Alaska GOP cancels presidential primary

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019: Booker campaign manager Addisu Demissie said Booker needed $1.7 million by September 30 to continue in the race. The Alaska Republican Party canceled its presidential primary.

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There are 12 new candidates running since last week, including two Democrats, two Republicans, and one Libertarian. In total, 876 individuals are currently filed with the FEC to run for president.

Notable Quotes of the Day ([link removed])

“It’s a national primary based on the worst foundation: Name identification and money. And we’re supposed to be the party of ideas.”

– Dave Nagle, former U.S. representative from Iowa

“When I hear the critique that our grassroots fundraising threshold catalyzed perverse behavior, with all due respect, we gave candidates unprecedented access to earned media, not just through the debates and the low threshold for getting on the debates, but we worked with CNN and MSNBC — don’t just do a town hall with the perceived front-runners, give everybody a shot.”

– Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee chairman

 
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Seventeen Democratic candidates—MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) , JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) , CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) , STEVE BULLOCK ([link removed]) , PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) , JULIÁN CASTRO ([link removed]) , TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) , KAMALA HARRIS ([link removed]) , AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) , BETO O'ROURKE ([link removed]) , TIM RYAN ([link removed]) , BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) , JOE SESTAK ([link removed]) , TOM STEYER ([link removed]) , ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) , MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) , and ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) —attended the Polk County Steak Fry ([link removed]) Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. 

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BENNET, GABBARD, SANDERS, SESTAK, STEYER, and YANG attended ([link removed]) the Youth Voice forum co-sponsored by the _Des Moines Register_ and Des Moines Public Schools Sunday.

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BOOKER campaign manager Addisu Demissie posted ([link removed]) an internal memo to Medium on the state of Booker’s campaign. He wrote, “Here’s the bottom line: Cory 2020 needs to raise an additional $1.7 million by September 30 to be in a position to build the organization necessary to continue competing for the nomination. Without a fundraising surge to close out this quarter, we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward.”

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JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) was unable to appear at the Polk County Steak Fry because he was attending his daughter’s wedding ([link removed]) .

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GABBARD received ([link removed]) 2 percent support in a CNN/_Des Moines Register_/Mediacom Iowa poll Saturday, marking her third qualifying poll for the October debate. She needs one more to reach the polling threshold. 

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HARRIS spoke ([link removed]) at the Charleston NAACP’s 102nd annual Freedom Fund Banquet in South Carolina Saturday.

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O’ROURKE will campaign ([link removed]) in Illinois and Indiana Monday. 

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SANDERS proposed eliminating $81 billion in medical debt ([link removed]) by having the federal government pay off past-due medical bills in collections, limiting debt collection practices, and reviewing the billing and collection practices of non-profit hospitals.

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SANDERS held his first rally in Oklahoma ([link removed]) Sunday with more than 4,000 attendees.

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WARREN joined striking GM workers ([link removed]) on the picket line in Detroit Sunday.

 
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The Alaska Republican Party ([link removed]) canceled ([link removed]) its presidential primary Saturday, saying in a statement that it “would serve no useful purpose when we have an incumbent Republican president, such as President Trump, running for the Republican nomination for President."

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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) appeared ([link removed]) with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Houston with 50,000 people registered to attend.

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TRUMP said ([link removed]) Sunday that he had discussed corruption allegations against BIDEN and his son, Hunter, in a July phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said media reports that he pressured the Ukranian government to investigate Biden were false. Following initial reports about the phone call, Biden called ([link removed]) it an abuse of power and called on Congress to investigate Trump's communications with Zelensky.

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JOE WALSH ([link removed]) called for the impeachment of TRUMP on Twitter ([link removed]) and in an interview ([link removed]) on MSNBC’s _Morning Joe_ Monday.

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Mark Sanford ([link removed]) and BILL WELD ([link removed]) also appeared ([link removed]) on MSNBC’s _Morning Joe_ Monday.

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FiveThirtyEight: Why Bill de Blasio’s Campaign Failed ([link removed])

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Politico: Debate rules upend the way Democrats run for office ([link removed])

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The Wall Street Journal: Warren and Sanders Compete in Side Primary in New York ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced ([link removed]) the dates for the three general election presidential debates in 2016.
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