Monday's Campaign Round-Up, 6.2.25: Abigail Spanberger hits the airwaves in Virginia race
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* With 22 weeks to go in Virginia's closely watched gubernatorial race, former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger has launched her first television ad of the election cycle. Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has already launched two ads for her own.
* In Alabama, with Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville forgoing re-election to run for governor, the GOP field to run for his Senate seat is growing. State Attorney General Steve Marshall threw his hat into the ring late last week.
* In Michigan's gubernatorial race, the Democratic Governors Association Victory Fund began airing an ad last week targeting Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who was elected as a Democrat but is now running as an independent.
* Amid speculation about the Democrat's possible presidential ambitions, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is launching the American Mobilization Project, a new political action committee focused on opposing the Republican agenda.
* Annie Andrews, a Democratic pediatrician who ran for Congress unsuccessfully in 2022, kicked off her first U.S. Senate campaign last week, hoping to take on Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in his 2026 re-election race.
* While Politico reported last week that former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown was unlikely to run again for the Senate, the Ohioan's spokesperson soon after said the report was 'untrue,' adding that Brown 'is considering all his options and hasn't ruled anything out.'
* And while June tends not to be an especially busy month for elections, Bolts magazine published a rundown of the races worth watching this month, starting with gubernatorial primaries in New Jersey next week.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
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