After Tuesday night's Democratic victory for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, coupled with Republican losses earlier this year in local elections, the GOP is growing increasingly anxious about their prospects for the 2026 midterm elections, urging party leaders to focus on pocketbook issues.
Inside the GOP, there is a growing sense that the party should get back to basics and focus on the pocketbook issues that many voters sent them to Washington to address, Politico reports. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is also worried that Republican members seeking higher office could cost him the speaker's gavel.
