Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* With just six weeks remaining before Election Day in Virginia, and with early voting already underway in the commonwealth, the latest poll from Christopher Newport University found former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, with a 12-point lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in this year’s gubernatorial race, 52% to 40%.
* On a related note, Earle-Sears still wants, but hasn’t received, Donald Trump’s formal endorsement. Asked Friday whether he’d be willing to campaign for GOP candidates with time running out, the president responded: “Well, I’m going to have to look at some of them.”
* New Jersey’s gubernatorial race is also six weeks away, and the latest Quinnipiac University poll found Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill leading former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican, 49% to 41%.
* And speaking of polling, the latest Washington Post-Ipsos survey found Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 53% to 44%, among registered voters.
* In fundraising news, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee easily outraised its Republican counterparts in August: The House Democrats’ campaign arm raised $7.1 million last month, while the National Republican Congressional Committee raised less than $4 million over the same period. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also outraised its Republican counterparts, $5.6 million to $4.7 million. * In the wake of the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the organization he founded, Turning Point USA, chose his widow, Erika Kirk, to serve as the group’s new CEO and board chair. * In Ohio, incumbent Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, a former Ohio State football coach, announced late last week that he won’t be a Republican gubernatorial candidate next year, all but ensuring that entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be the GOP nominee. * And in Alabama, the Republican U.S. Senate primary is getting a little more crowded, with Morgan Murphy poised to launch his candidacy. Murphy, up until recently a White House aide, is perhaps best known for helping engineer Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s unprecedented blockade against U.S. military confirmations in 2023.
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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