Gabbard will not seek re-election to U.S. House
Gabbard will not seek re-election to U.S. House  
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October 25, 2019: Tim Ryan announced he was withdrawing from the 2020
presidential race and will run for re-election to the U.S. House from
Ohio. Tulsi Gabbard said she will not seek re-election to U.S.
Congress.
_Share the latest from the campaign trail._
   
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_Each Friday, we highlight a presidential candidate's key campaign
staffer
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Natalie Montelongo is a Democratic staffer with experience in national
political activism. Montelongo received a bachelor’s degree in
political science from St. Mary’s University in 2008, a master’s
degree in strategic negotiation from Paris-Sud University in 2010, and
a master’s in international relations and diplomacy from the
American Graduate School in Paris the same year.
Previous campaign work:
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2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign 
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political director (April 2016 - November 2016)
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regional organizing director (June 2015 - February 2016)
Other experience:
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2018-2019: ACLU, national campaign strategist
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2017-2018: Voto Latino, national organizing director
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2014-2015: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, presidential
appointee
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2013-2014: Podesta Group, associate
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2011: International Chamber of Commerce, project coordinator​
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Notable Quote of the Day
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“Non-college-educated whites, even after their expected decline,
will still represent a much larger share of the total vote in the key
Rust Belt battlegrounds than they do nationally. And in many of the
Sun Belt battlegrounds, Democrats have struggled to turn out growing
minority populations, failed to match their gains elsewhere among
college-educated whites, or both. The strong economy might also allow
Trump to suppress defections among college-educated white men and
possibly make some gains among black and Latino men.
Taken together, these factors could mean, as I wrote on Election Day
in 2016, that the Democratic coalition in the Rust Belt again crumbles
faster than it coalesces in the Sun Belt, allowing Trump to break
through to another win. But the study also pinpoints the inexorable
math pressing on Trump’s exclusionary vision for the GOP: His most
likely path to a second term will require him to squeeze even bigger
advantages out of dwindling groups.”
– Ronald Brownstein, _The Atlantic_
Democrats
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The 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center is hosting 10 presidential
candidates in South Carolina for its presidential forum focused on
criminal justice. Joe Biden
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Cory Booker
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Pete Buttigieg
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John Delaney
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Kamala Harris
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Amy Klobuchar
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and Bernie Sanders
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will participate
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in the first day on Saturday.
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Julián Castro
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Tulsi Gabbard
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and Elizabeth Warren
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will participate
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in the forum’s second day on Sunday.
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Michael Bennet
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and Tom Steyer
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are speaking at a presidential forum on climate and agriculture in New
Hampshire. Bennet will also speak
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at the New Hampshire Institute  “Politics and Eggs” event Friday.
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In a statement
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released Thursday, the Biden campaign indicated it is now open to
super PAC spending. "It is not surprising that those who are dedicated
to defeating Donald Trump are organizing in every way permitted by
current law to bring an end to his disastrous presidency,” deputy
campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said.
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_Politico Magazine_ published a profile
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of Steve Bullock
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called “The Red-State Savior Democrats Don’t Want.”
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Gabbard announced
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Thursday that she will not seek re-election to the U.S. House. “I
believe that I can best serve the people of Hawaii and our country as
your president and commander-in-chief,” she said in a video
statement.
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Beto O'Rourke
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issued an opioid crisis
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plan that includes ending stigma around substance use disorders,
increasing access to treatment, directing proper opioid prescriptions,
targeting the supply chain, and facilitating economic stability for
recovering individuals.
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Tim Ryan
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announced
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he was withdrawing from the 2020 presidential race and will run for
re-election in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.to the U.S. House
seat from Ohio.
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In his marijuana policy
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released Thursday, Sanders said he would seek to legalize marijuana in
his first 100 days of office through executive action. His plan also
called for using tax revenue from legal marijuana to fund a $20
billion grant for minority entrepreneurs.
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Joe Sestak
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spoke at Northern Essex Community College in Massachusetts
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and to members
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of the New Hampshire Medical Society Thursday.
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Marianne Williamson
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is making college visits
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Friday through Sunday with stops at Yale, Howard, and George
Washington University.
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Andrew Yang
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is holding a rally in San Francisco
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Sunday.
Republicans
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Donald Trump
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is speaking Friday at a criminal justice
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forum at Benedict College in South Carolina.
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Joe Walsh
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will speak at a presidential politics conference
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in Iowa at Dordt University Friday.
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During an appearance at the Citizen by CNN conference Thursday, Bill
Weld
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said
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he would vote for Biden over Trump.
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What We’re Reading
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Center for American Progress: The Path to 270 in 2020
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PRRI: Fractured Nation: Widening Partisan Polarization and Key Issues
in 2020 Presidential Elections
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Washington Examiner: Time running short for new 2020 Democrats to jump
in as filing deadlines approach
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Flashback: October 25, 2015
In an interview on NBC’s _Meet the Press_, Ben Carson discussed
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his opposition to abortion and Roe v. Wade.
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