但随着共和党作为执政党的政治逆风加剧（因为美国首都的执政党在中期选举中传统上会失去席位），以及共和党面临着经济担忧（持续的通货膨胀）和唐纳德·特朗普总统支持率低迷的恶劣政治气候，斯科特并未粉饰现实。
“毫无疑问，形势似乎一天比一天更艰难，”斯科特在佛罗里达州由有影响力且政治影响力强大的保守派政治团体”增长俱乐部”主办的年度经济会议上接受福克斯新闻数字版独家采访时表示。该俱乐部推动财政责任。
据房间内消息人士透露，斯科特在2月初的闭门会议上向共和党参议员同僚们直言不讳地谈到了该党在中期选举中的机会。
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NRSC主席在2025年12月告诉福克斯新闻数字版，在争夺多数席位的斗争中，”54个席位目前显然在我们掌握之中，但只要有一点运气，55个席位也会倾向我们。”
周六在接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时被再次问及，斯科特说：”我认为我们有可能获得超过53个席位。”
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“好消息是，我们有一位兑现承诺的总统，他一直在履行这些承诺，而且我们在每个战场州都招募到了任何人都想要的最高素质候选人，”斯科特说。
在强调共和党瞄准的席位时，斯科特指出了佐治亚州，共和党人认为现任参议员乔恩·奥索夫是2026年寻求连任的最脆弱民主党人。他还重点提到了密歇根州（战场州）、新罕布什尔州（摇摆州）和倾向蓝色的明尼苏达州的民主党空缺席位。
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斯科特表示，他”极其乐观，不仅要保住多数席位，还要通过佐治亚州、密歇根州、新罕布什尔州甚至明尼苏达州扩大多数优势，我们有一位强大的候选人。”
他在明尼苏达州提到的候选人是前NBC体育记者、现为保守派活动家兼评论员的米歇尔·塔福亚。
但民主党人正将目标对准缅因州（长期共和党议员苏珊·柯林斯寻求连任的倾向蓝色的新英格兰北部州）和战场州北卡罗来纳州（共和党人正在捍卫一个空缺席位，以接替即将退休的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯）。
民主党人还试图颠覆共和党掌控的得克萨斯州、俄亥俄州、阿拉斯加州和爱荷华州（均为红色州）的参议院席位。
“选民对特朗普和参议院共和党人的有害议程感到厌倦，该议程推高物价并威胁他们的医疗保健，”民主党竞争对手参议院竞选委员会（DSCC）在社交媒体帖子中强调。”全国各地的选民准备好在今年11月将参议院共和党人赶下台。”
帕克斯顿称即使特朗普支持科恩，他仍会继续参选
在得克萨斯州，NRSC支持长期共和党议员约翰·科恩，他现在正与得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（一位 MAGA 激进分子）展开一场代价高昂且激烈的初选决胜轮。
特朗普在3月初的初选中表示，由于没有候选人在拥挤的共和党候选人中获得超过50%的支持率以赢得提名，他将很快做出背书。
NRSC和多数党领袖约翰·图恩（也支持科恩）担心，如果帕克斯顿获胜，由于该州总检察长的政治包袱（包括大量过去的丑闻和目前混乱的离婚案），民主党将有可能获得翻转红色席位的机会。
“我们对约翰·科恩的了解是，他将赢得得克萨斯州。如果你想要最明确的胜利路径，约翰·科恩就是你的人选，”斯科特说。”特朗普总统是唯一能通过这场决胜轮立即实现这一目标的人。”
斯科特说”我们希望并祈祷”特朗普会支持科恩。但他补充道：”总统将做他想做的事。我不会假装影响他的最终决定，但我会说，我当然祈祷约翰·科恩成为我们的候选人。”
特朗普称油价上涨是暂时的
美国和以色列袭击伊朗后的一周半内，油价飙升，导致全美汽油成本立即上升。这对中期选举周期中的共和党人来说是个重大关切，因为在该周期中，经济问题，特别是物价可负担性，是选民最关心的问题。
“我认为经济会逐月好转，”斯科特乐观地预测。”今年剩下的时间里，我们会看到更多好消息、好事实，说明美国人民为什么应该关注共和党并让我们继续掌权。”
随着年度纳税申报截止日期还有一个多月，斯科特吹捧了2025年夏天特朗普签署成为法律的共和党大规模”美好法案”中今年生效的众多减税措施。
斯科特吹捧”数百万美国人将获得更大的退税，这是个好消息。他们看到口袋里的钱越多，就越会把功劳归于共和党，我们在选举季的表现就会越好。”
保罗·斯坦豪泽是一名政治记者，常驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州。他报道全国范围内的竞选活动。
PALM BEACH, Fla. — National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chair Sen. Tim Scott says he remains “incredibly optimistic” the GOP can not only hold but expand its current 53–47 majority in the fall 2026 midterm elections.
