RNC launches multimillion-dollar election integrity push in 17 states ahead of midterms
Fresh off declaring "victory" over Virginia’s roughly $65 million redistricting ballot measure — which Republicans criticized as a "dark money"-backed gerrymander — the Republican National Committee is looking to capitalize...
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Fresh off declaring "victory" over Virginia’s roughly $65 million redistricting ballot measure — which Republicans criticized as a "dark money"-backed gerrymander — the Republican National Committee is looking to capitalize on that momentum. Describing the RNC as " disciplined and ruthless ," Chairman Joe Gruters revealed that the committee launched a multimillion-dollar election integrity push ahead of the 2026 midterms. The effort involves hiring directors in 17 states to recruit poll workers, poll watchers and election observers, while coordinating legal and Election Day oversight across key battlegrounds, Fox News Digital has learned. The directors will be the legal "eyes and ears on every vote cast and counted" in every battleground these midterms, according to officials. It is all coming from the top down, echoing President Donald Trump's longstanding argument that the people counting votes are as important as those casting them. WHERE TRUMP, GOP VS DEMOCRATS REDISTRICTING BATTLE HEADS NEXT IN WAKE OF KEY COURT RULINGS "President Trump made it clear in 2024: secure our elections — and we haven’t let up since," Gruters said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "We’re building a ground game across the country with poll workers, poll watchers and lawyers to protect every legal ballot." "This is a permanent, nationwide effort backed by legal muscle and disciplined operations. The RNC is all-in, year-round, to safeguard election integrity and ensure only legal votes count," he added. The RNC is aiming to defy history in maintaining the president's party majority in the House and Senate through a midterm election. NEW RNC CHAIR JOE GRUTERS VOWS TO 'RIDE THE PRESIDENT ALL THE WAY TO VICTORY' IN MIDTERMS Rather than relying on high-profile national election attorneys, the RNC is turning to local legal experts in key states — a strategy officials say was key to its legal approach in Virginia, where a multimillion-dollar ballot measure ultimately failed. The plan revolv…