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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* How did Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign feel about Tuesday night’s debate? The Democrat’s campaign joked via social media a day later: “Our newest ad just dropped.” It was accompanied by a video of the entire debate, from start to finish.
* On a related note, Nielsen ratings suggested that roughly 67.1 million people tuned in for the debate. That was a considerably larger audience than the 51.3 million viewers who watched the June debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
* His advice will likely be ignored, but Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida commented after the debate that Trump and his party should probably begin “difficult conversations” about whether his candidacy should continue.
* In Wisconsin, the latest Marquette Law School Poll found Harris leading Trump among likely voters, 52% to 48%, in a head-to-head matchup. When third-party candidates are added to the mix, the Democrat is ahead by roughly the same margin. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodologies and margins of error.)
* On a related note, the same survey showed incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin leading Republican challenger Eric Hovde, 52% to 48%, among likely voters. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodologies and margins of error.)
* In Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, when Republican hopeful Bernie Moreno joined the board of the Cleveland Foundation, his biography claimed he held an MBA from the University of Michigan. He does not have an MBA from the University of Michigan, and his campaign blamed “a staffer who made a mistake.”
* In Georgia, two state court judges ruled this week that presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are disqualified. A report by The Associated Press noted, “For now at least, the decision means votes for West and De la Cruz won’t be counted in Georgia, even if their names remain on ballots because it’s too late to remove them.”
* And the nonpartisan National Association of Secretaries of State wrote to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy this week, complaining about problems with the Postal Service in delivering mailed ballots, and warning that many voters will receive ballots “well after Election Day.” It’s a problem worth watching closely in the coming weeks.