President Donald Trump’s advisers are considering Las Vegas as the potential site of a midterm political convention next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The event would highlight Republican congressional candidates and promote the president’s record as his party seeks to maintain its narrow majorities in Congress.

According to The Journal, Trump first proposed the idea of holding a midterm political convention earlier this year, and his team has been developing plans for it ever since. Political conventions are traditionally reserved for presidential election years, but Democrats briefly held midterm gatherings in the 1970s and 1980s. Republicans have never done so before.

Trump’s advisers are evaluating other possible host cities, including Washington D.C. and location

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