Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* The North Carolina Supreme Court late last week rejected the state’s voter-ID law and a gerrymandered state Senate district map. The decisions were handed down by the state court’s 4-3 Democratic majority, which will soon flip to a 5-2 Republican majority.
* Speaking of the Tar Heel State, the latest statewide polling in North Carolina found that incumbent Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson would likely be the favorite for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2024, if the far-right official decides to run.
* In Arizona, Republican Mark Finchem’s lawsuit seeking a new secretary of state election was rejected late Friday by a state judge. As NBC News reported, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian “dismissed his misconduct allegations with prejudice — barring them from being brought back in another court — and called some of his claims ‘fatally flawed.’”
* Though Donald Trump originally tapped Ronna McDaniel to serve as chair of the Republican National Committee, the former president isn’t going out of his way to help her win a fourth term. Asked last week about McDaniel and her intra-part rival, Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon, Trump told a far-right website, “I like them both.”









