On Friday, Trump will visit Chippewa County for a rural policy stop and make his first appearance ahead of the 2026 midterm elections with multiple seats and the Governorship on the line.
Trump is expected to show his administration’s support for farmers, including efforts to lower costs, open new trade markets, reduce regulation and promote Rural Opportunity Zones. The Rural Opportunity Zones is a proposal aimed at using tax incentives to help support investment in rural areas, such as Chippewa County and the surrounding area. (RELATED: Francesca Hong Faces Criticism Over Police and Prison Comments)
“President Trump will return to the Badger State on Friday to highlight his strong support for Wisconsin’s farmers,” said Huston. “Wisconsin families put their faith in President Trump in 2024, and he has spent every single day since taking office fighting and delivering for them.”
Trump’s visit is set for Custer Farms in the Chippewa Falls area, where Trump is scheduled to hold a roundtable on “American Agriculture.” The area’s current legislator, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3), will join Trump, placing one of Wisconsin’s most watched Republican incumbents directly alongside the president in a district Democrats are aggressively targeting. Senator Johnson and Representative Tom Tiffany have also been reported to attend.
Van Orden was the only GOP incumbent in Wisconsin’s House delegation to underperform Trump’s numbers in the November 2024 election. Van Orden won his election by 51.3% of the vote, and garnered about 10,000 less votes than President Trump earned when he carried the same area. (RELATED: Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Congressional Redistricting Appeal)
Despite Trump’s approval rate dropping below 38%, Republican voters still showed their support for Trump endorsed candidates. 71% of republican voters said they would still vote for a 2026 Trump endorsed candidate.
Trump’s trip is at least the fourth visit to this district by top administration officials in the last year, following visits by Vice President JD Vance in August and February, and a stop by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week.
