Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Montana Republicans recently considered a temporary change to state election laws in the hopes of undermining incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s prospects. This week, the bill died as Montana’s legislative session came to an end.
* In Texas, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred has a reputation as a successful fundraiser, and it was bolstered this week: In the first 36 hours after launching a U.S. Senate campaign against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, Allred raised more than $2 million.
* Speaking of Cruz, much of the GOP establishment on Capitol Hill is backing state Attorney General Daniel Cameron in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary this year. The Texas senator, however, has thrown his support behind former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft.
* In case there were any doubts about Sen. Martin Heinrich’s 2024 plans, the New Mexico Democrat announced this week that he will seek re-election.
* Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t yet launched a GOP presidential campaign, but once he does, he’ll have the support of Republican state Rep. Jason Osborne, the majority leader in New Hampshire’s state House. New Hampshire will hold the party’s first presidential primary. * Democratic Party officials at the national level are eager to move up Georgia’s presidential primary, but those efforts were stymied yesterday by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger scheduling the state’s primary for March 12. * And in North Carolina, where Mark Robinson’s gubernatorial candidacy is advancing, the right-wing lieutenant governor’s ugly record continues to generate headlines. CNN reported yesterday on Robinson repeatedly mocking the survivors of the 2018 Parkland mass shooting — he called the teenagers, among other things, “spoiled little bastards” — while Media Matters uncovered comments in which Robinson claimed Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were victims of a left-wing “plot.”
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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