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“Kamala Harris is bringing on a new campaign hire as part of her team’s push to clinch must-win states this fall by keeping former President Donald Trump from running up the score in rural counties,” Politico reports. “Harris is tapping Matt Hildreth of the progressive Rural Organizing group as her rural engagement director… Democrats have been hemorrhaging support in rural America for years, but making even a small dent in Trump’s steep rural margins could determine the outcome in battleground states that may be decided by razor-thin margins.”

Nate Silver: “Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: the Electoral College is starting to look like a challenge for Kamala Harris. This was a problem for Democrats in 2016, of course, and also in 2020 — when Joe Biden won the popular vote by 4.5 points, but the tipping-point state, Wisconsin, went for Biden by only 0.6 points.” “There’s been a lot of talk lately about our model’s convention bounce adjustment, and that’s understandable.

Wall Street Journal: “Helping Walz navigate his dual assignment is his own experience interacting with Republican lawmakers in the Minnesota Legislature and his time in Congress representing one of the state’s more conservative congressional districts…” “Walz’s balancing act was on display earlier this week. He handed out dairy treats and viewed butter sculptures at the Minnesota State Fair one day, before vigorously criticizing Trump and Vance the next.”

“A New York judge has delayed former President Donald Trump’s sentencing on felony criminal charges until Nov. 26,” NBC News reports. “Judge Juan Merchan handed down the ruling Friday after Trump’s attorneys had asked him to postpone the Sept. 18 sentencing until after the election in order to allow them to be in position to appeal a pending ruling involving presidential immunity.” New York Times: “While the decision will avert a courtroom spectacle in the campaign’s final stretch, the delay itself could still affect the election, keeping voters in the dark about whether the Republican presidential nominee will eventually spend time behind bars.” “It is unclear whether sentencing Mr.

A new University of Texas poll in Texas finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in the presidential race, 49% to 44%. A new Emerson College poll in Texas finds Trump ahead 50% to 46%.

“Mail-in voting in North Carolina will be delayed by at least a few days — and possibly weeks — due to a court ruling Friday in the lawsuit over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name should appear on the ballot for the presidential race,” WRAL reports.