-person rallies, staged 40-plus telephone rallies and dispatched Cabinet officers and other surrogates to more than 500 locations, officials told Just the News before the first state polls closed.
The effort meant that Trump’s massive outreach big was expected to have interacted with 94 percent of the voters likely to have voted for a Republican through rallies, text messages, ads and emails.
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John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist, author and digital media entrepreneur who serves as Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News.
