Trump Rallies in Clarksville on Oct. 10: Midterm Push Four Days Before Early Voting, as Hurricane Isaias Scrubs Alabama Trip
President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on October 10 to energize Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. The Republican National Committee announced the event on October 7: the rally took place at F&M Bank Arena, 101 Main Street, with doors opening at 11 a.m. CT, proceedings beginning at 1 p.m., and Trump's remarks scheduled for 2:30 p.m. He flew into Fort Campbell before traveling to the venue.
The rally came just four days before early voting begins in the midterms. The RNC said the event would "supercharge" the party's base in deep-red Tennessee. "Tennessee Republicans are fired up to welcome President Trump back to the Volunteer State, where his support runs deep," said RNC national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre. "His rally will supercharge our candidates for the final stretch."
In his Truth Social announcement, Trump said the Tennessee event would help elect "our Congressional Candidates, our Great Senator, Bill Hagerty, and a woman who will go down as one of the most impactful Governors in the State's History, Marsha Blackburn." Other speakers included Sen. Bill Hagerty, Rep. Tim Burchett and Rep. Matt Van Epps. It was the first presidential visit to the Clarksville area in years.
The itinerary shifted over weather: on October 9, Trump announced he would no longer attend the University of Alabama–University of Georgia football game in Tuscaloosa on the evening of October 10 due to severe weather threats from Hurricane Isaias. Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 season, was pushing up through the Gulf states. The National Weather Service office in Nashville forecast 1 to 3 inches of rain for Middle Tennessee, with a flood watch in effect for 17 counties — including Bedford, Davidson and Rutherford — from 1 a.m. October 10 to 7 a.m. October 11.
Context: polls forecast a harsh midterm rebuke for Republicans, with Tennesseans reporting record-low approval of the second Trump administration. It was Trump's second Tennessee visit in two weeks — on September 26 he watched the Tennessee–Texas game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, sitting with Blackburn. National Democrats are ramping up efforts to flip congressional seats in the state after the Republican-controlled legislature redrew district lines to favor the GOP.
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