In Illinois, Politico’s Alex Burns reports that Mark Kirk will received the support of yet another popular national figure:

Mitt Romney will visit Chicago on Sept. 24 to stump for Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk, according to a source close to the Kirk campaign. Kirk’s also getting a boost this month from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who’s scheduled to appear with the congressman on Sept. 13. A Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll published overnight showed the race for President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat as close as can be…