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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* With only a week to go before Wisconsin’s closely watched state Supreme Court race, Donald Trump is throwing his public support behind Brad Schimel’s conservative candidacy.
* In related news, the Wisconsin Ethics Commission has agreed to take a closer look at whether a group funded by Elon Musk violated campaign finance laws in the state Supreme Court race.
* There are two congressional special elections in Florida next week, and while the Republican candidates are clear favorites, it’s notable that the Democratic underdogs have raised a whopping $15.7 million combined in two months.
* Majority Forward, a group aligned with Senate Majority PAC, the top Democratic super PAC in Senate races, is launching a seven-figure ad buy pressuring four Republican senators over their party’s proposed Medicaid cuts. The ads will target Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Joni Ernst of Iowa, each of whom are up for re-election next year.
* The next round of elections are still more than a year and a half away, but independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York drew some massive crowds last week as part of their “fighting oligarchy” tour.
* During her latest Fox News appearance, Attorney General Pam Bondi insisted that the incumbent president “won the popular vote by an overwhelming majority.” In reality, Trump won the popular vote by 1.47%, and the Republican ticket failed to reach 50%.
* As Gov. Tim Walz hits the road to make the case against the White House’s agenda, Trump blamed the Minnesota Democrat last week for the fact that the Democratic ticket fell short in the 2024 presidential race.
* And in Ohio, where former Sen. Sherrod Brown lost a re-election bid last year, the Democrat is forming a nonprofit group called the Dignity of Work Institute while eyeing a possible comeback.