Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In Michigan, a new poll commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV found Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with a 55 percent approval rating and sizable leads over each of leading the Republican candidates vying to replace her. The News’ report on the results added the poll “raise doubts about whether a Republican wave will make landfall in Michigan.”
* On a related note, the poll found Dana Nessel, Michigan’s Democratic incumbent attorney general, and Jocelyn Benson, the incumbent Democratic secretary of state, also leading their GOP rivals, but by more modest margins.
* Though the latest New York Times/Siena College poll found President Joe Biden’s approval rating reaching new lows, the same survey found Democrats narrowly leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 41 percent to 40 percent.
* In Georgia’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Republican Herschel Walker didn’t just make bizarre comments about climate change once, he’s apparently repeating the ridiculous rhetoric over and over again at campaign events.









