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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In North Carolina, the latest Quinnipiac University poll found Donald Trump narrowly leading Vice President Kamala Harris, 49% to 47%. As for the state’s gubernatorial race, the same survey found Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein ahead of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, 52% to 39%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* The news was better for Republicans in Georgia — a state that President Joe Biden narrowly won four years ago — where the latest Quinnipiac University poll showed the former president leading his Democratic opponent, 50% to 44%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* At an event in Milwaukee ahead of the vice presidential debate, Trump said San Francisco was “the best city in the country” 18 years ago. The Harris campaign found this funny because, 18 years ago, Harris was San Francisco’s district attorney.
* Also ahead of the vice presidential debate, the Democratic presidential campaign launched a digital ad, describing Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as a “danger to our democracy” — and emphasizing that the GOP’s vice presidential nominee “could be a heartbeat away” from the presidency next year.
* According to CBS News, Trump agreed to a “60 Minutes” interview, but the former president reversed course. The Republican’s campaign used the same phrase it always uses and said this was “fake news.”
* Amid reports that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misstated when he visited Tiananmen Square, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee conceded at his debate that he got the date wrong.
* In Arizona, Rep. Raúl Grijalva is on track to win re-election next month, but the Democratic incumbent announced that he’ll retire soon after.
* And in Pennsylvania, a couple of lifelong Republicans appeared in an ad, saying they’d voted for Trump before, but they’re supporting Harris now. They’re now reportedly being inundated with threats.