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OCTOBER 17, 2019: Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke hold rallies in Texas Thursday. Tom Steyer spent more than $26 million on TV ads since entering the race.

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“Historically, endorsements have been a good predictor of presidential primary outcomes, often rivaling early polls for how well they anticipate how the vote will eventually turn out. The theory behind the importance of endorsements, as perhaps best articulated in the book ‘The Party Decides,’ has come under attack in recent years, mostly because Donald Trump’s nomination in 2016 despite a lack of support from Republican endorsers was a poor data point for the theory (to put it kindly). In addition, some Democrats who received a number of endorsements earlier this year, such as Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker, have not yet gained much traction in the polls. Nonetheless, the theory has a fairly good long-term track record. Incidentally, the theory is not necessarily that the endorsements directly influence voters — for instance, that a voter says to herself ‘Senator Such-and-Such is endorsing Governor So-and-So; guess I’m going to vote for So-and-So!.’ (Although, an endorser with as high a profile as Ocasio-Cortez could be an exception.) Rather, it’s that endorsements are a proxy for support from ‘party elites,’ and that party elites’ preferences tend to be a leading indicator of voter preferences.”

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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) criticized ([link removed]) the cost of the Medicare for All plans proposed by SANDERS and WARREN. “Democrats need to win back the nine million Obama-Trump voters to take the White House and Senate and keep the House. Nominating a candidate who supports Medicare for All is not a recipe to do that,” Bennet tweeted ([link removed]) .

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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) discussed the Turkish conflict ([link removed]) in Syria and criticized TRUMP’s foreign policy during a speech in Iowa Wednesday.

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CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) introduced ([link removed]) the Break the Cycle of Violence Act Wednesday, which would spend $90 million over 10 years in urban areas on focused deterrence and other intervention programs.

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BOOKER will endorse ([link removed]) Marie Newman over incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinksi Thursday in Chicago.

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The STEVE BULLOCK ([link removed]) campaign organized a telephone news conference ([link removed]) with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, former Story County Democrats Chairwoman Jan Bauer, and former Rep. Dave Nagle Tuesday on Bullock’s campaign in Iowa.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) raised ([link removed]) more than $1 million in the 24 hours after the debate and passed ([link removed]) 600,000 individual donors.

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JULIÁN CASTRO ([link removed]) is attending a roundtable discussion ([link removed]) on racial profiling in Des Moines and a forum in Davenport Friday.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) discussed media coverage ([link removed]) of her campaign in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Wednesday.

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AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) raised ([link removed]) $1.1 million in the 24 hours following the October debate.

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BETO O'ROURKE ([link removed]) is holding ([link removed]) a counter-rally in Grand Prairie, Texas, while TRUMP is in Dallas Thursday night.

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Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib endorsed ([link removed]) BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) Wednesday.

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JOE SESTAK ([link removed]) is on his fifth day ([link removed]) of walking across New Hampshire, traveling from Mont Vernon to Manchester.

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) has spent more than $26 million on television ads ([link removed]) since beginning his campaign in July, according to a _Wall Street Journal_ analysis. That is more than six times as many ads as the rest of the Democratic field combined aired. Twenty thousand of Steyer’s 53,000 ads aired in Iowa.

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ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) will attend a meeting ([link removed]) with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Bold PAC Thursday.

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) wrote ([link removed]) an op-ed in _The Washington Post_ criticizing the content of the October debate and stating she would not drop out of the race. Williamson also discussed her campaign in an interview ([link removed]) on Fox News Channel.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) will host an unmoderated Q&A online ([link removed]) for 10 hours Friday on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and YouTube.

 
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MARK SANFORD ([link removed]) will campaign Thursday in Dayton, Ohio ([link removed]) , as part of his “Kids, We’re Bankrupt and We Didn’t Even Know It” Tour.

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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) is expected to discuss job growth during a campaign rally ([link removed]) in Dallas Thursday night.

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FiveThirtyEight: What Third-Quarter Fundraising Can Tell Us About 2020 ([link removed])

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The Wall Street Journal: Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Spent Over $50 Million This Year to Raise More Money ([link removed])

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The Washington Post: Don’t be surprised if Sanders becomes the kingmaker of the convention ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: OCTOBER 17, 2015

Jeb Bush released a digital ad ([link removed]) questioning Donald Trump’s ability to be commander-in-chief. 
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