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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

4 years

Batista cutting an ad for Joe Biden was not on my 2020 bingo card. The crossover between professional wrestling and politics is honestly wild and pretty expansive

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I mean this totally non-sarcastically: AOC's stream with a lot of super prominent streamers is probably going to be the single-largest event to reach young voters. Soooo many people tuned in. Probably going to be lost in the general internet illiteracy, but it was a huge stream

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

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Thank you so much for joining, Myth! I’m so excited this is your first time voting! I had a blast. Thanks @IlhanMN , @pokimanelol , @hasanthehun , @DisguisedToast , @mxmtoon , @Jack_Septic_Eye , @Hbomberguy , @DrLupo , @Valkyrae , @Gusbuckets , @Corpse_Husband , @MoistCr1TiKaL & @israhirsi

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Zach Montellaro

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. @AOC raised a big $1.2 million in the second quarter. She'll probably be the highest fundraising House Democrat this quarter (outside of leadership), which is especially remarkable considering a whopping 84 percent is from small donors

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NEW FEC F3 OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA (DEM-Inc) #NY14 RCPT $1,225,644 EXPN $632,335 COH $1,419,669

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Zach Montellaro

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Happy anniversary to the funniest POLITICO headline of all time

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New CBS News/YouGov polls (count for the Jan debate) Iowa Sanders 23% Biden 23% Buttigieg 23% Warren 16% Klobuchar 7% Everyone else at or below 3 percent N.H. Sanders 27% Biden 25% Warren 18% Buttigieg 13% Klobuchar 7% Everyone else at or below 3 percent

Sanders starts 2020 in strong position in Iowa and New Hampshire — CBS News Battleground Tracker

Sanders is tied with Biden and Buttigieg for the lead in Iowa and has a narrow lead in New Hampshire over Biden.

www.cbsnews.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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New: @AndrewYang is suing the New York board of elections over the effectively-canceled state presidential primary, arguing that canceling it disenfranchises voters and could also suppress turnout for downballot races

Andrew Yang sues over New York’s shutdown of presidential primary

The former Democratic candidate argues that axing the primary would deny voters due process and hurt down-ballot candidates.

www.politico.com

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NEW: @AndrewYang 's campaign raised $750,000 on Saturday, his largest single-day haul to date. What's most interesting about it: The big haul wasn't tied to a typical major fundraising moment, like a debate or end-of-quarter push

Andrew Yang raises $750,000 in 24 hours

The haul reflects the campaign’s ability to attract funds via grassroots appeals.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

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Wish I had the confidence of the many Election Twitter teens who have a living memory of two (maybe three) federal elections but tweet like they staffed McGovern

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Zach Montellaro

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Michigan rejected these ballots because the voter died after casting their ballot but before Election Day. Right in the release from the secretary of state's office

Rejected absentee ballot numbers highlight need for legislative changes

The majority of disenfranchised voters in last week's statewide primary could easily have had their votes counted with small changes in law, preliminary data on rejected ballot numbers show.

www.michigan.gov

Jason Miller

@JasonMillerinDC

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Michigan Rejects 846 Mailed Ballots 'Because the Voter Was Dead'

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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And here's Andrew Yang's Q4 numbers: $16.5 million, with a cumulative 400,000 donors and 1 million contributions. This'll likely land him in fifth place in Q4 fundraising, and represents a BIG improvement over Q3. He's got the money to run for a while

Yang raises $16.5 million in fourth quarter

The entrepreneur raised $1.3 million on the last day of the year.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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New Quinnipiac University NATIONAL poll (counts for the December debate) Biden 29% Sanders 17% Warren 15% Buttigieg 9% Bloomberg 5% Yang 4% Everyone else at or below 3 percent

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Since Mitch McConnell announced that there would be a vote in the Senate on whomever the president nominates for the Supreme Court, over $1 million has been donated through ActBlue, if you're curious how Democratic donors are feeling

POLITICO

@politico

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court will be put to the Senate floor for a vote — setting off a titanic political clash over the high court

