Live updates: Trump and Vance hit the campaign trail

President Donald Trump will be campaigning in New York for the GOP candidate in the governor’s race, while Vice President JD Vance will be rallying in Ohio for Sen. Jon Husted.

President Donald Trump will give remarks at a campaign rally today for Republican Bruce Blakeman, who is challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty

Trump continued his long-running attacks on Somalis yesterday by urging Minnesotans to “fight back” against the Somali community in the state.

“The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The people of Minnesota must fight back.”

It was debate night in Georgia, but Trump and former President Joe Biden seemed to be onstage.

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican Rep. Mike Collins squared off yesterday in the first debate in this nationally consequential Senate race, with both trying to hit the other for policies implemented by the current and former presidents.

Rep. Mike Collins, left, and Sen. Jon Ossoff. Getty

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., will travel to a series of states in the next few weeks to boost Democratic candidates in the 2026 election, a Booker aide told NBC News.

One thing most of those states have in common: Major implications for the 2028 presidential primary, as Booker weighs another run for the White House.

Sen. Cory Booker. Nathan Posner / Anadolu via Getty

They include a trip Sunday and Monday to Nevada, the second primary state in the Democratic National Committee’s new calendar, to boost candidate for governor Aaron Ford, as well as Rep. Steven Horsford and others. That would mark his third visit to Nevada this year.

He also plans to travel to South Carolina, the first 2028 primary state, to help Annie Andrews, a long-shot candidate for Senate in the deep red state, as well as Jermaine Johnson, who faces an even tougher road in his bid for governor.

Booker also plans to travel to Alabama for Rep. Shomari Figures, who faces a steep uphill climb after a GOP redistricting scheme narrowed his path.

And Booker intends to travel to New Hampshire, another key early primary state in 2028, to support candidates “up and down the ticket,” his aide said.

Booker’s aide said the senator plans “to hold get out the vote events supporting Democratic candidates running at every level of the ballot, to highlight the ‘moral moment’ the country is facing, the stakes of the election and to encourage voters to participate.”

The two candidates battling for Michigan’s open Senate seat tangled here last night over the war in Iran, gas prices and tariffs in a debate that often veered into mean-spirited sniping.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed sought to portray his Republican rival, former Rep. Mike Rogers, as a weak-willed loyalist to Trump who has recently changed his positions on certain issues out of political necessity.

Rogers tried to frame El-Sayed as a “con man” who is making promises he cannot pay for without raising taxes or other costs.

El-Sayed, left, and Rogers last night. Paul Sancya / AP

Vance will speak at a midterm elections rally in his home state of Ohio this afternoon to campaign for Republican candidates, including Sen. Jon Husted.

The event set for Lima, in the northwestern part of the state, comes as Husted is defending his seat in a close race against former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Both the vice president and Trump have been separately campaigning for GOP contenders across the country with less than a month to go until Election Day, which is Nov. 3.

Ohio is among the states the president is visiting multiple times, given the close Senate race. He visited earlier this month and will visit again next week.

Trump will hold a campaign rally tonight in Syracuse, New York, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, a county executive from Long Island.

Blakeman is trailing Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in recent polls.

Trump’s visit to Central New York comes amid his midterm election campaign stops to other states to promote Republican contenders, especially in tough races. New York is not considered a battleground state, though Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is facing a competitive challenge for his seat from Democrat Cait Conley.

The last Republican to serve as New York governor was George Pataki, who left office in 2006.