The tariff announcement comes as Trump tries to rally his base ahead of this fall's
midterm congressional elections by making good on promises to protect American industry and create jobs.
Not exact matches
Within New York itself, down - ballot GOP candidates — including a handful of vulnerable
congressional incumbents — could find themselves ravaged
by national political forces beyond their control in the 2018
midterm elections, without any top - of - the - ticket protection from Republican statewide candidates.
At a rally in Manhattan in early June, Governor Andrew Cuomo publicly joined a push
by the State Democratic Committee to unseat at least six New York
Congressional Republicans in the 2018
midterm elections.
2014: Sitting side
by side on CNN's «State of the Union» - a rarity these days on political shows, where members of opposing parties often appear during different segments to talk about the same topics - Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee, and Rep. Greg Walden, chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee, addressed the challenges they both face in the upcoming
midterm elections.
The alleged targeting of conservative political groups
by IRS officials, while relegated to
Congressional hearings and calls for additional investigations (for now), will be red meat for candidates running in next year's
midterm elections.
«If you look at first
midterm elections historically, the president's party loses seats,» Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, said at a forum in Washington in remarks reported
by Politico.
It's too early to predict just how significant a role the convergence of students enraged
by a plague of school shootings and teachers enraged
by that and a lot of other things will play in the
election cycle that culminates in November's
midterm congressional contests.