President Donald Trump will hold campaign rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday, reversing a Thursday decision to drop those in-person stops in favor of telephone rallies, people familiar with the schedule told CBS News and the Associated Press^1,5.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3¹. The original plan had Trump in Salina, Kansas, on Saturday and Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday⁵. Both visits are now set for Sunday^1,5.

The Kansas Republican Party confirmed the Salina cancellation to States Newsroom on Thursday³. ABC News's Friday live blog still described the Kansas and Iowa stops as canceled and treated Friday's Daytona Beach, Florida, event as his last in-person midterm rally².

A source familiar with the revised plans told CBS News the Kansas and Iowa events "were rearranged for scheduling purposes to accommodate dozens of additional tele-rallies that were recently added to the President's schedule"¹. The AP reported the same scheduling explanation⁵.

That account differs from Trump's Thursday remarks as reported by CBS News. Asked whether he had canceled because he was tired of travel, Trump told a reporter he felt "perfect"¹. CBS also quoted him saying he did not feel he had to go to Kansas¹.

Kansas and Iowa both have competitive U.S. Senate races^1,3,5. Marshall faces Democrat Adam Hamilton in a contest Cook Political Report has rated a toss-up³. Trump rallied for Marshall in Park City, Kansas, on Oct. 19 and has also campaigned in Iowa this month for Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson^1,3,5.

A White House official, speaking on background Thursday, said Trump would keep connecting with voters through more than 20 telerallies before Election Day³. RNC Chairman Joe Gruters called the phone events a "72-hour sprint" that would reach at least 19 states⁴. CNBC's earlier Friday report still described the Kansas and Iowa trips as canceled and did not include the later restoration⁴.

Vice President JD Vance canceled a Friday appearance in St. Cloud, Minnesota, that had been billed as a press conference on fraud, CBS News and CNBC reported; officials did not give a public reason^1,4. Trump remained scheduled to rally Friday evening in Daytona Beach^1,2,4.

What is not established on the record is whether crowd size, health, polling, or only the added tele-rally load drove the Thursday cancellation and Friday restoration^1,2,4,5.

Sources

1. CBS NewsMidterm Updates: Trump reverses course on canceling ralliesOct 30, 10:17 AM
2. ABC NewsMidterm elections live updates: Trump's last in-person midterm rally set to take place in FloridaOct 30, 10:29 AM
3. Kansas ReflectorTrump cancels weekend Kansas and Iowa rallies 5 days ahead of electionOct 29, 2:45 PM
4. CNBCTrump, Vance scrap planned appearances in final stretch of midterm campaignOct 30, 10:13 AM
5. APTrump will rally in Kansas and Iowa after initially canceling weekend trips before midtermsOct 30, 10:35 AM
6. The GuardianIn reversal, Trump to rally in Iowa and Kansas in final days before midterms – liveOct 30, 10:33 AM

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