Overview

• An Emerson College/PIX11/The Hill poll of likely voters shows Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli tied at 43% with about 11% undecided, highlighting a late break in a race long seen as leaning Democratic.
• The National Personnel Records Center admitted it improperly released a largely unredacted copy of Sherrill’s military file to GOP ally Nicholas De Gregorio, including sensitive personal data.
• Sherrill’s campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to the National Archives, the Ciattarelli campaign, and named operatives, while House Democrats led by Hakeem Jeffries urged a criminal investigation.
• Ciattarelli’s team says the documents came via a lawful FOIA request, refuses to destroy them, and has threatened defamation claims over allegations of illegal conduct.
• Reporting confirms Sherrill was barred from walking at her 1994 Naval Academy commencement tied to a cheating scandal she says she did not participate in, a point Republicans are pressing as President Trump touts the new poll.