Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) suggested that the felony indictment against him may be a plot to damage his potential campaign for president in 2016, Business Insider reports.

Said Perry: “I think over the course of the last 12 to 14 months, we have been thoughtfully engaged in helping candidates across the country. We’ve been successful in many of those places to help move the needle for those candidates. And the really hardcore left, they’re not above sinking somebody’s political or personal life, or block someone from being engaged in that type of activity. So the timing is suspect, to say the least.”

Hillary Clinton “is going back to Iowa for the first time in six years,” ABC News reports.

“The former secretary of state will headline Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry in Indianola next month, making her first visit to the state since 2008.”

A new Cherry Communications poll for the Florida Chamber of Commerce finds Gov. Rick Scott (R) leading challenger Charlie Crist (D) in the race for governor, 44% to 41%.

In a three way race with Libertarian Adrian Wyllie, Scott leads 41% to 35%.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) told a large crowd in Reno that he was confident the Democrats would keep the majority in the Senate after the 2014 Election Day, the Reno Gazette Journal reports.

He also had harsh words for the Koch brothers.

Said Reid: “They think they have enough money to buy America. Not only with the U.S. Senate, not only with the House of Representatives but with the constitutional offices as well. They are even involved with the state senate races here as well.”

In an unusual arrangement, embattled former Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) did not appear in the television studio with his GOP primary rivals for a debate, the Miami Herald reports.

“Instead, as he requested, he was patched in from outside the West Dade Regional Library early-voting site — purportedly because he was there meeting voters. As a result, the other contenders in the studio could not hear his responses. After the show, co-host Glenna Milberg wrote on Twitter that Rivera didn’t end up campaigning at the site at all, despite the TV station’s agreeing to his request in good faith.”

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) duties as chairman of the Republican Governors Association will mean focusing more on the “top six” gubernatorial races as the November election nears, the Newark Star Ledger reports.

The top six: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, and Maine.

A new Albuquerque Journal Poll in New Mexico finds Gov. Susana Martinez (R) leading Gary King (D) in the race for governor by 9 points, 50% to 41%.

Said pollster Brian Sanderoff: “It’s a comfortable lead, especially when you take into consideration the tremendous financial advantage the governor has.”

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) indictment, “initially seen as a political dagger in his 2016 presidential aspirations, could turn into an asset — especially if he beats the abuse-of-power charges,” Bloomberg reports.