President Donald Trump on Tuesday teased a first ever Republican convention for the 2026 midterms, which he touted would be to celebrate the party’s accomplishments since the general election last year.
Both major political parties hold national conventions during presidential elections every four years, but do not hold midterm conventions, which would focus on congressional and statewide elections.Â
Republicans are hoping to retain control of both chambers and increase their narrow majorities. Republicans control the House by a margin of 219-213 and the Senate 53-45. Two senators are also considered independents but vote with the Democrats.
Trump did not state when the convention would be or where it would take place, but promised it would be “quite the event.”Â
“The Republicans are going to do a Midterm Convention in order to show the great things we have done since the Presidential Election of 2024,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Time and place to be determined. Stay tuned, it will be quite the Event, and very exciting!”
The 2024 Republican convention took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
