Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* A new national Monmouth poll released this morning showed Joe Biden leading Donald Trump, 52% to 41%. In Monmouth polling, the Democrat’s lead was three points in March, four points in April, nine points in May, and 11 points now.
* After yesterday’s primaries, Biden hasn’t yet officially secured a majority of the available delegates, but he’s close, and he should become the presumptive nominee next week.
* Speaking of yesterday’s primaries, there were plenty of interesting results, including Valarie Plame coming up short in New Mexico in her Democratic congressional primary against Teresa Leger Fernandez.
* Also yesterday, voters in Ferguson, Mo., elected Ella Jones, a City Council member, as the city’s new mayor. She’ll be Ferguson’s first African-American and first woman mayor.
* Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) appeared at a press conference in his district, and asked Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president, if he could say a few words about recent local unrest. A hot mic captured the congressman saying, “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.” New York’s primary is scheduled for June 23. * Though details are still a bit murky, former officials from the Bush/Cheney administration have reportedly created a super PAC to help boost Biden’s 2020 campaign. It’s called 43 Alumni For Biden and it will be led in part by Karen Kirksey, a former Treasury Department official. * And Julian Castro’s presidential campaign came up short, but he’s apparently joining Biden’s team to help tackle police reform, one of the core issues of the Texas Democrat’s candidacy.
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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