The Republican National Committee (RNC) has broken with precedent by voting to hold a convention during the 2026 midterm cycle.
Members of the committee voted to approve the rule change on Friday, paving the way for the convention to take place later this year.
Bill O’Brien, the national committeeman from New Hampshire, said the vote allows them to “conduct a special ceremonial convention between presidential conventions, such as a midterm convention.
“President Trump has expressed interest in holding that convention,” he added.
Politico provides further details:
The amendment was approved at the RNC’s winter meeting with no objections. An unusually high number of RNC members had already left the meeting to catch early flights ahead of winter storms bearing down on much of the country by the time the vote was brought up.
National party conventions have typically been held only during presidential elections in the modern era. But President Donald Trump announced in September that the party would be holding a “Midterm Convention,” leaving the party scrambling to execute.
The event would give Republicans an opportunity to message the administration’s wins and platform candidates in battleground races across the country as they fight to hold onto congressional control.
Democrats, who held a series of midterm-year national conventions in the 1970s, are also flirting with the possibility. At the Democratic National Committee’s winter meetings in Los Angeles last month, officials from Nebraska and Utah were among those jockeying to host the potential event.
IT’S OFFICIAL: Republicans are moving forward on hosting a 2024 presidential-style CONVENTION ahead of the 2026 midterms
President Trump is about to campaign this year like it’s 2024, culminating into an unprecedented midterm year RNC
GREAT idea to surge MAGA turnout! pic.twitter.com/S87FctaWuV
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 23, 2026
A location for the event has not yet been confirmed, although Las Vegas has been announced as a possible venue.
President Trump first floated the idea last August, saying that the party was poised to “WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS” because of the successes of his political agenda.
“We have raised far more money than the Democrats, and are having a great time fixing all of the Country Destroying mistakes made by the Biden Administration, and watching the USA heal and prosper,” Trump wrote at the time.
“The results are incredible, a record pace!!! In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms.”
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