Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* As the North Carolina Republican Party expresses its ongoing support for scandal-plagued gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson, the Democratic National Committee is launching new ads linking him to Donald Trump.
* There’s been a flurry of polling out of Pennsylvania in recent days, and most of the statewide surveys found incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey leading Republican challenger Dave McCormick by margins ranging from 4 to 9 points. (Click the links for information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* Speaking of the Keystone State, The New York Times reported that the Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania Republican Party “are suing to try to stop election officials in the state from letting voters correct technical problems with their mail ballots.”
* In Colorado, the state GOP is involved in an election-related lawsuit, but because no one can say for sure who the state Republican Party’s chair is, officials have asked a court to postpone the lawsuit.
* A coalition called “White Dudes for Harris” launched a digital ad campaign this week that will reportedly cost nearly $10 million.
* In the early summer, Trump’s 2024 campaign believed it might be able to compete in some “blue” states, but the latest polling in New Hampshire, Virginia and New Mexico found the former president trailing by double-digit margins. (Click the links for information on the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* NBC News reported that political donations from, or in support of, the crypto industry are up to around $190 million this election cycle — so far — with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss helping lead the charge. The pair have spent a combined $10.1 million.
* And the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s last-ditch request to be included on the ballot in Nevada. That’s likely to be good news for the Democratic ticket in one of the nation’s most competitive battleground states.