But as Republicans battle stiff political headwinds as the party in power in the nation’s capital traditionally loses seats in the midterms and as the GOP faces a rough political climate fueled by economic concerns amid persistent inflation and President Donald Trump’s underwater approval ratings, Scott isn’t sugar-coating things.
“There’s no doubt the climate has gotten more and more difficult by the day, it seems like at times,” Scott said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital at an annual economic conference in Florida hosted by the Club for Growth, an influential and politically potent conservative political group that pushes for fiscal responsibility.
Scott in early February gave fellow GOP senators some straight talk about the party’s chances in the midterm elections, when he briefed his colleagues at a closed-door meeting, according to sources in the room.
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The NRSC chair told Fox News Digital in December 2025 that in the battle for the majority, “54 is clearly within our grasp right now, but with a little bit of luck, 55 is on our side.”
Asked again in his Fox News Digital interview Saturday, Scott said, “I think we have a possibility of more than 53 seats.”
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“The good news is we have a president who made promises, he’s been keeping those promises, and we have been able to recruit the highest quality candidates anyone could want in every single battleground state,” Scott said.
Highlighting seats the GOP’s aiming to flip, Scott pointed to Georgia, where Republicans view first-term Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat seeking re-election in 2026. He also spotlighted open Democratic-held seats in battleground Michigan, swing state New Hampshire, and blue-leaning Minnesota.
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Scott said he’s “incredibly optimistic, not only about holding the majority, but still expanding the majority through Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire and even Minnesota, we have a strong candidate.”
The candidate he was referring to in Minnesota is former NBC Sports reporter turned conservative activist and commentator Michele Tafoya.
But Democrats are targeting Maine, where longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins is running for re-election in the blue-leaning northern New England state, and battleground North Carolina, where Republicans are defending an open seat in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.
Democrats are also trying to flip GOP-held Senate seats in Texas, Ohio, Alaska and Iowa, which are all red states.
“Voters are sick and tired of Trump and Senate Republicans’ toxic agenda raising prices and threatening their health care,” the rival Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) emphasized in a social media post. “Voters across the country are ready to send Senate Republicans packing this November.”
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In Texas, the NRSC is backing longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who is now facing off with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a MAGA firebrand, in a costly and combustible primary runoff.
Trump said in early March, following the primary election where no candidate in the crowded Republican field cracked 50% to win the nomination, that he would soon make an endorsement.
The NRSC and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who is also backing Cornyn, are concerned that a Paxton victory could give the Democrats a path to flipping the red seat, thanks to the state attorney general’s political baggage, including a plethora of past scandals and a current messy divorce.
“The one thing we know about John Cornyn is he will win Texas. If you want to have the clearest path of victory, John Cornyn is your guy,” Scott said. “President Trump is the only person that can make that a reality immediately through this runoff process.”
Scott said “we hope and pray” that Trump will endorse Cornyn. But he added: “The President is going to do what the President is going to do. I won’t pretend to influence his final decision, but I will say, I’m certainly praying for John Cornyn to be our our nominee.”
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Oil prices have shot up in the week and a half since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, instantly resulting in higher costs for gasoline across America. That’s a major concern for Republicans in a midterm election cycle where the economy, and specifically affordability, is the top concern of voters.
“I think the economy will continue to get better month over a month,” an optimist Scott predicted. “I think the rest of this year we’ll see unfolding good information, good facts about why the American people should focus on the Republican Party and keep us in the majority.”
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And with the annual tax filing deadline just more than a month away, Scott touted the numerous tax cuts kicking in this year in the GOP’s sweeping “big, beautiful bill”, which Trump signed into law in summer 2025.
Scott touted “a bigger tax return for millions of Americans, that’s great news. The more they see more money in their pockets, and the more they attribute it to the Republican Party, the better we’re going to do this election season.”
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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