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Zach Montellaro

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A guy in a new Larry Elder California recall ad is really working through some stuff. He says Gavin Newsom reminds "me of the guy in high school who took my girlfriend, then went on to the next girl" (Ad captured by our friends at @Ad_Impact )

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Zach Montellaro

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The debate ramifications: @AndrewYang has now QUALIFIED for the Feb. 7 debate in New Hampshire. After missing out on the January debate stage, he will make his return

Yang qualifies for New Hampshire primary debate

After failing to qualify for a debate in Iowa earlier this month, he has earned a spot in the next Democratic debate.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Trump said he believes there's a lot of cheating with mail-in voting and that people need to show up in person, with an ID. But that's baseless. 33 states already have some form of mail-in absentee voting for all. And no demonstrated, widespread fraud

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Zach Montellaro

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The moment we've all been waiting for: It is now 12:00 a.m. on Aug. 21, and it appears that Kanye West has missed his first FEC filing deadline. Say it ain't so!

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Zach Montellaro

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. @AndrewYang has QUALIFIED for the DECEMBER debate. He is now the seventh (and likely last) candidate to do so

Andrew Yang qualifies for PBS NewsHour/POLITICO debate

He's the seventh — and likely final — candidate to qualify.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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New Quinnipiac NATIONAL poll (counts for the November debate) Warren 29% Biden 26% Sanders 16% Buttigieg 4% Harris 3% Yang 3% Everyone else at or below 2 percent

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Another candidate gets airwave support in New Hampshire: MATHPAC, a super PAC that backs (you guessed it) Andrew Yang, dropped about $161,000 on ads starting on Feb. 7. @Ad_Analytics captured the creative today, a positive spot that argues Yang is the best matchup vs Trump

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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New Washington Post/ABC News NATIONAL poll Biden 28% Sanders 24% Warren 11% Bloomberg 8% Yang 7% Buttigieg 5% Everyone else at or below 4 percent

Biden holds steady, Warren slips in national poll as Iowa caucuses approach

Joe Biden is holding his ground in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

abcnews.go.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Trump's fundraising operation sent an email signed this morning by Blake Masters, the Arizona Republican Senate candidate. But the default split is ... absolutely brutal, with 99 percent of it going to Trump and 1 percent to Masters

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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BREAKING: @TomSteyer has QUALIFIED for the January debate with a day to go until the deadline, off an apparent surge in Fox News polls in South Carolina and Nevada

Surging Steyer qualifies for Democratic debate

The billionaire, who is the sixth candidate to make the stage, is in the double digits in new Fox News polls in Nevada and South Carolina.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

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Republicans who worked to undercut or overturn Biden's victory are now running for secretary of state, meaning politicians who have taken steps to undermine faith in the American democratic system could soon be the ones running it. My latest

They tried to overturn the 2020 election. Now they want to run the next one.

Trump supporters who back his claim that the 2020 vote was rigged are running to become the top election officials in key states.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Baseball mascots aimlessly wandering empty ballparks while trying to interact with cardboard cutouts of fans is arguably the most dystopian part of this pandemic

Dan Gelston

@APgelston

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The Phanatic does the wave!

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Biden is suspending TV ads tomorrow, keeping with a tradition of stopping them on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. I asked both campaigns their plans a bit past noon today, haven't heard back from Trump (both Trump and Clinton did so in 2016)

Biden will pull TV ads on 9/11 anniversary

The Trump campaign did not respond to a similar inquiry.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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BREAKING: Ballots are not going to be tossed. U.S. District judge just announced that he is going to rule that the plaintiffs don't have standing, but said that if he believed they did, he still wouldn't have granted the injunction

Federal judge rejects GOP push to toss 127,000 ballots in Texas

The judge also granted a request by Republicans to preserve all records indicating which votes were cast using the method, in case of further litigation or appeals.

www.politico.com

Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

4 years

We're about an hour out from an emergency hearing in a federal district court on a Republican effort to get 125,000+ ballots in Texas tossed out. The (GOP-dominated) state Supreme Court rejected a similar case over the weekend. More with @joshgerstein

