Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In Maine’s U.S. Senate race, the Democratic primary field just narrowed a bit more: Jordan Wood announced that he’s dropping his statewide bid and will instead run to replace retiring Rep. Jared Golden in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
* Seattle’s mayoral race is still unresolved, but in the latest vote tallies, Katie Wilson, a staple of the city’s progressive politics, narrowly leads the incumbent, Bruce Harrell. Wilson and Harrell are Democrats.
* The number of high-profile congressional retirements continues to grow: Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington of Texas, the incumbent House Budget Committee chairman, announced this week that he won’t seek reelection in 2026.
* Three years after former Rep. Elaine Luria narrowly lost her reelection campaign, the Virginia Democrat is eyeing a comeback in one of the commonwealth’s most competitive districts. Luria is perhaps best known for serving on the bipartisan Jan. 6 committee.
* Chuck Borges, who served as the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer before Team Trump forced his resignation, will now be a candidate for public office: At the encouragement of his local Democratic Party, Borges is running for the state Senate in Maryland. * Politico reported that a leading anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, and its affiliated super PAC are planning to invest $80 million into four battleground states next year: Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina. Each of those states will feature highly competitive congressional races. * And for those interested in the Kennedy family, Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s only grandson, has launched a congressional campaign in New York City, hoping to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler. Schlossberg is one of several Democrats in the race.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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