Today’s episode with campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Vice President Kamala Harris was in Arizona on Friday, where she visited the U.S.-Mexico border and outlined her plans for border security measures she would pursue if elected.
* In North Carolina, the latest CNN poll showed Harris and Donald Trump tied, with 48% support each, although the same poll showed scandal-plagued Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson trailing the Democratic attorney general by 17 points. General Josh Stein. (Click the link for information about the survey’s methodology and margin of error.)
* In Pennsylvania, the latest Fox News poll showed the Democratic vice president narrowly ahead of the former Republican president, 50% to 48%. (Click the link for information about the study’s methodology and margin of error.)
* The latest set of New York Times/Siena College polls showed Harris with very narrow advantages in Wisconsin and Michigan, but a much larger lead in Nebraska’s Omaha district. However, the same batch showed Trump with a six-point lead in Ohio. (Click the link for information about the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
*On that note, the Times/Siena polls offered good news for Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio. (Click the link for information about the surveys’ methodologies and margins of error.)
* The Harris campaign unveiled a new ad on Saturday, attacking Trump for dodging another presidential debate. The commercial aired during a closely watched football game featuring the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama. (Revelation: the ad contains a reference to a MaddowBlog post.)
* Politico reported late last week that for the first time in its history, the Democratic National Committee will send money to every state Democratic party in the country to boost down-ballot races in the final sprint toward November.
* NBC News reported that the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alabama on Friday, “arguing that an attempt to remove voters from the state’s rolls occurred too close to the Nov. 5 general election in violation of federal law.”
* And in Virginia, Republican Congressman hopeful Derrick Anderson has apparently promoted images and images of himself with a woman and her three children, even though the woman and children are not his family. Rather, they are the family of one of Anderson’s old friends.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
