Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Ahead of Virginia’s vote on a redistricting ballot measure, Donald Trump hasn’t said much about it, but the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana made an eleventh-hour pitch to supporters in the commonwealth with a Monday night telerally call. The morning after, Trump used his social media platform to direct Virginians to “save your country.”
* In California, the Democratic gubernatorial field is finally starting to shrink: On the heels of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s departure, Betty Yee, a former state controller, announced Monday that she’s also suspending her campaign after struggling to raise enough money to remain competitive.
* Risa Lombardo used to sell MAGA merchandise and was a Republican Party official until very recently. Now, she’s a Green Party gubernatorial candidate in Arizona as part of an apparent attempt to fool progressive voters in the state and divide the left in the 2026 race.
* Indiana Republicans approved a voter-ID law, but it prohibits the use of student identification cards. This week, a federal appeals court allowed the partisan policy to remain in effect.
* There’s been talk for months that Ohio’s gubernatorial race will be competitive, and there’s fresh evidence to bolster the point: The latest poll conducted by Bowling Green State University found Republican Vivek Ramaswamy barely leading Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee, 48% to 47%.
* Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s lengthy career in public office is nearing its end, but the Democratic governor isn’t exiting the arena altogether: Walz this week launched a new political action committee, called Small Town PAC, as part of a broader effort to recruit and support Democratic candidates running in rural areas.
* And in Wyoming, there was talk that Republican Gov. Mark Gordon was prepared to challenge the state’s term-limits law, but the governor announced late last week that he will instead step down at the end of his second term, which ends in early January.
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