Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* To the disappointment of Democrats who were eager to see her lose, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she won’t run for governor in Georgia next year. The right-wing congresswoman also recently said she won’t be a U.S. Senate candidate, either.
* As Texas Republicans move forward with draft proposals for mid-decade redistricting, some Democratic leaders in blue states are taking related steps, including in New York.
* In related news, Donald Trump’s political operation is reportedly pressing Missouri Republicans to redraw their state’s congressional map, specifically hoping to make it impossible for Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to win re-election.
* In a development that likely raised eyebrows in GOP circles, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper raised a record-breaking $3.4 million in his first 24 hours as a Democratic Senate candidate. The former two-term governor is expected to face Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley next fall.
* NBC News reported that beleaguered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has privately discussed the idea of running for political office next year in Tennessee. If so, it will be the former Fox News host’s second such effort: Hegseth ran a Republican Senate campaign in Minnesota in 2012, but dropped out of the race after failing to secure state party support. * With Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announcing that he won’t run for a third term, many wondered whether former Republican Gov. Scott Walker might consider a 2026 comeback bid. This past weekend, however, Walker ruled out the possibility. * And House Republican officials are reportedly preparing to base part of their midterm election messaging on the idea that a Democratic majority might try to impeach Trump for a third time. If the incumbent president were more popular, that might be a bit more effective, but time will tell.
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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