Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Republicans on the Georgia State Election Board recently passed a requirement for counties to hand-count ballots cast on Election Day, sparking new litigation from local Democrats.
* In Pennsylvania, the latest AARP poll found Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly leading Donald Trump among likely voters, 49% to 47%. This is the first AARP poll in the Keystone State since President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid. (Click the links for information on the survey’s methodologies and margins of error.)
* Speaking of Pennsylvania, The New York Times reports that the GOP is already struggling when it comes to early voting in the state: “As of Monday, Democrats in the state had requested about 881,000 mail ballots, and Republicans had requested 373,000, less than half of the Democratic total and only about a quarter of the total mail ballots requested in the state.”
* In North Carolina, the latest Washington Post poll found the former president narrowly leading the Democratic nominee, 50% to 48%. As for the state’s gubernatorial race, the same survey found Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein ahead of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, 54% to 38%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* Republican Voters Against Trump this week announced a $15 million investment in support of a pro-Harris ad campaign. The spots, highlighting former Trump voters who’ve changed their minds, will appear in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nebraska’s Omaha-area congressional district. NEW AD: They voted for Trump before, but this year, they are voting for Kamala Harris. * NBC News confirmed that the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, has launched a seven-figure ad campaign in support of the Democratic presidential ticket. The focus will be on seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. * In Texas’ increasingly interesting U.S. Senate race, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred has launched his first television ad with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which just recently took a renewed interest in the Lone Star State. The commercial, which will air in nine media markets across the state, focuses on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s opposition to abortion rights.
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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