Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In the final NBC News poll of the election cycle, Democrats narrowly lead Republicans among likely voters, 48% to 47%. Last month, it was the GOP ahead by an identical margin.
* In the final Washington Post-ABC News poll of the cycle, however, it was Republicans narrowly ahead among likely voters, 50% to 48%.
* After Oprah Winfrey endorsed John Fetterman over Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, the top Democratic Senate super PAC quickly put together an ad. “She knows Oz better than anyone,” a narrator says in the commercial, referring to the GOP nominee. “But Oprah wouldn’t vote for him.”
* Early voting in this year’s elections has reportedly already topped the total from the 2018 midterms.
* In Michigan’s gubernatorial race, the final Detroit Free Press poll found incumbent Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with a fairly comfortable lead over Republican commentator Tudor Dixon, 54% to 43%.









