Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In Georgia, the final CNN poll found Donald Trump narrowly leading Kamala Harris, 48% to 47%. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In North Carolina, the final CNN poll found the Democratic vice president narrowly leading the Republican former president by the same margin, 48% to 47%. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In Pennsylvania, the final Marist poll found Harris leading Trump, 50% to 48%. The same poll showed Democratic Sen. Bob Casey leading Republican challenger David McCormick by the identical margin. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In Michigan, the final Marist poll found Harris leading Trump, 51% to 48%. The same poll showed Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin ahead of her Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, 52% to 46%. Meanwhile, the final Detroit Free Press poll, conducted by EPIC-MRA, found the Democratic nominee up by 3 points, 48% to 45%. The same poll showed Slotkin leading, 47% to 42%. (Click the links for additional information on the surveys’ methodology and margins of error.)
* In Wisconsin, the final Marist poll found Harris leading Trump, 50% to 48%. The same poll showed Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin ahead of Republican challenger Eric Hovde, 51% to 48%.(Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In Missouri’s U.S. Senate race, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley finally debated Democratic rival Lucas Kunce, and it quickly became clear why the incumbent seemed reluctant for months to debate the Marine veteran.
* In Maryland’s U.S. Senate race, former Gov. Larry Hogan spent months saying he didn’t want Trump’s support, but during a donor call this week, the Republican nevertheless touted the former president’s endorsement and said it would help with Trump’s “hard-core” supporters.
* Trump lost New Mexico by sizable margin in 2016 and 2020, but the former president nevertheless boasted during a rally in the state, “I believe I won it [New Mexico] twice.” It was a great example of the Republican lying when he doesn’t have to.
* And while LeBron James tends not to get too involved in politics, the NBA megastar has nevertheless thrown his support behind Harris’ 2024 candidacy. “What are we even talking about here??” he wrote online. “When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!"