President Donald Trump cast an early ballot in the midterm elections on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office in West Palm Beach, Florida. According to PBS NewsHour headlines, he arrived with First Lady Melania Trump after spending the morning at his nearby golf course.
Trump said he voted for all Republicans in Florida. When asked whether he had voted the party line, he said, "Very much so." He spoke before heading to a rally in Georgia, according to the same reporting, which gave no details about the event beyond its timing.
The vote marks a shift for Trump, who has long criticized early and mail voting. According to SCMP, he has repeatedly questioned the security of those methods and has claimed without evidence that mail-in ballots and drop boxes were used to rig the 2020 election, which he lost. AP reporting in PBS NewsHour headlines and The Hindu noted that he has also been criticized for voting by mail in the past.
Trump also said he had instructed his administration to file a lawsuit to block certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses over a second candidate named Dan Sullivan on the ballot, according to PBS NewsHour headlines. The sources do not cite any filing or court record for that lawsuit. Trump again defended an advertisement by Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton, an ad that has faced intense blowback.
No response from Democrats, Ramaswamy’s campaign or Alaska officials to Trump’s remarks appears in the available sources. The Alaska claim rests only on Trump’s statement, and the key facts about the vote come from PBS NewsHour, The Hindu and SCMP.
The midterm elections are set for November 3, with Florida races including governor and Senate on the ballot.
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