Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Just hours after his arrest, New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned, and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said Benjamin’s resignation was effective immediately. A New York Times report added, “Ms. Hochul can select a new lieutenant governor in the coming weeks, but it will be far more difficult to replace Mr. Benjamin on the Democratic primary ballot in June. Because he was designated as the Democratic Party’s nominee for lieutenant governor, election rules stipulate that his name can only be removed at this point if he were to move out of the state, die or seek another office.”
* Speaking of resignations, David Dietrich, the Republican chairman of a Virginia electoral board, stepped down this week after publishing a racist Facebook message that called for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to be lynched.
* The Democratic National Committee has launched a new digital ad targeting Republican Sen. Rick Scot’s plan to raise taxes on lower-income Americans. The ad will reportedly target voters in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada — states that will hold key U.S. contests this year.
* While former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows faces a voter-fraud investigation, the former North Carolina congressman has now been removed from North Carolina’s voter rolls.









