Campaign Report — He’s running…again

View Online    CAMPAIGN REPORT CAMPAIGN REPORT   He's running…again ©Getty Images Welcome to The Hill's Campaign Report, tracking all things related to the 2022 midterm elections. You can expect this newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as we make sense of this year's elections and look ahead to 2024.     Email us tips and feedback: Max Greenwood, Julia Manchester, and Caroline Vakil.  Someone forward this newsletter to you? Subscribe here. And the Republican presidential primary begins © AP Photo/Andrew Harnik President Trump announced his third presidential bid on Tuesday, marking exactly one week after the midterm elections. Trump made the announcement standing in front of a number of American flags in a ballroom at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.     It would appear that Trump and his allies planned for the event to be a post-midterm victory lap for Republicans, specifically the former president and his endorsed candidates. However, Trump's much anticipated announcement followed an underperformance from the GOP in the midterms, which saw the party lose any hopes of reclaiming the Senate majority and a number of key governor's races. The party appears on track to win back the House, but by a much narrower margin than expected.     The Hill's Max Greenwood was in the room where it happened in Mar-A-Lago and has details here.     Reactions: And while the the announcement was expected, much of the political world issued statements and reactions following the announcement, which officially kicks of the 2024 Republican presidential primary.     President Biden's Twitter account rolled out a video of the the former president's record on the economy, health care, women's rights, extremism, and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.     The right-leaning New York Post, which has supported Trump in the past, ran with the headline "Been there, Don that."     Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, who was not present at the announcement on Tuesday, reacted by saying she was taking a break from politics.     "I love my father very much. This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics," Ivanka Trump said in a statement posted on her Instagram story.     A few praises: And while numerous Republicans have expressed skepticism or outright opposition to Trump's bid, he has received praise from his supporters.     Kari Lake, who has yet to concede Arizona's gubernatorial contest after losing to Democrat Katie Hobbs, wrote on Twitter that he has her "complete and total endorsement!"     Former Trump critic turned staunch supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted that the former president would be "hard to beat" in an election.     And on Wednesday, conservative Rep. Jim Jordan tweeted that Trump "did more of what he said he'd do than any President in our lifetime. Period."   MIDTERM RESULTS SO FAR While we have the first Republican declaring their candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, believe it or not, the 2022 midterm results are not all in.     As of Wednesday, Republicans are just one seat away from regaining control of the House. Democrats currently hold 209 seats and Republicans hold 217. They need 218 to win. Republicans turn from election deniers after losses   © Greg Nash Trump's endorsed election denier candidates were some of the biggest losers of the 2022 midterms.   Lake is the most recent election denier candidate to lose her election, along with Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox, and Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon. Additionally, a number of election-denying candidates for secretary of state in battlegrounds like Arizona, Nevada and Michigan lost their races.     The Hill's Niall Stanage details how many Republicans are hoping the losses suffered in the election denier wing of the party will provide lessons for the GOP going into 2024.     "If you are a Republican looking to run for president in 2024, it is clear that being an election denier is going to be a liability in the general election," said Alex Conant, a strategist and former communications for Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential bid.     However, The Hill's Julia Manchester reports that Lake's refusal to concede her race and her supporters seizing on unfounded claims of a rigged election is complicating that process for the GOP to move on.     "Kari Lake's loss is the most significant for Donald Trump in the country," Brian Seitchik, an Arizona-based GOP strategist who is a Trump campaign alum, told The Hill.     "I think, like many of the other candidates, there was too much focus on the past and not on the future," Seitchik said. "Those soft Republicans and independents broke against us, and I believe that they broke against Lake and not for Hobbs." OP-EDS FROM THE HILL To move past Trump, GOP must find a new way to nominate candidates, by The American Enterprise Institute's Gary Schmitt   Trump wheezes into the 2024 presidential race, by Keith Naughton of Silent Majority Strategies   Opportunity and crisis: The case for a second Biden term, by John Kenneth White of The Catholic University of America   Don't count Trump — and Trumpism — out quite yet, by Cornell University's Sidney Tarrow   Georgia puts democracy on the ballot: Why runoffs should be the rule in every state, by George Washington University's Jonathan Turley   That's it for today. Thanks for reading and check out The Hill's Campaign page for the latest news and coverage. 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