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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In a bit of a surprise, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper withdrew from vice presidential consideration yesterday, informing Vice President Kamala Harris and her team that he supports her candidacy, but this “just wasn’t the right time for North Carolina and for me to potentially be on a national ticket.”
* There are quite a few primary races in Arizona today, and as is usually the case, Bolts has a very helpful rundown on the contests worth watching.
* A new group called White Dudes for Harris hosted their first event online last night, and by all appearances, it was a striking success: The gathering, featuring quite a few famous “white dudes,” reportedly attracted more than 180,000 participants and raised almost $4 million.
* While the conventional wisdom was that Georgia was slipping away from Democrats, Harris will be campaigning in Atlanta tonight.
* Donald Trump’s campaign has made its first significant ad buy of the general election, investing more than $12 million into a new, 30-second anti-Harris attack ad. The commercial will run in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin.
* In Pennsylvania, a new statewide poll from Susquehanna Polling & Research found Harris leading Trump, 47% to 43%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* In still more news out of the Keystone State, the latest Fox News poll found incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey leading his Republican challenger in Pennsylvania, David McCormick, 55% to 42%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* Speaking of competitive Senate races, the latest Fox News poll found Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin leading former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan, 51% to 46%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* And in Wisconsin, the latest Fox News poll found incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin leading likely Republican challenger Eric Hovde, 54% to 43%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)