The 2026 midterm election will not be won by reacting to every headline or chasing every controversy. It will be won by defining the choice Americans face about the future.
In this five-part How to Win 2026 series, Newt Gingrich lays out a strategy for Republicans to win the argument, build a broad American majority, and achieve a historic victory in November.
Explore all five episodes below.
Episode 1
Two Realities: The Strategy for a Historic Republican Midterm Victory
The election is not simply a referendum on the present. It is an argument about the future.
Newt explains why Republicans must look beyond the daily political noise, identify the deeper currents shaping the country, and make a clear, factual argument about the choice facing Americans.
Episode 2
In Their Own Words: The Case Against Big Government Socialism
Show Americans the contrast with the receipts.
Newt examines Democratic candidates’ own words, congressional votes, polling, and the growing influence of big government socialism to make the case for a clear political contrast in 2026.
Episode 3
The Republican Answer on Affordability, the Economy, and Iran
Republicans must confront the two hardest challenges of the 2026 campaign honestly and effectively.
Newt outlines how Republicans can address affordability and economic anxiety while making a serious argument about Iran, national security, and America’s future.
To be released August 25
Episode 4
The American Party: Issues That Poll 70 Percent or Higher
America is far less divided than our political system makes it appear.
From voter ID and lower taxes to health care price transparency, border security, and congressional reform, Newt identifies the issues where overwhelming majorities of Americans already agree and explains how Republicans can become the American Party.
To be released August 26
Episode 5
The Republican Plan for Affordable Health Care and Health Care Reform
The health care system should work for the person, not the bureaucracy.
Newt outlines a positive Republican health care agenda built around lower costs, greater choice, price transparency, protecting Medicare and Medicaid from fraud, and helping Americans live longer, healthier lives.
To be released August 27
Win the Argument. Then Win the Vote.
Together, these five episodes outline a strategy for building a broad American majority around free enterprise, affordability, accountable government, common-sense American values, and a healthier future.
The opportunity is real. But Republicans have to make the argument clearly, factually, and repeatedly.
First win the argument. Then win the vote.
How to Win 2026 is part of a larger effort to identify the ideas, policies, and arguments that can create a lasting American majority.
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