Trump ally Sen. Tim Scott's new mission to help incoming president: 'increase the majority'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Scott said he wants Trump to participate as much as he can in the 2026 Senate contests.
67% : We won multiple races in states won by Trump.
51% : And Sen. Thom Tills of North Carolina is also up in 2026, in a battleground state Trump narrowly won.
48% : "Scott last year unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, before ending his bid and endorsing Trump.
48% : The senator was a high-profile surrogate for Trump on the campaign trail this year.
37% : Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Gary Peters of Michigan are up for re-election in two years in key battleground states Trump flipped last week.
35% : In last week's election, unlike in 2016 and 2020, Trump outperformed many of the GOP's Senate candidates.
18% : In Virginia, where Trump lost by just five points last week, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner will be up for re-election.
14% : And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will be up for re-election in a perennial swing state that Trump lost but over-performed from his 2020 showing.

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