BuzzFeed has a copy of the contract Newark Mayor Cory Booker signed in May to speak in Iowa, “which according to a university spokesman was supposed to be canceled when Booker announced his Senate bid.”

Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) will announce his candidacy next week to challenge Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR), “arguably Democrats’ most vulnerable senator of the cycle,” Roll Call reports.

The Cook Political Report moves the race to “toss up.”

Politico: “Arkansas is one of a handful of Republican-leaning
states represented by Democrats — Louisiana, North Carolina and Alaska
are the others — that are critical to the GOP’s chances of flipping the
Senate next year. The party needs to net six seats to capture the
chamber. But Democrats say history is in their favor, noting that only
three of their incumbents have lost in the past decade.”

Politicker: “A colorful mailer touting mayoral candidate Bill Thompson appears to have made a flub-including what would be the lovely image of Mr. Thompson greeting a smiling little girl — were it not for the guy who seems to be giving the finger to the photographer.”

After Anthony Weiner’s communications director Barbara Morgan saw a campaign intern Olivia Nuzzi on the front page of the New York Daily News, “she went off on a curse-filled rant about Nuzzi” with TPM “describing her as a fame hungry “bitch” who “sucked” at her job.

She also called Nuzzi a “slutbag,” among other things.

“Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s transition office chief and the wife of embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, is expected to take extended vacation time from her job with the former first lady in the coming days,” Politico reports.

“The move is not a leave of absence, two sources familiar with the move insisted, and it’s not precisely clear when she will depart for her vacation time from her day job.”

“It was a loose plan she’d had for weeks, since Hillary Clinton has close to no schedule next month – the Clintons are expected to vacation in the monied East Hampton enclave on Long Island – and Abedin had been expected to take the final few weeks leading up to the mayoral primary to be with her husband.”

Sen. John McCain told the Tampa Bay Times that Charlie Crist “would be a tough candidate if he decides to challenge Gov. Rick Scott, as expected.”

Said McCain: “There are a lot of people who thought he did a good job when he was governor. Everything I hear from my friends in Florida is he’s going to be very competitive.”

When asked if he would campaign for Crist, McCain said, “I couldn’t do that. But I’m not sure I could campaign against him.”