Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In Michigan, the Democrats’ U.S. Senate primary field is getting increasingly crowded, with Rep. Haley Stevens throwing her hat into the ring. She joins state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed.
* In Arizona’s gubernatorial race, Donald Trump had already endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson’s Republican candidacy, but now that Rep. Andy Biggs is also running against her in a primary, the president has decided to endorse him, too. (Trump has a history of issuing “dual endorsements,” backing multiple candidates in the same GOP primary.)
* On a related note, the far-right Club for Growth appears to be intervening in the Arizona race, claiming that Biggs, the former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is more electable than Robson.
* Republican Rep. Andy Barr is poised to launch his U.S. Senate bid in Kentucky, setting up a primary fight against Daniel Cameron, the former state attorney general who lost a gubernatorial race in the Bluegrass State in 2023.
* In related news, with Barr giving up his U.S. House seat — in Kentucky’s most competitive congressional district — Democrats are making no secret of the fact that they see a key pickup opportunity.
* High-profile Georgia Democrats have steered clear of next year’s gubernatorial race, but state Sen. Jason Esteves hopes to fill the void, kicking off a statewide bid this week. For now, he’s the only Democrat in the race, after Rep. Lucy McBath withdrew to focus on her husband’s health issues.
* Republicans do not yet have a top contender in California’s gubernatorial race, but Steve Hilton, perhaps best known as a former Fox News host, hopes to change that. He joins Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County, as the GOP candidates in the race.
