Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that won’t necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* In Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Planned Parenthood Votes has just made a major, $1 million ad buy, shining a spotlight on Ken Cuccinelli’s views on women’s health. Simultaneously, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is launching a direct-mail campaign intended to reach 155,000 Virginia households.
* In Montana, Democrats have struggled to find a top-tier U.S. Senate candidate for 2014, but that’s changed rather dramatically. Lt. Gov. John Walsh (D), a former Montana National Guard commander, is poised to kick off his campaign, and will almost certainly take on Rep. Steve Daines (R) in the open-seat contest.
* In Pennsylvania, a new statewide poll shows Gov. Tom Corbett (R) continuing to lose public support in advance of his re-election bid. His approval rating now stands at a woeful 33%.
* And in Iowa, state Sen. Kent Sorenson (R) was forced to resign yesterday, following accusations he violated state ethics rules by indirectly accepting money from Michele Bachmann’s 2012 presidential campaign.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."