GOP lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned over signs the 2026 midterm elections could be a wipeout for Republicans that could cost them control of the House and shave down their Senate majority by two or three seats.
There’s growing anxiety in the Senate and House GOP conferences that Trump’s sinking approval rating will create a headwind in swing states and districts.
But GOP lawmakers say they still have time to improve their party’s image before next November.


That’s equally hypothetical, winning the ~36 smallest states by a single vote and getting no other votes.
Any result that have happened yet is hypothetical. The fact that it is possible should be immediately disqualifying