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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* At his Mar-a-Lago news conference, Donald Trump insisted that his MAGA base represents “75% of the country.” In reality, the Republican didn’t quite reach 47% of the popular vote in 2020, and while in office, he spent four years struggling to get his approval rating up to 50%.
* Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign is launching a seven-figure ad blitz targeting Latino voters in battleground states. NBC News reported that the ads, highlighting Harris as the daughter of an immigrant mother, will air in English and Spanish.
* On a related note, since its founding in 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens has never before endorsed a presidential candidate. LULAC has nevertheless thrown its backing behind the Harris ticket.
* The Harris-Walz campaign has also released a new ad, titled “Knows,” emphasizing the Democratic candidate’s working-class background, and a spot titled “Tougher” on her border-security work.
* In Arizona, the latest HighGround Public Affairs survey found Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego with an 11-point lead over Republican conspiracy theorist Kari Lake in their U.S. Senate race. The same poll also showed Harris narrowly leading Trump in the Grand Canyon State. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* Speaking of battleground state polling, the latest statewide survey in Georgia, conducted by the AARP, found Harris and Trump tied, with each garnering 48% support. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* NBC News reports that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s independent expenditure arm is launching its first attack in the Montana Senate race, targeting Republican Tim Sheehy over public lands.
* And speaking of Montana, Trump is headed to Big Sky Country for a campaign event — instead of a more traditional and competitive battleground state — in part because of a personal vendetta the former president is waging against incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. It’s worth emphasizing for context, however, that Trump also waged a personal vendetta against the Montana farmer six years ago, and Tester narrowly won re-election anyway.