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New @QuinnipiacPoll NATIONAL survey Biden 25% Sanders 19% Warren 16% Buttigieg 8% Bloomberg 6% Yang 5% Everyone else at or below 4 percent

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Zach Montellaro

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The debate ramifications: @AndrewYang has now QUALIFIED for the November debate. He's the eighth candidate to do so

2020 Democratic polls

10th debate qualification (S.C.) ,Link,National/state,Dates,Bennet,Biden,Bloomberg,Booker,Brown,Buttigieg,Castro,Delaney,Gabbard,Holder,Kerry,Klobuchar,McAuliffe,Patrick,Sanders,Steyer National...

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New NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist NATIONAL poll Biden 24% Sanders 22% Warren 17% Buttigieg 13% Yang 5% Bloomberg 4% Klobuchar 4% Booker 4% Everyone else at or below 3 percent

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Engel ... primaried someone to win the seat initially!

CNN Politics

@CNNPolitics

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House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel warns his colleagues after losing his congressional seat: It is "very dangerous" to engage in intraparty primary fights

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Zach Montellaro

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This is a first: A couple weeks ago, I reported on a phantom super PAC, Americans for Progressive Action USA, that reported spending millions but had inconsistencies (). They just filed a new report, check out the refunds memos

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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What I think is the most interesting detail from @HCTrudo 's story: Yang's donor numbers! The campaign told her that they have nearly 400,000 individual donors and expects to post a fourth quarter haul of at least $12.5 million. That's BIG

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NEW: @AndrewYang raised $10 million in the third quarter, his campaign tells me, with over $6 million in the bank. He's just the sixth Democratic hopeful to have a quarter that breaks eight figures

Andrew Yang raises $10 million in third quarter

The Democrat’s support has exploded in the past three months, since he raised $2.8 million in the second quarter.

www.politico.com

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@ZachMontellaro

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This is freaking me out, man

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Looks like @AndrewYang is going up with his first television ad of the cycle. @Ad_Analytics tracks over $630,000 in reservations from his campaign in Iowa, starting tomorrow and running through Nov. 14

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Interesting: @KamalaHarris and the DNC formed a joint fundraising committee earlier today, per FEC records. This is something you usually only see from the party's nominee, and they're typically targeted toward donors who can cut six-figure checks!

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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I have now seen all nine of the Fast & Furious movies in a little over two months (including Hobbs and Shaw, @TheRock is a true joy) and I am completely prepared to declare this the greatest movie franchise of all time

Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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I just started the first Fast and Furious movie for the first time and I don't know how they go from the first scene where people are literally stealing a truck full of TVs with built-in VHS players to @TheRock punching a missile in the newest movie but I'm ready for this journey

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. @Scholten4Iowa , who is challenging @SteveKingIA in #IA04 , has raised over $641,000 in the past two days alone. His campaign is going to launch a big TV blitz

Steve King opponent gets last-second deluge of cash

Democrat J.D. Scholten raised over $641,000 on Tuesday and Wednesday alone.

www.politico.com

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New South Carolina Quinnipiac poll (Counts for the December debate) Biden 33% Warren 13% Sanders 11% Buttigieg 6% Steyer 5% Yang 4% Everyone else at or below 3 percent

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New @MonmouthPoll in IOWA Biden 24% Sanders 18% Buttigieg 17% Warren 15% Klobuchar 8% Everyone else at or below 4 percent

Dem 2020 Race Continues to Shift | Monmouth University Polling Institute

Support is firming up, but many still open to changing their support

www.monmouth.edu

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Zach Montellaro

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Spot the change in tone in ads in the Google ad archive from freshman GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn over the last week!

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@ZachMontellaro

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As we see first alignment numbers from some precincts come in, please don't read too much into them! Precincts can be idiosyncratic and weird, one precinct could caucus totally differently from its neighbor. So don't freak out if you see so-and-so isn't viable in ONE precinct!

