President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are locked in a fight for seven swing states that appear to be in control of who will be the next president. But outside the Rust Belt and Sun Belt contests that have dominated everyone’s attention, Republicans and Democrats are both putting states no one expects to be competitive on their November wish list. The Washington Examiner looked at four contests where the parties are looking to flip the script and steal a win where no one expected they could.

On a crisp May night, New York Yankees fans witnessed two men unfurl a flag with former President Donald Trump’s mug shot and the words “Never Surrender” on it from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium. With news of Trump’s then-upcoming speech in the South Bronx, even baseball fans couldn’t escape the fact that Trump was beginning to campaign in the Empire State while his hush money trial continued downtown.