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Scoop: Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, when she will hold her first rally with her pick in PHILADELPHIA. The two will then hit western Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh, Savannah, Phoenix and Las Vegas. w/ Eugene Daniels politico.com/news/2024/07/3…

Scoop: John Fetterman is concerned about the possibility that Kamala Harris might choose his state’s governor, Josh Shapiro, as her running mate, and his advisers have privately relayed those worries to Harris’ team. politico.com/news/2024/08/0…

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a datapoint so startling I had to check it twice (and ask my editor to check too) - Kamala Harris' campaign launched on July 21. By July 30, she had more total donors than Joe Biden's campaign had gotten in the previous 15 months politico.com/news/2024/08/2…

New PA Commonwealth Court ruling: Rejecting undated/wrongly dated mail ballots “submitted by otherwise eligible voters because of meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors violates the fundamental right to vote recognized in” state constitution’s elections clause.

HEY Y'ALL Votebeat HAS FREE STUFF FOR REPORTERS COVERING VOTING THIS SEASON. Most excitingly: A Slack channel open to journalists in local and non-profit newsrooms with *literally dozens* of experts who can answer instant questions on the record. accounts.muckrock.com/election-hub/r…

New: We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker. politi.co/3YmRShE via POLITICO

Sen. John Fetterman: “Elon Musk as a surrogate could resonate with a demographic in Pennsylvania. He’s a meaningful surrogate in a business where most surrogates really are not that critical.” Shia Kapos’ latest edition of The Q&A: politico.com/live-updates/2…

I wasn’t surprised when I first noticed how many mailers the PA Dems were sending me about Project 2025. But then I started receiving a bunch from the PA GOP. They really want me to know that “TRUMP DID NOT WRITE AND DOES NOT SUPPORT PROJECT 2025” politico.com/live-updates/2…

New POLITICO x Morning Consult poll today about democracy. — Only about 1 in 4 voters believe Trump will accept the results if he loses — 6 in 10 very or somewhat concerned about “another event like what happened on Jan. 6” and more, via Zach Montellaro: politico.com/news/2024/11/0…

There are fewer than 37K mail ballots left in Philly. Some of those can’t even be counted (e.g. undated, unsigned, naked.) It’s starting to look daunting for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania. With Holly Otterbein: politico.com/live-updates/2…

The six presidential swing states that Donald Trump flipped this year have seen 19 Senate races since his first election. Republicans have won just two of them. Ally Mutnick on how the GOP won the Senate — and its continued purple state struggles: politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

we first show how democrats and republicans sort into distinctive colleges, majors, occupations, industries, and employers. at each stage of their trajectory through the labor market, democrats and republicans are making different decisions. we can see this in great detail.

“SHALL NOT BE COUNTED”

Judge Baxter previously ruled that undated and misdated ballots should be counted under federal civil rights law, but 3rd Circuit panel disagreed and overturned ahead of the 2024 election. This time, she rules on constitutional grounds:

Lots of names and news, including in PA: Susan Wild ruling out running next year; Matt Cartwright still deciding; former federal prosecutor Ryan Crosswell considering challenging Ryan Mackenzie

new: how Trump and his allies talk about his policies on TV (and this site) has repeatedly contradicted what the lawyers defending his policies in court are saying. we lay out the side-by-side. politico.com/interactives/2… w/ Myah Ward, Kyle Cheney & Abhinanda Bhattacharyya

New: As Fetterman faces mounting questions about his fitness to serve, few Democrats are rushing to his defense. “I hope they read it.” “Obviously raises questions.” “No contact or conversation with him.” Those are the words of PA Dems. w/ Nicholas Wu politico.com/news/2025/05/0…