Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* As Republicans on Georgia’s state election board pursue radical changes to the election certification process, local Democrats are now taking the matter to court.
* Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign unveiled a new television ad this week focused specifically on her plan to lower housing costs by building 3 million new homes over four years.
My mother saved for years to buy a home. I was a teenager when that day finally came—I remember how excited she was.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 27, 2024
Right now, home ownership is out of reach for too many Americans.
When I am President, we will end the housing shortage by building 3 million homes and rentals. pic.twitter.com/PHVaSt5OCe
* In Arizona’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego picked up an endorsement this week from the Arizona Police Association. The same law enforcement association endorsed Donald Trump last week.
* At his latest campaign stop in Michigan, Trump claimed Rep. John James secretly won the 2020 U.S. Senate race that James, in reality, actually lost.
* Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is over, Cornel West’s independent presidential campaign is apparently making appeals to anti-vaccine voters.
* On a related note, the Trump campaign has confirmed that RFK Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the Republican’s 2024 transition team.
* And in Maryland, the latest AARP poll found Harris trouncing Trump by 32 points, but the same survey found Republican Larry Hogan and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks tied in the state’s U.S. Senate race, 46% to 46%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
