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Shane Goldmacher, one of our national political correspondents, looks at the Republican candidates who spoke this week at their party’s unusual midterm convention, called a “Trumpapalooza.” Some other vulnerable candidates avoided it because of President Trump’s unpopularity.
By Shane Goldmacher, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Gilad Thaler, Christina Shaman, Nikolay Nikolov and Rafaela Balster
September 11, 2026
