DNC eliminates donor threshold for Feb. 19 debate

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020: The Iowa caucuses take place on Monday, where there are 41 pledged delegates at stake for Democrats. The Democratic National Committee released its criteria for the Feb. 19 presidential primary debate in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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** WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DEMOCRATS WON THE NARROWEST IOWA CAUCUS VICTORY IN PARTY HISTORY?
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Hillary Clinton (2016)→ ([link removed])

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John Kerry (2004)→ ([link removed])

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Walter Mondale (1984)→ ([link removed])

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Barack Obama (2008)→ ([link removed])

Notable Quote of the Day ([link removed])

“A presidential campaign axiom holds that there are only three tickets out of Iowa. While former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have the loyal bases and national polling leads to remain in contention regardless of the outcome in the first state to vote, the fortunes of Warren, Buttigieg and Klobuchar rest heavily on how they perform here. …

The three are also facing different challenges: Warren is aiming to relieve voters’ anxiety about whether she can actually defeat Trump, Buttigieg is hoping to persuade Iowans that an outsider is what they need and Klobuchar must convince voters she has enough momentum to actually win.

While Warren, Buttigieg and Klobuchar all need to outperform expectations, it’s unlikely all three will be able to: They’re all competing for the same type of high-information, college-educated voters who have bounced from candidate to candidate over the course of the now year-old primary race. “

– Kevin Robillard, _HuffPost_

 
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** IOWA CAUCUSES
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The first presidential nominating event of the 2020 election cycle takes place in IOWA ([link removed]) on Monday. On the Democratic side, 41 pledged delegates are at stake. On the Republican side, 40 delegates are available.

 
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The Democratic National Committee released its qualifying criteria ([link removed]) for the Feb. 19 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE ([link removed])) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Candidates have three paths to qualify: (1) receive at least one pledged delegate in the Iowa caucuses or New Hampshire primary; (2) receive 10 percent support in four national, Nevada, and/or South Carolina polls; or (3) receive 12 percent support in two Nevada and/or South Carolina polls. Each poll must be publicly released between Jan. 15 and Feb. 18. The donor threshold used in previous debates was eliminated.

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Three candidates have already qualified: former Vice President JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) and Sens. BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) and ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) . Only two other candidates have at least one qualifying poll: MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ([link removed]) and PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) .

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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) released his final campaign ad ([link removed]) in New Hampshire on Friday. The clip focuses on his electability against TRUMP.

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The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), which has 200,000 members, endorsed ([link removed]) JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) on Saturday. In the 2016 presidential election, ATU had endorsed SANDERS. Rep. Danny Davis (Ill.) alsoendorsed ([link removed]) Biden. 

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Rep. Ben McAdams (Utah) endorsed ([link removed]) MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ([link removed]) on Friday. On Saturday, Bloomberg opened his Colorado ([link removed]) campaign headquarters in Denver. He also released his tax plan ([link removed]) , which would increase the corporate tax rate to 28 percent and add a surtax of 5 percent to incomes over $5 million.

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The PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) campaign is hosting a watch party in Des Moines, Iowa ([link removed]) , on Monday. He appeared ([link removed]) on HBO’s _Real Time with Bill Maher_, where he discussed his electability and race.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) will hold a virtual roundtable ([link removed]) with attorney Sean Callagy on Monday.

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Rep. Linda Sánchez (Calif.) endorsed ([link removed]) AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) on Saturday. The campaign is hosting its caucus watch party in Des Moines ([link removed]) on Monday.

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DEVAL PATRICK ([link removed]) will campaign in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Monday, making stops in North Conway, Hanover, New London, and Nashua.

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_The Wall Street Journal_ published a profile ([link removed]) of BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) ’ policies throughout his career titled “The Socialist Evolution of Bernie Sanders.” Sanders is hosting his caucus night party in Des Moines ([link removed]) on Monday.

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The TOM STEYER ([link removed]) campaign unionized ([link removed]) with representation from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2325. Mattie Thomas, the co-chair of the Black Women’s Caucus of South Carolina, endorsed ([link removed]) Steyer.

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Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky endorsed ([link removed]) ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) on Friday. Warren released four more campaign ads ([link removed]) ; three will run in Iowa and one will air in New Hampshire.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) announced ([link removed]) that he had raised $6.7 million in January, bringing in $1.2 million on Jan. 31. He is campaigning in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Monday.

 
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In addition to his two Super Bowl commercials, DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) flew aerial banners ([link removed]) in Miami before the game on Sunday. Fox News’ Sean Hannity also interviewed ([link removed]) Trump in a pregame event.

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_The New York Times_ profiled ([link removed]) JOE WALSH ([link removed]) and his Iowa campaign efforts.

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BILL WELD ([link removed]) campaigned in Des Moines ([link removed]) on Sunday.

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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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FiveThirtyEight: Breaking Down Our Iowa Forecast, District By District ([link removed])

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The New York Times: What’s at Stake in the Iowa Caucuses ([link removed])

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Politico: Whoever Wins Iowa, They Won’t Be Back ([link removed])

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Slate: A Font Issue Led Des Moines Register to Abruptly Nix Release of Critical Iowa Poll ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Rand Paul ([link removed]) and Rick Santorum ([link removed]) ended their presidential campaigns following the Iowa caucuses.
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