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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* The latest national Wall Street Journal poll found Donald Trump inching past Kamala Harris, 49% to 46%. The latest national Monmouth poll, showed 48% of voters saying they will “definitely” or “probably” vote for the Democratic president, while 45% will “definitely” or “probably” vote for the former Republican president. (Click the links for additional information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* A batch of Marist polls showed Trump leading Harris in Arizona by one point and two points in North Carolina. Notably, Marist also found the candidates tied in Georgia. (Click the links for additional information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* As conspiratorial billionaire Elon Musk continues to use his social media platform to promote misinformation, the Justice Department has reportedly contacted him with legal concerns about his $1 million daily giveaway in battleground states.
* The latest Quinnipiac University polls found Harris narrowly leading Trump in Michigan, 49% to 46%, while the two major party presidential nominees are also tied in Wisconsin, with each garnering 48% support. (Click the links for additional information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* As for U.S. Senate races, the same Quinnipiac polls found Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin leading former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan, 52% to 44%, while incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin is narrowly ahead of Republican Eric Hovde in Wisconsin, 49% to 48%. (Click the links for additional information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* Speaking of Michigan’s Senate race, former House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney has thrown her support behind Slotkin’s candidacy. It’s the latest in a series of Democratic endorsements from the former Wyoming congresswoman.
* In a ruling that might prove highly consequential, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that voters whose postal ballots are rejected for procedural reasons can still cast provisional ballots.
* And when Trump arrives in Las Vegas for his latest campaign rally, he’s likely to see a new billboard from the Democratic National Committee. The message, which quotes a report published in The Atlantic this week, will read: “Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had.’”