Tag Archives: 2024 elections

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports: The race between Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Collin Allred to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate remains close, according to a new poll. A University of Houston Hobby School and Texas Southern University Jordan-Leland School poll released Thursday found that 46.6% of likely Texas voters plan to vote for Cruz, while 44.5% said …

The Associated Press reports: Voters will get to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution of Montana, which on Tuesday became the eighth state to put the issue before the electorate this fall. The Montana Secretary of State’s Office certified that the general election ballot will include the initiative on abortion …

The Associated Press reports: Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on Tuesday. DJ Cassidy stood onstage in what appeared to be a double-breasted satin suit of royal blue, spinning a special song for each state and territory awarding their delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris. What America got …

Reuters reports: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ election effort has raised around $500 million since she became the Democratic presidential candidate, sources told Reuters, an unprecedented money haul that reflects donor enthusiasm going into the Nov. 5 election. Four sources familiar with the fundraising effort told Reuters that figure had been banked for Harris in the four weeks since she …

The Associated Press reports: Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ campaign says it is reserving $370 million in advertising to run between Labor Day and Election Day. In a memo Saturday, the Harris-Walz campaign said the fall advertising push will include $170 million in television reservations running for nine weeks, starting Sept. 3, in battleground states. It also includes more than …

The New York Times reports: Amid threats of certification battles and mass voter challenges, Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has assembled an expansive senior legal team that will oversee hundreds of lawyers and thousands of volunteers in a sprawling operation designed to be a bulwark against what Democrats expect to be an aggressive Republican effort to challenge voters, rules …

The New York Times reports: Kamala Harris has stormed into contention in the fast-growing and diverse states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, not long after Donald J. Trump had seemed on the verge of running away with those states. Ms. Harris is now leading Mr. Trump among likely voters in Arizona, 50 percent to 45 percent, and has …

Raleigh’s ABC affiliate reports: Vice President Kamala Harris is holding a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina on Friday afternoon. The event was scheduled to begin around 2:45 p.m. Her latest visit comes two days after former President Donald Trump, her Republican foe, was in Asheville for a rally. According to a new Cook Political Report poll, Harris now has …

The New York Times reports: Kamala Harris participated in a mock presidential debate on Monday at Howard University in Washington, taking time out of her campaign schedule to refine her approach to former President Donald J. Trump before their scheduled debate on Sept. 10. Ms. Harris is working on her debate preparations with a small group of advisers, several of …

The New Republic reports: Elon Musk is pouring his heart and soul (and cold hard cash) into electing Donald Trump this November. New Federal Election Commission filings on Wednesday show that Musk’s pro-Trump America PAC has ramped up its operations, spending an initial $5.8 million. Musk initially seemed to promise a monthly donation of $45 million to the Super PAC, …

NBC News reports: Vice President Harris’ campaign on Friday will roll out some of her housing policy proposals, including her support for efforts aimed at lowering the cost of rent and helping renters who are struggling financially, according to details obtained by NBC News from a campaign official. Harris will propose plans to stop data firms from driving up lease …

Emerson College Polling reports: The first Emerson College Polling national survey following President Biden’s decision not to seek re-election finds Vice President Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump 50% to 46%. Five percent of likely voters are undecided. With undecided voters’ support allocated, Harris continues to lead by four, 52% to 48%. With third-party candidates on the ballot, Harris and Trump’s …

The New York Times reports: With just over 22 weeks left in charge of the country, President Biden is looking for work. Or so he told a room of dozens of online content creators whom he referred to as “the future” and his grandchildren’s preferred news source during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday, trying on …

Quinnipac Polling reports: In the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight edge in a tight race over former President Donald Trump 48 – 45 percent among likely voters. We The People Party candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. receives 4 percent support, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver receive …

From the latest FAU/Mainstreet poll results: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a slight edge over U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris among likely Florida voters, with 50% supporting Trump and 47% backing Harris. This close margin suggests Florida’s potential swing state status may return in the upcoming election. “The narrowing gap between Trump and Harris is consistent with the tightening …

The highly-regarded nonpartisan Cook Report writes: A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump in all but one of the seven battleground states. Overall, she holds a narrow lead of 48% to 47% in those states in the head-to-head. …

The New York Times reports: Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota are planning to hold a rally next Tuesday in Milwaukee, making an appearance in the key battleground state of Wisconsin as Democrats gather for their national convention in nearby Chicago. The Harris campaign is in talks to hold its event at Fiserv Forum, the arena …

St. Louis’s CBS affiliate reports: Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The secretary of state’s office certified Tuesday that an initiative petition received more than enough signatures from registered voters to qualify for the general election. It will need …

USA Today reports: The red wave that washed over Florida in recent years might not be as large as it once seemed, if a new presidential survey is any indication. Vice President Kamala Harris is within “striking distance” of former President Donald Trump in Florida, according to the pollster behind a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University/WSVN-TV survey of 500 likely voters …

Via press release from Robert Kennedy: Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today condemned the openly partisan ruling by Democratic Judge Christina L. Ryba in Albany County Supreme Court against his New York residency and said that he will win on appeal. The ruling came in spite of the fact that Kennedy is registered to vote in New York, …