The Republican Party is doing fantastic since the election and is in prime position to gain even more power.

The head of the House Republican campaign committee said that heading into the 2026 midterm elections “the battlefield is really playing out to our advantage,” Fox News reported.

The Democrats made gains in the 2024 election, but Republicans still kept a razor-thin lead to maintain control of the House, and while the party in power usually loses seats in the midterms, that is not always the case.

National Republican Congressional Committee chair Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina believes that the Party can ride President-elect Trump’s popularity to gain more of an advantage in the House.

“There are 14 Democrats who won seats also carried by Donald Trump. There are only three Republicans in seats that were carried by Kamala Harris. So that tells me we’re going to be on offense,” he said to Fox News.

“There’s a whole lot more opportunity for us to go on offense,” he said.

And he believes that the Republicans, who will be targeted by Democrats in the next election, have an advantage because they are “really battle-tested.

“I mean, they’re folks who’ve been through the fire before. They’ve gone through several cycles now with millions of dollars spent against them,” he said.

“They’ve been able to succeed because they work very hard in their districts. They’ve established very strong brands, as you know, people who know how to get things done and how to deliver for their community,” Hudson continued. “The Republicans who are in tough seats are our best candidates.”

The disadvantage that the Republicans have is that the president-elect will not be on the ballot in 2026, and his presence did draw many low-propensity voters to vote for other Republicans in 2024.

“I certainly would rather have him on the ballot because he turns out voters that don’t come out for other candidates,” he said.

“If you look at the way this race is shaping up, we campaigned on a key set of issues of things that we promised we would deliver. If we deliver those things and have Donald Trump there with us campaigning with our candidates, I believe we can drive out a higher percentage of those voters than we have in midterms in the past,” he said.

“[Trump] cares deeply about having a House majority, because he understands that a Democrat House majority means his agenda comes to a grinding halt. And so he’s been very engaged, was a very good partner for us this last election, and I anticipate that continuing,” Hudson added.