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MARCH 19, 2020: Bernie Sanders is assessing the future of his presidential campaign. Bill Weld suspended his campaign on Wednesday.

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DELAWARE ([link removed]) : Delaware election officials said ([link removed]) Wednesday that the state was planning to continue with its April 28 primary. “We’re continuing to monitor the situation at this point and plan to proceed as scheduled," state Elections Commissioner Anthony Albence said.

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“With Biden running away with it now, this would have been a good time to define him right off the bat. But it won't break through now, nor would it look good. This hiatus in many ways helps Biden.”

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Reps. Gerald Connolly (Va.), Raul Ruiz (Calif.), and Brad Sherman (Calif.) endorsed ([link removed]) JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) .

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Kirkland & Ellis senior partner Jon Henes, the former national finance chair for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, is forming a fundraising committee ([link removed]) with other corporate restructuring attorneys to support BIDEN’s campaign. 

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) hosted a telephone town hall ([link removed]) for her constituents in Hawaii.

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BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) campaign manager Faiz Shakir said ([link removed]) on Wednesday, “The next primary contest is at least three weeks away. Sen. Sanders is going to be having conversations with supporters to assess his campaign.”

 
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_The Wall Street Journal_ reported ([link removed]) on DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) ’s changing re-election strategy following the coronavirus pandemic. 

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The Lincoln Project, a group formed by anti-Trump Republicans, released an ad ([link removed]) attacking TRUMP that compares him to a virus.

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BILL WELD ([link removed]) suspended ([link removed]) his presidential campaign on Wednesday. He won one delegate from Iowa throughout the Republican primary process.

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Associated Press: Sanders faces tough decisions as path to nomination narrows ([link removed])

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Politico: Trump labels himself ‘a wartime president’ combating coronavirus ([link removed])

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National Review: The Mysterious Rise, Fall, and Rise of Joe Biden ([link removed])

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