Trump is charging into the midterms with an aggressive second term agenda. The off-year election indicates voters may be ready to pump the brakes.

The starting gun for the 2026 midterm elections found the GOP stumbling out of the gate, suffering losses across the country Tuesday in off-year contests that could signal discontent with President Donald Trump.

Trump was a big factor in many races and is charging into the midterms with one of the most aggressive agendas in modern memory. The 2025 election indicates voters may be ready to pump the brakes, with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer declaring the results a "repudiation of the Trump agenda."

GOP candidates who embraced the president - and were labeled by their Democratic opponents as Trump acolytes - lost governor’s races

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