Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Yet another poll shows Kamala Harris’ national advantage over Donald Trump disappearing: The final national poll by The New York Times and Siena College found the two major party nominees tied at 48% support each. The latest national CNBC poll, meanwhile, found the Republican ahead by two, 48% to 46%. (Click the links for additional information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* The Harris campaign has released a new television ad built on former White House chief of staff John Kelly’s condemnations of his former boss.
🚨The Harris campaign just released a powerful ad, featuring John Kelly's words about Trump.
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 25, 2024
You know what to do. pic.twitter.com/OHpsL58NsJ
* In Pennsylvania, the latest Franklin & Marshall College poll found Trump narrowly leading Harris, 50% to 49%. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* The Democratic vice president fared a bit better in Michigan, where the latest Michigan State University poll showed her ahead, 52% to 48%. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* Harris’ star-studded event in Atlanta — Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen were among the big names who appeared — reportedly drew an audience of 23,000 people. Around the same time, Trump claimed that 29,000 people were on hand for his recent McDonald’s stunt, which was plainly bonkers.
* In Montana’s U.S. Senate race, Republican Tim Sheehy didn’t need another controversy, but NBC News reported that the GOP candidate “has said he was discharged from the military for medical reasons because of injuries he sustained on duty, but his discharge paperwork tells a different story.”
* As Elon Musk invests millions of additional dollars in support of Republican candidates, The Wall Street Journal reports that the conspiratorial billionaire has been participating in a series of secret conversations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
* The Senate Majority PAC, which is closely aligned with the Senate Democratic leadership, is investing an additional $5 million into Texas’ U.S. Senate campaign, hoping to derail Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s bid for a third term.
