Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Two months after Republican former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress, voters in her Georgia district are casting ballots Tuesday in an all-party special election. There are 15 candidates running, and the top two vote-getters will advance to an April 7 runoff unless one candidate tops 50%. President Donald Trump recently endorsed Clay Fuller in the race.
* It’s also primary day in Mississippi, where one of the more closely watched campaigns involves longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who’s facing an intraparty challenge from 34-year-old Evan Turnage, a lawyer who’s worked for Democratic senators.
* In Wisconsin, progressives already have a narrow majority on the state Supreme Court, but with conservative Justice Annette Ziegler retiring, the left has a unique opportunity to expand its majority on the (technically nonpartisan) bench.
* The field of Democratic gubernatorial candidates in California is so large that the state Democratic Party chair wants some candidates to bow out to prevent a possible Republican victory under California’s unique top-two system.
* In Kentucky, GOP state lawmakers are advancing legislation that would allow Republican Sen. Rand Paul to run for re-election and president at the same time in 2028.
* The latest Franklin & Marshall College poll in Pennsylvania found Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro with a 20-point lead over his likely GOP rival; but just as notably, the statewide survey found Democrats leading Republicans on the generic-ballot question, 44% to 37%.
* Amid ongoing uncertainty about whether the Trump administration intends to deploy armed federal agents or military personnel to local polling places in the fall, the Democratic National Committee filed suit this week to compel an answer to the underlying question.








