MIKE PENCE/POLITICS: “Vice President Mike Pence is jumping into the midterm elections, planning visits soon to Nevada and Pennsylvania and helping recruit a candidate in Ohio amid an aggressive push to retain Republican control of Congress.
Mr. Pence, in an interview at his White House office Monday, conceded that history shows it is difficult for the president’s party to stave off midterm election losses, but said that economic gains could help Republicans strengthen their grip on the Senate…
Republicans head into the 2018 campaign with only a 51-49 majority in the Senate, but a favorable Senate election map. Democrats need a net gain of two seats to win the Senate majority and a net gain of 24 seats to win the House majority.
During a weekend trip to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, congressional leaders briefed Mr. Pence and President Donald Trump on the midterm elections…
Republicans head into the midterm elections on the defensive. More than half of all Americans disapprove of Mr. Trump’s job performance, according a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll last month, potentially limiting his ability to sway swing voters in a general election.”
-Peter Nicholas and Michael C. Bender, “Mike Pence Plans Active Role in GOP’s 2018 Campaign,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan. 8, 2018 07:28pm