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Zach Montellaro

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We have the thresholds for the Feb. 7 debate, per @kendallkarson Option A: Get at least 1 delegate out of Iowa Option B: 5 percent in 4 polls (or 7 percent in 2 early states), and 225k donors. Polling window is Dec. 13-Feb. 6; Iowa polls are excluded

ABC News announces moderators for February Democratic debate

ABC News announced five moderators for the upcoming Democratic debate on Feb. 7.

abcnews.go.com

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Zach Montellaro

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Both @BernieSanders & @ewarren said they're boycotting next week's debate bc they won't cross @UnitedHere11 's picket line. The union represents food service workers on LMU's campus, who are in a contract dispute with Sodexo. Some recent @LALoyolan coverage

Sodexo workers protest company

Sodexo workers staged a protest outside of the Lair on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Protestors held up signs reading "UNITE HERE! Sodexo Unfair/Sodexo Injusto" as they walked in a circle and

www.laloyolan.com

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Zach Montellaro

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This is INCREDIBLY high. Also consider that Texas already has fairly strict rules for who can vote via the mail — most Texans can't — so this number of rejections is hitting groups of people who are probably more likely to have problems getting to the polls in-person

Acacia C

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Breaking AP exclusive: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — AP review shows Texas rejected about 13% of mail ballots, nearly 23,000 total, in first election under new voting law. #txlege Our latest:

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New Quinnipiac NEW HAMPSHIRE poll (counts for the November and December debate) Biden 20% Warren 16% Buttigieg 15% Sanders 14% Gabbard 6% Yang 4% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%

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Allies of Adam Kinzinger are launching an effort to recruit candidates to run for office, with a focus on local election clerks and volunteers who work the polls. Comes as Trumpworld increasingly wins primaries for election positions. Scoop from me

Kinzinger allies launch ‘pro-democracy’ candidate recruitment program

The nonprofit aligned with the retiring GOP congressman aims to be a counterweight to MAGA efforts to control election offices.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Hands down the funniest chart that will ever be published

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@ZachMontellaro

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Sanders raised an eye-popping $34.5 million in the final quarter of 2019, per @hollyotterbein . That's the best quarter for any Democratic hopeful so far. And what I think is the most important number: The campaign said "more than 99.9%" have not maxed out

Sanders delivers blowout fundraising number

The Vermont senator's campaign disclosed a $34.5 million haul for final quarter of 2019.

www.politico.com

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Alright excuse me WHAT is going on here

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NEW: The DNC announced the new thresholds for the January debate. Candidates need four polls at 5 percent (or 7 percent in two early-state polls) AND 225,000 unique donors (with 1,000 in 20 different states). Polls must be released between Nov. 14-Jan. 10

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. @AndrewYang 's nearly $10 million fundraising quarter is more than just a flashy number. It means a bigger staff, more field offices and voter data — and the potential runway to run into the early states. @EugeneDaniels2 's and my latest story

Andrew Yang adds experience to his pirate-ship campaign

The businessman has nearly quadrupled his staff and brought on some experienced Democratic strategists as his fundraising rose.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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I think a small part of Castro's decision to run for president was just so he'd have a larger platform to dunk on his brother

Julián Castro

@JulianCastro

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Trying to describe just how ugly @JoaquinCastrotx ’s beard looks

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New Fox News national poll Biden 26% Sanders 23% Warren 14% Bloomberg 10% Buttigieg 7% Yang 5% Everyone else at or below 4 percent

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Zach Montellaro

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. @AndrewYang 's campaign tells me that they've raised more than $120,000 since he promised to give away $120,000 as a pilot for his universal basic income program, in case you're curious

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Zach Montellaro

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Nothing official yet, but the famed DMR/CNN/Mediacom poll from Selzer & Co. could be landing next week. Our early state polling drought will hopefully be coming to an end soon

Adam Brewster

@adam_brew

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Could there be an Iowa poll coming soon? @IAStartingLine has this in their AM newsletter.

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I'm a big fan of "giving Zach, specifically, a raise" being endorsed by a presidential candidate!

