“California Gov. Gavin Newsom is headed to New Hampshire this weekend to campaign for Democratic candidates in the November election, a continuation of his reconnaissance tour through swing states in preparation for a possible 2028 presidential run,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“The trip follows voyages to other early primary voting states, including South Carolina in September and Nevada in July, that could be critical to his campaign if he officially joins the race.”

“President Donald Trump has to keep his administration’s taxpayer-funded political ads off the air through the midterms, a federal judge ruled Wednesday,” the Washington Sun reports.

A new InsiderAdvantage poll in Georgia finds Rick Jackson (R) leading Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) in the governor’s race, 49% to 47%.

A new YouGov poll in Iowa finds Josh Turek (D) leading Ashley Hinson (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 46%.

The same poll in Iowa finds Rob Sand (D) leading Zach Lahn (R) in the governor’s race, 50% to 44%.

A leaked Marist poll, due out tomorrow, shows Turek up by three points and Sand up by seven points.

A new Quinnipiac University poll in Connecticut finds Ned Lamont (D) leading Ryan Fazio (R) in the governor’s race, 58% to 38%.

“Senator Collins paid for the bullets at Donald Trump’s command. Now she wants credit for not pulling the trigger.”

— Maine U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson (D), at a debate with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

“Property taxes are a hot-button issue in Ohio, where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is trying to run as a change candidate for governor in a state long run by Republicans. And in his latest campaign ad, he tried to press the button hard. The spot featured a woman from Amherst (a Cleveland suburb) named Patricia ‘Patty’ Edwards, who is fretting about losing the family farm,” The Bulwark reports.

“But while the topic may resonate with voters, the featured couple has created complications for Ramaswamy’s camp.”

“That’s because Vernon Edwards—Patty’s husband, who appears a few times in b-roll alongside her in the ad—is a registered sex offender.”

“The head of a top Republican super political action committee said a batch of key states are the party’s ‘red wall’ heading into next month’s election and that the GOP is focused on bolstering Senate candidates in races including Iowa, Alaska, Maine and Ohio where Democrats are making surprising inroads,” Bloomberg reports.

“It’s real. People are freaking out. You see it in their faces. There’s serious concern like I’ve never seen before.”

— Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R), quoted by Texas Monthly, on whether Texas will finally turn blue in this year’s elections.

“President Donald Trump says federal authorities are ‘looking into’ Dan Sullivan, an independent challenger who goes by the same name as the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in the Alaska Senate race,” Fox News reports.

“He suggested the second Sullivan’s presence in the race was a ‘hoax’ by Democrats to siphon voters away from the Republican candidate.”

Said Trump: “We are looking, I can’t say federal, but we are looking into it. It’s a disgrace. We have, I call him the real Dan Sullivan, a great senator from Alaska. And in the race, they put somebody named Dan Sullivan who knows nothing about politics. His name happens to be Dan Sullivan. They even wanted to change his middle initial, which was different. They wanted to make it an S so that it could be exactly correct. I think it’s just terrible that they did it.”

The Guardian: Trump urges Alaskans to vote for the “real” Dan Sullivan in tight midterms battle.