Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign released new fundraising data over the weekend, and the totals are impressive: The Democratic nominee and her partners have raised $540 million for the general election, including $82 million during the Democratic National Convention and $40 million on the heels of Harris’ convention speech.
* Though Donald Trump probably doesn’t want to hear this, the television ratings for the Democratic convention outpaced the totals for the Republican convention, and Harris’ speech drew a larger audience than the former president’s convention remarks.
* NBC News reported late last week, “Nebraska voters will weigh two different abortion-related constitutional amendments this fall, with the secretary of state’s office certifying both measures Friday to appear on the ballot.”
* In Alaska’s U.S. House race, Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom had Trump’s backing, but she nevertheless finished third in a multicandidate field. On Friday, she ended her candidacy, setting up a contest that will pit incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola against Republican Nick Begich III.
* Still searching for an effective line of attack against Harris, Trump has repeatedly complained in recent days that the vice president thanked her supporters too much last week. * In Pennsylvania, a state judge concluded late last week that Cornel West’s third-party presidential campaign is ineligible for the state’s 2024 ballot. * The Harris campaign tapped Yohannes Abraham, the U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to help lead its presidential transition team. * And while Election Day 2024 is still 10 weeks away, the Associated Press reported, “In just two weeks, Sept. 6, the first mail ballots get sent to voters. … And early in-person voting will start as soon as Sept. 20 in some states.”
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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