一名白宫官员向美国广播公司新闻证实，唐纳德·特朗普总统和白宫已经在明年的中期选举中幕后工作，特朗普将在招募、筹款和传递信息方面发挥重要作用。
白宫计划在今年和明年出售总统的巨额税收和支出法案这位白宫官员对美国广播公司新闻说。
特朗普和他的内阁成员将前往战场州推动该法案。就在上周，副总统JD万斯在宾夕法尼亚州的西皮茨顿兜售这项签名法案。
白宫还计划在8月份为国会工作人员举行一次务虚会，讨论如何推动该法案，并寻求候选人参加几场关键的竞选。如果潜在候选人对参加竞选犹豫不决，特朗普预计也会参与进来。
据白宫官员称，总统的助手正在努力招募某人在新罕布什尔州竞选该州开放的参议院席位。此前，该州广受欢迎的前州长克里斯·苏努努(Chris Sununu)曾考虑竞选民主党参议员珍妮·沙欣(Jeanne Shaheen)空出的席位，他在4月初表示，他决定不参加竞选。
白宫政治主任马特·布拉索斯(Matt Brasseaux)也参加了佐治亚州共和党众议员布赖恩·杰克(Brian Jack)组织的众议院候选人招募会议。
特朗普的政治运作继续筹集资金，总统告诉国会共和党人，他计划在他们的竞选上花钱。总统的政治运作也将很快为几场引人注目的竞选中的候选人建立筹款工具，让特朗普的团队为他们筹集资金。特朗普还计划在秋季在华盛顿特区举行的共和党全国委员会(Republican National Committee)组织的一次大型筹款活动中担任主角。
总统和白宫也在努力阻止关键竞选中的共和党人退休或寻求其他职位。
白宫官员说，白宫正在努力阻止爱荷华州参议员乔尼·恩斯特退休。这些努力是在她受到批评后做出的，在市政厅告诉选民“我们都将死去，”这是对特朗普大账单中削减医疗补助的担忧的回应。恩斯特尚未宣布她的2026年计划。
作为共和党内最有权力的人，特朗普计划利用他的政治影响力影响初选，以确保该党提名他认为最有可能当选的候选人，或惩罚激怒他的共和党人。
特朗普最近会见了佐治亚州州长布莱恩·坎普(Brian Kemp)，讨论该州参议院初选，争夺民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫(Jon Ossoff)目前占据的席位。白宫的目标是在关键的战场州避免混乱的初选，并决定如何参与竞选。
特朗普敦促共和党人重新划分德克萨斯州的国会选区，以创造更多共和党席位，在中期选举中获得席位。特朗普在最近的一次通话中鼓励德克萨斯州国会代表团成员支持他的计划，他的团队也在探索其他州可能的重新划分机会。如果成功，共和党可以获得五个新席位，但这一举措也有风险。
加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆表示，他已经与州议员讨论过召开特别会议，启动对州法律的修改，以重新划分选区，以应对得克萨斯州的事态发展。
“如果我们要在一个完全不公平的世界中公平竞争，我们可能会有更高的道德基础，但这个基础正在从我们下面转移。我认为我们必须清醒地认识到这一现实，”纽瑟姆说。
What Trump and the White House are planning for the midterms
President Donald Trump and the White House are already working behind the scenes on next year's midterm elections, where Trump will play a heavy role in recruiting, fundraising and messaging, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
The White House plans to spend this year and next sellingthe president's massive tax and spending billto voters ahead of the midterm elections, the White House official told ABC News.
Trump and members of his Cabinet will travel to battleground states to promote the bill. Just last week, Vice President JD Vance was in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, to tout the signature legislation.
The White House is also planning a retreat in August for congressional staffers to discuss how to promote the bill and is seeking candidates to run in several key races. Trump is also expected to get involved if a prospective candidate is hesitant to enter the race.
According to the White House official, aides of the president are working to recruit someone to run in New Hampshire for the state's open Senate seat. The effort comes after the state's popular former governor, Chris Sununu, who had been mulling a run for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, said in early April that he had decided not to run.
White House political director Matt Brasseaux also has been attending House candidate recruitment meetings organized by Georgia GOP Rep. Brian Jack.
Trump's political operation has continued to raise money and the president has told congressional Republicans that he plans to spend money on their races. The president's political operation will also soon establish fundraising vehicles for candidates in several notable races, allowing Trump's team to raise funds for them. Trump is also planning to headline a major fundraiser organized by the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., in the fall.
The president and the White House are also working to keep Republicans in key races from retiring or seeking other offices.
The White House is working to prevent Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst from retiring, the White House official said. The efforts come after she received criticism,telling voters during a town hall, "We all are going to die," in response to concerns about cuts to Medicaid in Trump's megabill. Ernst has not announced her 2026 plans.
As the most powerful person in the Republican Party, Trump plans to use his political clout to influence the primaries to ensure that the party nominates the candidate he views as the most electable or to punish Republicans who have angered him.
Trump recently met with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to discuss the state's Senate primary for the seat now occupied by Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. The White House aims to avoid a messy primary in the critical battleground state and is determining how to engage in the race.
Trump has pushed for Republicans to redraw congressional districts in Texas to create more GOP seats to pick up in the midterms. Trump encouraged members of Texas' congressional delegation during a recent call to support his plan and his team is also exploring other states for possible redistricting opportunities. If successful, Republicans could gain five new seats, but the move comes with risks.
California's Gov. Gavin Newsom has said that he has spoken to state lawmakers about calling a special session to initiate changes to state law to redraw districts in response to developments in Texas.
"If we're gonna play fair in a world that is wholly unfair, we may have the higher moral ground, but the ground is shifting from underneath us. And I think we have to wake up to that reality," Newsom said.
