Ron DeSantis signaled potential trouble for Republicans keeping their majority following a surprisingly close race in Tennessee.

The Florida governor cautioned that many Trump voters “won’t turn out” in the 2026 midterms, pointing to Republican Matt Van Epps’ less-than-nine-point win over Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District as a warning sign.

“Special, off-year, and midterm elections historically benefit the party out of power because its voters are motivated to vote, while voters of the incumbent party become more complacent,” he wrote Wednesday on X.

DeSantis continued, “This is more glaring for today’s GOP because a chunk of voters who put them in power in 2024 are Trump-specific voters; they will vote GOP down ballot when Trump is running but won’t turn out

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