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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Who’s winning the 2024 presidential race? The three latest national polls point in competing directions: A CNN poll found Vice President Kamala Harris with a one-point lead over Donald Trump; a Quinnipiac University poll showed Trump with a one-point lead over Harris; and the latest Reuters/Ipsos survey found the Democratic nominee ahead by six points. (Click the links for information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* The latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Harris leading Trump in Michigan, 48% to 45%, among likely voters. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In Pennsylvania, the latest Monmouth University poll showed Harris leading Trump by two points among registered voters and four points among voters who consider themselves “extremely motivated.” (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In North Carolina, the latest AARP poll found Trump ahead of Harris by two points, 48% to 46%, among likely voters. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* Future Forward PAC, a prominent super PAC aligned with the Harris campaign, has launched a new television ad ridiculing Trump’s discredited allegations about pet-eating Haitian immigrants.
* Ahead of next week’s vice presidential debate, the latest survey data from Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is considerably better liked than his Republican counterpart, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
* Facing an avalanche of brutal allegations, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson claims to have hired a law firm to investigate his latest scandal. The Hill’s report on this added, “Robinson’s campaign said on Tuesday it hired Binnall Law Group, a law firm based in northern Virginia whose partner, Jesse Binnall, had worked for former President Trump and his campaign.”