NRCC expands MAGA Majority slate with five new GOP challengers
The National Republican Congressional Committee added five candidates to its MAGA Majority program, bringing the total to 27, most of whom are running in Florida.
The National Republican Congressional Committee disclosed that five more Republican candidates have joined its MAGA Majority program, raising the total number of supported challengers to 27. Four of the new entrants are from Florida, where recent primaries produced contenders for districts the GOP views as pickup opportunities under the state’s newly drawn map. The Florida slate includes Navy veteran Dan Green, former state Rep. Mike Beltran, businessman Casey Askar, and former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer.
In North Carolina, state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom was added to replace Chuck Edwards, who withdrew after a House Ethics Committee recommendation for censure. The move underscores the NRCC’s strategy to contest seats in a map that now leans Republican in 24 of the state’s 28 districts.
Why it matters
The additions signal the GOP’s targeted push to win more House seats under a newly favorable redistricting plan.
How this story developed
- Aug 15 Trump aides say president reluctant to campaign for down-ballot Republicans
- Sep 3 Sand publicly opposed Harris’s potential 2028 presidential run.
- Sep 6 President Donald Trump signed an order to change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America," a move that only obliges U.S. federal agencies and has limited effect elsewhere.
- Sep 6 Trump ordered a Dallas midterm convention just before Thanksgiving, triggering a ticket‑sale scramble and prompting several GOP officials to boycott the event.
- Sep 6 President Trump is reportedly weighing an end to the Iran war.
- Sep 7 The order has led to temporary updates on mapping platforms and diplomatic irritation from Canada.
- Sep 7 Trump also directed the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed “Gulf of America” and floated proposals to rename the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, while ordering alterations to the White House grounds.
- Sep 7 A new poll shows Trump’s disapproval rating is nearly double its 2018 level, threatening GOP prospects in the midterms.
- Sep 7 MAGA Inc. filed an FEC report showing a new advertising purchase for the Texas Senate contest.
- Sep 8 Networks have scaled back live coverage of the convention to prioritize NFL opening‑weekend games.
- Sep 8 Republican strategists are distributing free tickets via unsolicited texts and a lottery to fill the venue.
- Sep 8 Trump issued an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" and has renamed other bodies of water.
- Sep 9 Organizers offered five‑figure tickets and hosted multiple donor events during the convention week.
- Sep 9 Texas Democrats adopt divergent tactics, with Tarrant County opting out of press events and Dallas County organizing a rally.
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