Skip to content
RollCall logo

Video

House GOP Candidates Are Shying Away From Trump As Midterm Nears

By Nathan Ouellette
Posted October 19, 2018 at 12:49pm

By Nathan Ouellette

[jwp-video n=”1″]

For months President Donald Trump has been making a pitch to his base: a vote for the GOP is a vote for me. But while the president stumps for candidates in tight races from states he won in 2016, a number of House Republicans are neglecting to mention his name as the GOP fights to retain control of the chamber.

Recent Stories

Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. He’s been getting a version of this question a lot: Will you run for leader again?

‘The assumption is yes,’ Thune says of another leadership run

Newly installed fences surround the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Sept. 16. President Donald Trump threatened on Sept. 15 to keep the Kennedy Center closed for good after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution's facade.

Appropriators push to protect Kennedy Center from demolition

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a joint news conference in the Capitol on Jan. 8.

Schumer, Jeffries sue to block federal agents at polls in November

Overton appears at her confirmation hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

FDA nominee evasive on abortion pill but firm on vaccine safety

Klomp speaks at the White House on Sept. 30, 2025, with, from left, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz and President Donald Trump. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate Finance approves Klomp nomination for HHS deputy

At the Races: Pivot time for Republicans