Today’s episode with campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Republican lawmakers in South Carolina created a racially gerrymandered map to benefit the Republican Party’s electoral prospects. In a 6-3 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the U.S. Supreme Court approved the map this morning.
* In the latest national poll from Quinnipiac University, President Joe Biden has the smallest lead against Donald Trump, 48% to 47%, in a head-to-head match. With third-party candidates added to the mix, the incumbent Democrat’s advantage in the poll was three points, 41% to 38%.
* Speaking of the presidential race, Trump appeared on a radio program yesterday and suggested that Biden might not be his general election opponent in the fall. “I doubt he will even participate, honestly, I just can’t even imagine,” the former president said.
* Trump has hinted lately that he plans to compete in his former home state of New York, but the latest Siena poll showed Biden leading the presumptive Republican nominee in the Empire State, 47% to 38%.
* In a closely watched primary in Oregon, state Rep. Janelle Bynum easily defeated Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the 5th Congressional District, which Republicans changed from “blue” to “red” two years ago. If she wins over Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in November, Bynum would become Oregon’s first black congresswoman
* The Associated Press reported yesterday that election officials in Nevada “could begin tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close in an effort to get results out more quickly,” the Associated Press said. Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar Wednesday. ”
* In the latest sign of turmoil in Robert F. Kennedy’s independent presidential campaign, Angela Stanton King, a prominent campaign adviser, announced she is parting ways with the conspiracy theorist, citing an “increasingly hateful and divisive atmosphere.”
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
