Michigan: Schuette and Witmer in a Deadlock

If Michigan's election for governor was held today, the party's presumed front-runners — Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette — would be deadlocked in a head-to-head matchup, according to a new poll.

But Schuette would defeat another potential Democratic candidate — Southfield trial attorney Geoffrey Fieger — by 10 percentage points, says the poll from EPIC-MRA of Lansing.

More at Detroit Free Press.

West Virginia: Manchin Has Edge, But is Vulnerable

Assuming that Senator Manchin doesn't switch parties before the next election:

Unveiling polling data to a dwindling crowd on the last day of the state Chamber of Commerce’s 81st annual Meeting and Business Summit, Rex Repass of Research America Inc. said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has double-digit leads on two potential head-to-head challengers. Manchin has a 10-point advantage over U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and a 14-point lead on state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who are both running for the seat as Republicans.

According to his data, 51 percent of the 400 likely voters surveyed approved of the job Manchin is doing as a senator. Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail.

Kentucky's Mitch McConnell Least Popular National Politician

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has the lowest favorability rating of any elected official with a national profile, according to a new Harvard-Harris poll provided exclusively to The Hill.

Forty-nine percent of voters polled have a negative view of the Senate leader. The rest of those polled didn’t know McConnell, or didn’t know enough to have an opinion. Source: The Hill.

New York Times: No Deal-Breakers for Trump-Supporters in Sight

•  “This is not about me as a black person, and my history,” she said. “This is about this president and wanting to take him down because you don’t like him.”
• “The guys who wouldn’t like me wouldn’t like Trump,” he said. “The guys who were condescending to him were condescending to me. “I feel like I’m watching my uncle up there. Where me and Chuck Schumer — that’s like going to the dentist,” he added, referring to the Democratic leader in the Senate.

Read more at the New York Times.

Paris, Texas: Tension Over Confederate Statue

Racial tension is brewing in Paris once again. The Lamar County Commissioner's Court will meet at 9 a.m. Friday morning to vote for the removal of a Confederate statue from the Lamar County Courthouse. More...