Trump pushes ‘Trump-a-palooza’ midterm convention as GOP braces for tough elections
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RNC approves rule change to allow midterm convention allowing chairman Joe Gruters to call for special ceremonial gathering outside presidential election cycle.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
National political conventions, where party delegates from around the country formally nominate their party's presidential candidates, normally take place during presidential election years.
But with Republicans aiming to protect their narrow control of the Senate and their razor-thin House majority in this year's elections, President Donald Trump announced in September that the GOP would hold a convention ahead of the midterms "in order to show the great things we have done" since recapturing the White House.
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