Republican lawmakers grow alarmed over signs of 2026 election wipeout

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

11/24/25 6:00 AM ET


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.

Republican senators say the off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia and other parts of the country on Nov. 4 served as a wake-up call and warn that President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress need to address voters’ concerns about the slowing economy and persistently high prices.

Republicans acknowledge that rising health insurance premiums, the issue Democrats want to put front-and-center in the election year, along with health care costs, more generally, are a major problem for their party.

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.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5618168-republican-midterm-election-concerns/

[Chasstev365]

1. Wow:

They kisssed Trump’s ass every day while he trashed the Constitution/disregarded the law and fucked the middle class over economically in favor of billionaires for the hundredth time.

And they just didn't see this coming...

[Omnipresent]

2. It would be great if speaker Johnson lost his seat.

[Wiz Imp]

10. Unfortunately, there's No chance of that

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He did not even have a Democratic Challenger in 2024.

One guy has declared for 2026, but he is the longest of long shots to win.

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2025/09/02/louisiana-democratic-dirt-row-vegetable-farmer-targets-speaker-mike-johnson-in-2026-election/85930491007/

Louisiana Democratic 'dirt row farmer' targets Speaker Mike Johnson in 2026 election
Democrat Conrad Cable, a vegetable farmer from Union Parish, wants to take on America's most powerful member of Congress in the 2026 election in Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's 4th District.

"This isn't about left versus right or Democrat verses Republican; it's about the bottom versus the top," Cable, 33, said in an interview with USA Today Network. "I want to represent working people who are working harder than ever and getting back less and less."

But before Cable can go head to head against Johnson he'll have to win the Democratic primary election April 18 while Johnson runs in the Republican primary. They are the first closed primary elections in Louisiana in more than a decade. No other candidates have yet declared for the race.

Cable, who kicked off his campaign with a Labor Day event in his hometown of Marion, described himself as a "dirt row farmer" who understands the struggles of the working class.

[duhneece]

25. I'm always glad when someone steps up...even with longest odds

I despise going to the polls on election days and not having a Democratic candidate. I hate giving Republicans that automatic win.
So I cheer this dirt farmer for stepping up.

[Wiz Imp]

29. I agree. No race should ever be conceded by not fielding a candidate.

[progressoid]

26. Maybe if he ran as an independent...

but looking at his website, he's pushing old school liberal policies. So obviously he's a commie.*

*

[Diamond_Dog]

27. I know, right?

They are just now “getting” that their policies are deeply unpopular! And that Trump is toxic! Gosh, who’d a thunk?!

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. This one simple trick could improve Republicans' odds in the midterms:

Impeach and remove Trump (and keep Vance on a short leash with threats to do the same).

They could do it the easy way, or the hard way, but either way they will FAFO.

[ananda]

7. That really is fiendish, thingy.

I like it.

[callous taoboy]

8. They could think of it like a revival...

sort of along the lines of how JD Couch framed C. Kirk’s funeral.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. It's a year off and they've got lots of money

So don't watch them, get those Democrat feet in motion instead.

[PatSeg]

5. Jesus Christ, what did they think was going to happen?

Sometimes it feels like they are doing everything possible to lose and then are surprised when they do.

[bronxiteforever]

6. The Party of Billionaires, soulless tech bros, ballrooms,

tariffs and Nazis is going to try to pretend to be something other than they are: which is selfish , entitled ghouls.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Don't pop those champagne bottles just yet!!

There is still much work to be done.

Good that the House and Senate GOP are seeing that they are on the losing side of history and the issues. There should be concerns in the States as well, especially those led by Republicans that went for TACO in 2024.

Democrats have the MAGAts on the run. The longer they stay the course with TACO, the more pain and suffering that lie ahead.

[Wiz Imp]

11. 23 seats were won by Republicans in 2024 by 10% or less.

There were another 20 seats won by between 10% & 15%.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Which will likely flip as the conditions on the ground worsen.

Which also means, Democrats over performed in districts that Republicans won by lesser percentage margins. That has to be gnawing at them.

[chowder66]

14. It should be a Hundred year wipeout.

[Metaphorical]

15. The Senate may not be that unachievable either

The Senate map is not necessarily favorable, but in the absence of Trump being on the ballet, even supposedly safe Senate seats may very well become vulnerable.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. 3 "competitive" seats are

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Maine - Janet Mills vs Susan Collins
Ohio - Sherrod Brown vs Jon Husted
North Carolina - Roy Cooper vs (whoever)

And there is a 4th longshot which might be Nebraska Iowa with Joni "We all are going to die" Ernst's open seat. Would also love to see a TX flip with whatever results from the Cornyn-Paxton mess, but that probably ain't happening.

[KS Toronado]

17. There's also a chance of beating Roger Marshall of Kansas

farmers around here are not happy with him or Donvict.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Would love to see that as a competitive seat!!!

[BadgerMom]

23. Ernst represents Iowa, no?

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Yes thank you! Corrected.

The states are right next to each other!

(I know that Obama did manage to win IA in 2008 & 2012 and I sure as hell miss Tom Harkin!!!!)

[moose65]

36. Agreed

Next year could be another 2006, when Dems took back the House after they lost it in 1994 to Newt and his “contract.” No one was predicting that the Dems would win the Senate that year, but they did!

[byronius]

18. "Evil Overlords express concern about return of Law and Order."

[Nasruddin]

19. Fortunately for them....

I can't say it because I'll just get a spanking. But you know what I'm thinking.

[Bev54]

21. Gee, maybe they should have thought of that before approving the "Big Beautiful Bill"

I mean, who couldn't see this coming?

[nuxvomica]

22. But on the plus side, it will be better for the country

Maybe we could comfort them with that prospect, since they are always talking about the good of the country. Somewhere, deep down inside, the little vestige of patriotism still left in them will be jubilant. Then there's the also the freedom they will enjoy, out of office and no longer enslaved to the will of a villainous man-child. I'm actually being serious here.

[Escape]

24. Wonder what catastrophe Trump will concoct..

to "postpone" the '26 elections?

[CaptainTruth]

30. As well they should. This is all their doing.

[pwb]

31. The problem is they can't shut trump up. IMO.

Everything could be great but as long as trump's hate for fellow Americans continues pukes are fucked. They can't stop it.

[Upthevibe]

32. Kick. N/T

[mdbl]

33. Did they really assume most people didn't think they sucked?

I guess none of them own a mirror.

[Blue_playwright]

34. If they were smart ...

... they would resign now and not face the chaos and reinvent themselves like MTG is attempting to do.

It's kinda a lose-lose for them at this point. They hitched their cart to the orange donkey, after all.

[IronLionZion]

35. We're likely to see a stock market correction and recession by then

People may not appreciate having lost health insurance subsidies and other benefits. Nurses might have some issues with GOP's attacks on their profession. DOGE hasn't provided the efficiency they promised.

[Deminpenn]

37. The Hill sure put as positive an assessment of Rs chances

as they possibly could.

The vibe I get is that Americans are as angry about prices and cost of living as they were one year ago. They took their anger out on Biden/Harris/Dems in general. I expect the same thing happens next Nov except the anger will be taken out on Rs up and down the ballot.