U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to First Lady Melania Trump as she arrives at the Palm Beach County Elections Office to vote in the 2026 midterm elections in West Palm Beach, Florida, on October 24, 2026.
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President Donald Trump voted in the midterm elections Saturday, saying he had voted for every Republican in Florida before speaking at a Georgia rally.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived together at the Palm Beach County Elections Office, a polling place in West Palm Beach, after the president spent the morning at a nearby golf course. Trump has been criticized for voting by mail, even though he has been a vocal critic of the method for years.
Mr. Trump, who was wearing a “I Voted” sticker, was asked if he voted along the party line, saying, “I very much agree.”
Speaking to reporters at a polling place, Trump again defended an ad for Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The ad has faced intense backlash for featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton, who lost custody of her children after her husband, her stepfather, was charged with raping her when she was 12 years old.
President Trump also defended his decision to direct his administration to sue to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses over the inclusion of a second candidate, Dan Sullivan, on the ballot.
Regarding the Iran war, he said: “We may have to end it. Or we may have a deal, but I don’t know. Either way, we will win.”
Melania Trump, who brokered a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine this week in the devastated Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oreshki to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, was asked if she might travel to Ukraine.
“We’ll see how it goes,” she told reporters.
In Florida, President Trump is backing Republican Rep. Byron Donald, who is running against David Jolly, a Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat, to replace term-limited Governor Ron DeSantis.
He is also campaigning for Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, who is running against progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon to fill out the remaining two years of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s former Senate term.
