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President Trump at a dinner in the White House Rose Garden on Sept. 2. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Congressional Republicans are preparing to share the stage with a president who has spent the August recess complicating their efforts to run their races on their own terms.

Why it matters: Republican lawmakers fled Washington for the latter part of the summer, eager to localize their races.