U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is optimistic that his party will keep the majority in the U.S. Senate.
Moore, who is the Republican nominee for the Senate, discussed the 2026 midterm election Wednesday on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program.”
“I think that there are a lot of things that the people are pleased with. I mean, we close the border, deportations are up, obviously the no tax, the lower drug prices, things that we’re doing,” Moore explained. “Incomes are up, but you know, fuel right now is a problem, and certainly transportation. But I think that goes back to some issues with Ukraine attacking Russia’s diesel refineries.”
The congressman believes too many Americans are weary of electing socialist Democrats to Congress.
“Early on people weren’t paying attention, but across the country, they’re starting to pay attention to the socialists, the communists that the DNC are nominating to be candidates,” he said. “And I think, in many ways, it’s backfiring on the Democrats. And so, I feel like our people will probably show up, and I think we’ll be fine.”
Moore pointed to specific races where Republicans are starting to gain in the polls.
“I think we’ll do better nationally than the early polls were showing,” he said. “I saw recently where it looks like Mike Rogers pulled just ahead of Al Sayeed in Michigan, the Talaico/Paxton race. It looks like Paxton’s starting to pull a little bit ahead there. And some of that the Republicans we weren’t spending money too far out because we knew that you know people pay attention the last few weeks going into elections. So I feel like we’re in a good spot.”
While he thinks the Republicans will retain it’s majority in the Senate, Moore said the House is not so certain.
“The House is anybody’s call,” he said. “I think we win the Senate, and we’ll see. Like I said, we only got two or three votes to give up in the in the House. So midterms are tough a lot of times on the the party that’s in power in the White House. But I think the Democrats and some of the candidates they’ve nominated are really going to end up causing their base not to be nearly decided to show up because it’s not your parents’ Democratic Party anymore.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee
