JD Vance wades into midterm fight with battleground state visit
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Vice President JD Vance will push Trump's economic message in one of the most hotly-contested congressional districts in the 2026 midterm elections.
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance is venturing into a competitive congressional district in western Wisconsin, as the White House's effort to protect Republicans' delicate majority in the House of Representatives kicks into full swing.
On Feb. 26 Vance will visit Plover, Wisconsin — a suburb of Stevens Point. The district that's been represented by by Republican Derrick Van Orden since 2023 is hotly contested territory. Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL, was the first Republican to win the district in 26 years.
National Democrats announced this week that they are putting more resources into campaigning for the seat that Van Orden won by less than three points in the 2024 election. It's one of two Republican-held districts in Wisconsin that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has said it is trying to flip.
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