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

EXCLUSIVE - The incoming seat of the Senate Republican campaign committee says his crippled program for the 2026 elections is simple: "increase the majority."

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, aft his chap GOP lawmakers successful the Senate chose him to seat the National Republican Senatorial Committee implicit the adjacent 2 years, told reporters that his "passion" is to marque definite that President-elect Trump "does not person 2 years with a Republican bulk successful the Senate, helium has 4 years successful control."

In his archetypal interrogation pursuing his predetermination arsenic NRSC chair, Scott told Fox News Digital this week that "what we’re going to bash is support the seats that we person and grow the representation truthful that we tin summation the bulk brought to america by the Trump victory."

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GOP Sen. Tim Scott speaks astatine the Republican National Convention, successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin connected July 16, 2024. (Getty Images)

Republicans won backmost power of the Senate successful last week's elections, ending 4 years of bulk power by the Democrats.

And it's expected that erstwhile a mandated authorities recount is completed successful the Senate contention successful Pennsylvania - wherever GOP challenger Dave McCormick leads Democratic Sen. Bob Casey by astir 25,000 votes - the Republicans volition clasp a 53-47 bulk successful the Senate travel January.

While not arsenic favorable arsenic the 2024 Senate map, the 2026 electoral scenery does springiness the Republicans immoderate opportunities to flip seats.

Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Gary Peters of Michigan are up for re-election successful 2 years successful cardinal battleground states Trump flipped past week.

And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire volition beryllium up for re-election successful a perennial plaything authorities that Trump mislaid but over-performed from his 2020 showing. In Virginia, wherever Trump mislaid by conscionable 5 points past week, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner volition beryllium up for re-election.

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"How bash you grow the map," Scott said. "You look astatine Georgia, and Michigan, and New Hampshire, and Virginia. And if you’re stretching - instrumentality a look astatine New Mexico and Minnesota. President Trump was precise competitory successful those states."

But Republicans volition besides person to play defense. GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is up for re-election successful a reliably bluish state. And Sen. Thom Tills of North Carolina is besides up successful 2026, successful a battleground authorities Trump narrowly won.

Scott emphasized that "the bully quality is arsenic agelong arsenic Susan Collins is running, I deliberation we person a changeable to win. Last clip she won by respective points. This clip she’ll triumph by respective points. Thom Tillis staying successful North Carolina is bully for our party."

In the 2022 predetermination cycle, erstwhile the Republicans blew a accidental to triumph backmost the majority, NRSC seat Sen. Rick Scott of Florida was criticized for a hands-off attack successful the GOP Senate primaries. 

This past cycle, outgoing NRSC seat Sen. Steve Daines of Montana got progressive successful Senate Republican information battles.

GOP Sen. Steve Daines of Montana speaks astatine the Republican National Convention, astatine the Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, connected July 18, 2024.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Asked if the NRSC volition instrumentality sides successful competitory Republican Senate primaries during his tenure the adjacent 2 years, Scott told Fox News "I deliberation the champion happening for america to bash is person a household speech adjacent twelvemonth astir what we’re looking at. How we’re going to support that representation and past marque the champion decisions we tin arsenic it relates to making definite that we extremity up with much seats than we presently have."

"Thank God we’re astatine 53. I’d similar to spot 55," Scott added. 

Asked if 55 seats was his goal, Scott joked "if it were up to me, we’d person 100 seats."

Scott past twelvemonth unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Republican statesmanlike nomination, earlier ending his bid and endorsing Trump. The legislator was a high-profile surrogate for Trump connected the run way this year.

In past week's election, dissimilar successful 2016 and 2020, Trump outperformed many of the GOP's Senate candidates.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) waves arsenic helium sits with Republican statesmanlike candidate, erstwhile President Donald Trump during a Fox News municipality hallway astatine the Greenville Convention Center connected February 20, 2024 successful Greenville, South Carolina (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Scott said helium wants Trump to enactment arsenic overmuch arsenic helium tin successful the 2026 Senate contests.

"Every time and each way, President Trump, I cognize you person a full-time job. I’m going to inquire you to person 2 full-time jobs. Let’s grow this map," Scott emphasized.

He said "that means that each azygous time we request President Trump connected the run trail, doing fundraisers, talking to folks, due to the fact that this is President Donald J. Trump’s party, and we request to marque definite we grow it, from the antheral to the movement. We request him to bash it."

A large portion of Scott's duties arsenic NRSC seat volition beryllium fundraising. The legislator was a apical Republican fundraiser during the 2022 cycle, erstwhile helium easy cruised to re-election successful red-state South Carolina.

"We person to person much resources than we’ve had successful the past truthful we are competitory successful the states wherever we tin win. I think we tin triumph successful much states than ever. President Donald Trump has really fixed america a batch of runway. It’s our work to person the resources to triumph those seats," Scott said.

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The rival Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was chaired during the 2022 and 2024 cycles by Peters, who won't beryllium signing up for a 3rd circuit of work arsenic helium is up for re-election successful Michigan.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who easy won re-election past week successful blue-state New York, is making a transportation to seat the DSCC. Senate Democrats volition clasp their enactment elections aboriginal this year.

David Bergstein, the DSCC communications manager for the past mates of predetermination cycles, highlighted that "in a challenging governmental environment, Democrats made history. We won aggregate races successful states won by Trump. We dramatically over-performed the statesmanlike results. And for the archetypal clip successful implicit a decade, Senate Democrats person won aggregate races successful states won by the other party's statesmanlike nominee."

"The result of this rhythm puts Senate Democrats successful the strongest imaginable presumption to reclaim the bulk successful 2026," Bergstein touted.