Today’s episode with campaign-related news items from across the country.
* To no one’s surprise, Donald TrumpHis political operation sought to turn the first day of his criminal trial into a fundraising opportunity.
* Voters in Alabama’s Second Congressional District will vote on major party nominees today. As the Associated Press reported, this is a district that “has been redrawn by a federal court to expand the voting rights of black residents.”
* Michigan’s statehouse has been deadlocked for months, with each party holding 54 seats, but that will change today with two special elections in heavily Democratic districts just outside Detroit.
* The Republican Party of Wisconsin has a new executive director: Andrew Iverson. That wouldn’t be particularly notable unless the AP reported that Iverson “made allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked.” The same report highlighted a recording made two days after Election Day 2020 in which Iverson said, “Here’s the drill: The communications will continue to fan the flames and make it known that the Democrats are trying to steal this election.”
* Speaking of the Badger State, U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has already taken steps to move away from his original position on abortion rights, and now the Wisconsin Republican is apparently moving on from his original opposition to green energy tax credits as well .
* While it’s hard to know what to believe in a story like this, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed. this week that Trump’s “emissaries” had asked him to consider becoming the former president’s running mate. A Trump adviser denied the conspiracy theorist’s claim.
* And in New York, former Republican Rep. George SantosThe comeback bid appears to have gotten off to a rocky start: Politico, citing his latest campaign finance filing, reported: “A new campaign committee of disgraced former Rep. George Santos has raised no money and reported no activity in March, putting his plans to return to Congress.”
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
