Vice President Pence is reportedly making a campaign push this summer ahead of the midterm elections.

The vice president's cross-country tour comes as Republican worries increase about the midterm elections following a series of controversies related to President Trump's administration, Politico reported.

Pence's trip will include stops in several Midwestern battleground states. He will also make visits in some Southern states like Georgia and will go to Republican Party events.

The vice president will make a trip to Iowa in early June and will also likely go to Michigan and Wisconsin, according to Politico.

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Pence is expected to go to Georgia next month to campaign for Republican Karen Handel, a candidate in the state's special congressional election runoff.

“He has an appetite to fight so he's going to get out there and fight on the president's behalf,” Nick Ayers, a longtime Pence strategist, told Politico.

Ayers said everything Pence has done has been to "advance the president's policies."

Scott Jennings, deputy political director in the George W. Bush administration, said the GOP is "in for a turbulent campaign cycle, as nearly all parties in power face during a new president's first midterm."

“But the question is: Do you shrink in the face of a tough cycle or do you fight like hell to hold on?" he said. "And Pence is going to fight like hell, it seems, which will hopefully embolden every candidate out there.”

The White House has been facing a series of controversies in recent weeks. The Justice Department earlier this month named a special counsel to lead the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, including possible connections between Moscow and members of Trump's campaign. Trump has decried the probe as a "witch hunt" and has dismissed the story as an excuse by Democrats for losing the election.