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Holy cow: @BernieSanders ' campaign announced he raised more than $4 million from about 150,000 people in the 12 hours since he launched his campaign. An important detail: The campaign already signed up $500,000 worth of donations that will reoccur every month

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@ZachMontellaro

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Y'all have crashed my spreadsheet! So many people are viewing it right now, it isn't letting me update it 🤓

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

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If you want to know which polls qualify as they come out @ZachMontellaro is the person to follow 😀

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Being even moderately famous on public transportation sounds like a nightmare (this is from @AndrewYang 's NYT editorial board interview)

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@ZachMontellaro

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NEWS: The THRESHOLDS for the Feb. 19 debate are here and they are drastically different. Candidates need 10 percent in four polls (or 12 percent in two NV/SC polls) OR a delegate to the national convention out of Iowa or N.H. The donor threshold is GONE

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We got a Monmouth national poll coming tomorrow, which counts toward qualifying for the December debate. If Gabbard or Yang hit 4 percent, they're in the Dec. 19 debate

2020 Democratic polls

10th debate qualification (S.C.) ,Link,National/state,Dates,Bennet,Biden,Bloomberg,Booker,Brown,Buttigieg,Castro,Delaney,Gabbard,Holder,Kerry,Klobuchar,McAuliffe,Patrick,Sanders,Steyer National...

docs.google.com

MonmouthPoll

@MonmouthPoll

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COMING TOMORROW: National voter poll on the #2020Dem nomination for president. PLUS @realDonaldTrump reelection and voter ratings. @JoeBiden @MikeBloomberg @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders @EWarren @AndrewYang

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Eight years later, Newt Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign is still $4.6 million in debt

CATargetBot

@CATargetBot

4 years

NEW FEC F3P GINGRICH, NEWT (REP) #POTUS RCPT $8 EXPN $500 COH $3,756

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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The New York state Democratic presidential primary has been canceled. The Democratic commissioners on @NYSBOE just agreed that Sanders has stopped campaigning, so they're striking him from the ballot because they want to minimize folks voting in the pandemic

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I've been reporting at the conference for the last two days and there are election officials of all political stripes here. A lot of the panels are nothing particularly new — but if you're curious what they said it aired on C-SPAN and YouTube!

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BREAKING: Ohio's governor, secretary of state and lieutenant governor are recommending that Tues' primary election be postponed. They said they do not have the power to unilaterally do so, and that it is in the hands of the courts. Our story will update

Ohio governor shutters polling places for Tuesday's primary, citing public health

The Ohio Supreme Court overnight ruling effectively allows the state to postpone its primary until June as the coronavirus crisis escalates.

www.politico.com

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@ZachMontellaro

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NEW: The DNC announces four new debates. The qualification thresholds are coming at a later date

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@ZachMontellaro

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New Suffolk/USA Today NATIONAL poll (counts for both the November and December debates) Biden 26% Warren 17% Sanders 13% Buttigieg 10% Gabbard 4% Yang 3% Harris 3% Everyone else at or below 2 percent

USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Biden's lead over Warren narrows in a turbulent Democratic field

A year before Election Day, 18% of likely Democratic voters were undecided, and 57% with a preferred candidate said their decisions weren't firm.

www.usatoday.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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You heard 'em, so PLEASE stop tweeting at me about it (and also sign up for Morning Score to read about everything else I cover!)

Weekly Score

Here are the highlights from yesterday’s primaries in New York, Colorado, Utah and South Carolina.

www.politico.com

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

5 years

FYI #YangGang most polls likely didn’t run over the holidays. So we are probably looking at Friday for some new polls to resume coming out. Rest and relax until then. 😀👍

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Four candidates have already QUALIFIED: @JoeBiden , @PeteButtigieg , @BernieSanders and @ewarren . @amyklobuchar has hit the POLLING THRESHOLD, and @AndrewYang has hit the DONOR THRESHOLD

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NEW: All seven of the candidates who are slated to be in next week's debate, plus Booker and Castro, signed on to a letter urging the DNC to restore the either-or debate qualifying pathways. But the DNC isn't biting @AlxThomp and @ec_schneider report

