The final campaign sprint is here. With Election Day set for Tuesday, November 3, President Trump is hitting a new state each day this week, rallying in Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa and Florida before weekend stops in Georgia and Michigan, two states Democrats are working hard to flip. Vice President JD Vance is covering a separate route, with a Monday event in Hendersonville, North Carolina and a Thursday visit to Nebraska.
Control of Congress hangs in the balance, and recent polls show Democrats with an edge to take the majority as the president enters his final two years in office. The rally schedule is a useful road map for voters: the states getting the most visits are the ones both parties see as closest, and the messages delivered there tend to set the agenda for the closing weeks.
Here on the Suncoast, Election Day will share the calendar with the usual fall concerns, from storm season prep to snowbird arrivals and another spring training countdown. Local and state races on your ballot shape the beaches, roads and schools we live with every day, so it’s worth a few minutes to look at the whole ballot before you vote. What’s the one issue you want candidates to talk about before November 3?
