Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* We don’t yet know whom Vice President Kamala Harris will choose as her running mate, but the vetting process, led in part by former Attorney General Eric Holder, is over: The New York Times reported, “Covington & Burling, the Washington law firm tasked with the vetting, completed the job on Thursday afternoon and turned over its findings to Ms. Harris.”
* On a related note, the Democratic National Committee’s virtual nominating process is now underway, which will formally make Harris the party’s 2024 nominee.
* Donald Trump boasted by way of his social media platform, “There has never been anything like the MAGA Movement. We raised $139 Million Dollars in July alone.” Soon after, the Harris campaign said it had raised $310 million in July, more than double the Republican’s figure.
* A recount in Virginia found that House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good really did narrowly lose his primary race, ending his congressional career, at least for now. The incumbent congressman is the only congressional Republican to lose in a primary in the 2024 cycle.
* On a related note, Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, another House Freedom Caucus member, fended off a well-funded primary challenger in Tennessee on Thursday.
* NBC News reported that Republican Voters Against Trump is rolling out its biggest ad campaign yet, putting $3.5 million behind video ads and billboards in key swing states. The push includes testimonials from voters who’ve switched from Trump to Harris. Vote for the prosecutor, not the felon. pic.twitter.com/zY530PPENH * The GOP still sees Sen. Sherrod Brown as a top target this year, but a new poll commissioned by AARP and conducted by the bipartisan team of Impact Research and Fabrizio Ward found the Ohio Democrat leading Republican nominee Bernie Moreno, 46% to 42%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.) * While the Democratic presidential ticket has only carried North Carolina once in the last four decades, the Trump campaign is now buying ad time in the state, suggesting Team Trump’s internal polling sees a competitive race in North Carolina.
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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