DNC balks at effort to alter debate qualifications

Cory Booker and Julián Castro may not make the January and February debates under current rules.

www.politico.com

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@ZachMontellaro

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I just called Steyer's team, this isn't true. Steyer is not dropping out

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@ZachMontellaro

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@AndrewYang There's eight candidates qualified for the November debate (we don't have a date yet): @JoeBiden , @CoryBooker , @PeteButtigieg , @KamalaHarris , @BernieSanders , @TomSteyer , @ewarren and @AndrewYang

Andrew Yang qualifies for 5th Democratic debate

He is the eighth candidate to qualify for the debate, which will be held on Nov. 20.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

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Another qualifying poll coming tomorrow from our pals at Monmouth. And in New Hampshire, no less!

MonmouthPoll

@MonmouthPoll

4 years

COMING TOMORROW – NEW HAMPSHIRE: Our third #2020Dem poll of likely Granite State primary voters on the Democratic presidential field. #NewHampshirePrimary #FITN

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Zach Montellaro

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@MonmouthPoll This means that @AndrewYang has now QUALIFIED for the fall debates. He's the ninth candidate to make it up on stage

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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An interesting quirk: Right now, Andrew Yang has actually outspent Joe Biden on all advertising (which includes TV, radio and digital), per @Ad_Analytics . Yang has spent a bit over $11 million, while Biden is at is at $10.7 million — but Biden has outspent Yang on digital!

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@ZachMontellaro

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New Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom IOWA poll (counts for the Jan debate) Sanders 20% Warren 17% Buttigieg 16% Biden 15% Klobuchar 6% Yang 5% Everyone else at or below 4 percent

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@ZachMontellaro

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For the record: I don't know when the next poll is coming out, nor have I seen any results!

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

5 years

Let’s just say I’ve already booked my tickets to LA for the next debate. 😀👍🇺🇸

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New: Joe Biden made a big hire: @Rob_Flaherty will be his digital director. He's a Beto, Priorities USA and Clinton '16 alum

Biden picks up O'Rourke alum to lead digital efforts

Rob Flaherty, who served as the digital director for former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s ill-fated presidential bid, is joining the former vice president's campaign.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Is everyone on this godforsaken website forgetting when Kid Rock "ran" for the Senate to promote an album? Can we chill for even a moment about Kanye until he does literally anything that indicates this isn't a public relations stunt

Kid Rock cleared of federal election violations after Senate gimmick

In dismissing a complaint, the FEC deems that the "Kid Rock for US Senate" promotion was artistic expression — not an actual election campaign

www.freep.com

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@ZachMontellaro

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NEW: We have the thresholds for the December primary debate (hosted by POLITICO/PBS), and they could endanger all but the top five candidates. Candidates need 4 percent in four DNC-approved polls (or 6 percent in two early-state polls) AND 200,000 donors

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2 years

Major job opening for anyone in D.C.

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This is obviously Trump's fault, but it is also the fault of congressional Republicans who entertained and stoked his bogus fraud claims up to and through today

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@ZachMontellaro

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High Hopes came on at the bar I'm at on Long Island and it was really triggering, and I don't even cover Buttigieg!

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@ZachMontellaro

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New Quinnipiac University national poll (counts for the November debate) Warren 28% Biden 21% Sanders 15% Buttigieg 10% Harris 5% Klobuchar 3% Everyone else at or below 2 percent

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

2 years

greatest political ad ever, no notes. going to have dictator-like numbers among italian americans who love cured meats 🤌🤌🤌

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

4 years

NEW: Troy Price, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, has submitted his resignation letter. It'll be effective as of Saturday, when an interim chair is elected. More to come with @natashakorecki

Iowa Democratic Party chairman resigns over caucus debacle

What transpired last week was unacceptable, Troy Price wrote in a resignation letter.

www.politico.com

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@ZachMontellaro

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If your grandma is an 81-year-old Electoral College elector for Michigan, you should know she is very proud of you and loved talking about you in an interview 😭

