Trump promises farmers $8 billion. Republicans are praying this will save their campaigns.

Republicans in tight races in November are desperately hoping Asset The administration’s last-minute ploy to send farmers $8 billion in taxpayer money will work.

President Donald Trump announced the new fundraiser, aimed at farmers struggling with high diesel prices, at a rally Monday for the at-risk Republican senator. Roger Marshall in Kansas. The move comes as White House officials having scrambled to respond to the anger of Republicans in agricultural states. Trump’s decisions to import more foreign beefhis tariff regime and high fuel costs amid the Iran war have irked already strained farmers and ranchers — a key GOP voting bloc.

Farmers won’t know how much money they can expect for several weeks. Even then, if approved, they won’t receive payments until late November or early December at the earliest, according to three people familiar with the plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details.

Two weeks before the elections, the new aid could also arrive too late to convince certain voters.