Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* We don’t yet know who Vice President Kamala Harris will choose as a running mate, but Sen. Mark Kelly published an item to social media last night that raised a few eyebrows. “I spent my life in the Navy and at NASA, where the mission always comes first,” the Arizona Democrat wrote. “Now, my mission is serving Arizonans.” The missive was taken down about a half-hour later.
* The latest CBS News/YouGov poll found Harris leading Donald Trump nationally, 50% to 49%. Throughout 2024, President Joe Biden didn’t lead the Republican in any national CBS News/YouGov survey. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* There are quite a few primary races in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and the state of Washington tomorrow, and as is usually the case, Bolts has a very helpful rundown on the contests worth watching.
* The Harris campaign added some high-level new staffers late last week, including some prominent members of Barack Obama’s campaign teams. Among the most notable additions was David Plouffe, who managed the former Democratic president’s 2008 operation.
* Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced over the weekend that the special election to fill the congressional vacancy left by the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee will be on Nov. 5, coinciding with the general election. * As Republicans continue to try to help Cornel West’s far-left presidential campaign, a new complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges there’s been illegal coordination between West’s operation and Republican-linked firms. * And in Tennessee, state Rep. Gloria Johnson — a member of the so-called Tennessee Three who faced an expulsion vote last year — won a Democratic U.S. Senate primary last week. She’ll face far-right Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn in the fall, and the incumbent is heavily favored in the race.
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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