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@ZachMontellaro

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We are one week away from the qualifying deadline for the December debate, and @AndrewYang and @TulsiGabbard are teetering on a knife's edge. Can they both pick up that elusive fourth poll in time? My latest on debate qualifications, with seven days to go

Tulsi Gabbard, Andrew Yang teeter on debate bubble

The two outsider candidates are just shy of the polling threshold for the POLITICO/PBS NewsHour debate later this month, with just over a week left to qualify.

www.politico.com

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@ZachMontellaro

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Buttigieg is the first one out of the gate with Q4 fundraising numbers, raising a big $24.7 million. 733,000 individual donors for the year, per @ec_schneider

Buttigieg finishes year with $24.7 million haul in final quarter

Pete Buttigieg brought in more than $76 million in 2019 — an astounding total for a candidate who started the year with no national profile.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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@AndrewYang He'll join @JoeBiden , @PeteButtigieg , @amyklobuchar , @BernieSanders , @TomSteyer and @ewarren on stage. The ~*~spreadsheet~*~ and story are being updated shortly

2020 Democratic polls

10th debate qualification (S.C.) ,Link,National/state,Dates,Bennet,Biden,Bloomberg,Booker,Brown,Buttigieg,Castro,Delaney,Gabbard,Holder,Kerry,Klobuchar,McAuliffe,Patrick,Sanders,Steyer National...

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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New: We have the threshold for the March 15 debate. Candidates must earn 20 percent of pledged delegates awarded thus far — meaning we will almost assuredly have a Biden vs. Sanders showdown

DNC sets up Biden vs. Bernie clash in next debate

The committee's new rules all but guarantee a two-man debate on March 15.

www.politico.com

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

3 years

What if there was a lesser man instead of Eugene Goodman on duty in that particular place, at that particular time, in the Capitol on Jan. 6?

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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New CNN/UNH New Hampshire poll Sanders 25% Biden 16% Buttigieg 15% Warren 12% Klobouchar 6% Gabbard 5% Yang 5% Everyone else at or below 4 percent

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

5 years

Haven't federal government employees suffered enough?

The GW Hatchet

@gwhatchet

5 years

GW is offering federal government employees free tickets to men's and women's basketball games

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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The debate ramifications: @TomSteyer has now HIT the POLLING THRESHOLD. He still needs the donors, but his campaign told me on Friday they were on track to do so. @AndrewYang gets his third poll, needing just one more to qualify

2020 Democratic polls

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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The debate ramifications: @TulsiGabbard now needs one more poll to qualify for the December debate in the next month and change (she still needs donors, too). @AndrewYang is also halfway through the polling threshold, and already has the donors

2020 Democratic polls

10th debate qualification (S.C.) ,Link,National/state,Dates,Bennet,Biden,Bloomberg,Booker,Brown,Buttigieg,Castro,Delaney,Gabbard,Holder,Kerry,Klobuchar,McAuliffe,Patrick,Sanders,Steyer National...

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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It is midnight, so the qualification window for the December debate has passed! The DNC will make it official later, but expect seven candidates on stage: @JoeBiden , @PeteButtigieg , @amyklobuchar , @BernieSanders , @TomSteyer , @ewarren and @AndrewYang

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

4 years

By federal law, ballots have to be sent out to military and overseas voters today. Some states won't because of recently wrapped up/still pending legal battles, but the election is effectively *here* in every state now

electionline

@electionline

4 years

Happy UOCAVA day y'all! 🗳️📬

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Zach Montellaro

@ZachMontellaro

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Yang is asking the DNC to commission polls in the early states to make up for the lack of qualifying early state polls (we haven't seen one since November!). I think you can put this pretty safely in the "not gonna happen" column, though

Hanna Trudo

@HCTrudo

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🚨Scoop: @AndrewYang sent a letter to @DNC Chairman @TomPerez asking him to commission 4 early-state polls before Jan. 10 to encourage more diversity at the next debate.

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