Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* The House Majority PAC, the leading super PAC affiliated with the House Democratic leadership, has launched a new $50 million fund intended to appeal to working-class voters. The initiative is being called the “Win Them Back Fund.”
* Speaking of the House Majority PAC, the Democratic entity intended to launch a new ad campaign this week, taking aim at the White House’s controversial spending freeze. Fox News reportedly rejected the ad. Last fall, Donald Trump argued that Fox News “shouldn’t be allowed“ to air attack ads that he disagrees with.
* In Michigan, Democratic Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist has ruled out a U.S. Senate run in the 2026 cycle, but he is exploring the state’s gubernatorial race.
* Speaking of the Wolverine State, Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens told MSNBC that she’s “taking a look“ at Michigan’s open U.S. Senate race. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow is also reportedly preparing to enter the Democratic primary, as is Abdul El-Sayed, a public health official who ran an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2018.
* Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who’s chairing the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2026 cycle, is reportedly prepared to intervene in primaries to improve her party’s chances of success. Gillibrand is also reportedly focused on recruiting former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to run for the Senate in North Carolina. * In Georgia, far-right Rep. Andrew Clyde drew a GOP primary challenger last week, with Gainesville Mayor Sam Couvillon saying that the incumbent congressman is “more concerned with making a point than getting things done.” * And in Florida, it’s unclear who Democrats will nominate for governor, but it won’t be Nikki Fried: The former state agriculture secretary, who won a statewide race in 2018, was recently re-elected as chair of the Florida Democratic Party, and has ruled out a 2026 campaign.
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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