Midterm Campaigns Enter Final Days With Trump Rallies, Heating Oil Costs and Immigration Pitches

President Donald Trump will hold back-to-back rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday, a source familiar with the plans told Townhall, as campaigns head into the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3. He is also due in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday, where races include the governor's contest and the Senate race between Republican Sen. Ashley Moody and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon. The source said the rallies had been rearranged to fit in dozens of added tele-rallies, nearly 20 in all. The Republican National Committee listed 19 states with presidential tele-rallies in the final hours, including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

In Maine, the Department of Energy Resources said on October 29 that average heating oil prices reached a record $6.05 per gallon as of October 26, up from $6.04 on October 22. Roughly half of Mainers heat with oil, versus 3% nationwide. Drop Site News linked the rise to the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and noted that Sen. Susan Collins voted five times since February 2026 to extend U.S. military operations in Iran.

The left-leaning Nation offers the least detail here: its piece, headlined "Trump's Closing Argument," is by cartoonist-journalist Steve Brodner, and the available text gives only his credentials, so its argument is not visible. That headline puts Trump at the center. On the right, Townhall leads with Trump's schedule, quoting an unnamed source and the RNC, while The Daily Signal's "Midterms: Closing Argument" lists four reasons to vote for populist candidates, starting with sovereignty and praising Trump and Vance's migration enforcement over Biden and Harris. Both outlets cover Trump and Republican campaigning and are promotional in tone. The alternative outlet Drop Site differs: it covers local costs, canvassers' accounts and Collins's Iran votes, and favors Collins's challenger Troy Jackson.