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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* While the latest national poll from the Pew Research Center found Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris tied, with each garnering 49%, the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found the Democratic nominee narrowly ahead, 51% to 48%, among Americans who definitely intend to vote. Her lead is smaller among registered voters overall. (Click the links for information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* The final primaries of the 2024 cycle will be held this week in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware, and there are some congressional and gubernatorial contests of note.
* The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name must remain on the state’s presidential ballot, overturning an appeals court ruling. The independent conspiracy theorist had more success with North Carolina’s Supreme Court, which ruled that Kennedy can withdraw his name from the state’s 2024 ballot.
* Speaking of the Tar Heel State, two new polls — one from Quinnipiac University, the other from SurveyUSA — found Harris narrowly ahead of Trump in North Carolina. (Click the links for information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* The latest batch of CBS News/YouGov polls offered some good news to Democratic Senate candidates in key battleground states: The surveys found Rep. Elissa Slotkin ahead in Michigan by seven points, incumbent Sen. Bob Casey ahead in Pennsylvania by seven points, and incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin ahead in Wisconsin by eight points. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* On Capitol Hill, newly appointed Sen. George Helmy has been sworn into office, succeeding former Sen. Bob Menendez who resigned in the wake of a corruption conviction. With the New Jersey Democrat filling the vacancy, the Senate Democratic conference has returned to 51 members.
* Rumor has it that Harris and Trump are poised to share a debate stage in Philadelphia. MSNBC’s coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern.
* On a related note, the Harris campaign announced that two former members of the Trump administration — Anthony Scaramucci and Olivia Troye — will be special guests of the Democratic campaign at the debate. “Take it from the ones who know Donald Trump the best and who are telling the American people exactly how unfit Trump is to serve as president,” Harris campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler said in a statement.