Lineup set for second Democratic presidential debate July 30 & 31
On Thursday, CNN announced the lineup for each night of the second presidential primary debate in Detroit, Michigan. To avoid one debate being labeled an undercard event, CNN used a random drawing to distribute the 20 presidential candidates that qualified across the two debate nights.
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Here are the candidates for Tuesday, July 30: Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Tim Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Marianne Williamson.
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The other ten candidates will debate on Wednesday, July 31: Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Bill de Blasio, Cory Booke, Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Jay Inslee, and Andrew Yang.
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Wayne Messam, Seth Moulton, Joe Sestak, and Tom Steyer did not reach the polling or fundraising qualification requirements for this debate. Mike Gravel achieved the fundraising threshold but did not make the debate stage because tiebreaker rules favored candidates who qualified via polling.
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All 25 Democratic candidates will have to meet a new set of criteria to appear in the third presidential primary debate in September in Houston. Candidates must reach 2 percent support or more in four qualifying national or early state polls and receive donations from at least 130,000 unique donors and a minimum of 400 unique donors per state in at least 20 states.
Trump (R), Buttigieg (D) lead presidential fundraising in second quarter
The deadline for presidential candidates to file second-quarter financial reports with the Federal Election Commission passed on Monday. Here are the highlights from those reports:
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President Donald Trump (R) led all presidential candidates with $26.5 million in receipts. Individual contributions accounted for $8.8 million of that total while amounts received from PACs and political committees were $17.6 million.
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Pete Buttigieg (D) more than tripled the amount he received during the first quarter, reporting $24.9 million in individual contributions. Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren followed with $22 million and $19.2 million, respectively.
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Bernie Sanders spent $14.1 million during the second quarter—the most expenditures of any candidate. He also ended the quarter with $27.3 million—the most cash among the Democratic candidates. Only two other Democratic candidates—Buttigieg and Warren—reported having about $20 million or more in cash on hand heading into the third quarter.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at the age of 99
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died at the age of 99 on Tuesday.
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Stevens was appointed to the court by President Gerald Ford (R) in 1975 to succeed Justice William O. Douglas. He was Ford's only appointment to the court. Stevens served until assuming senior status in June 2010, after which President Barack Obama (D) appointed current Justice Elena Kagan to succeed him. During his tenure, Stevens served on the Burger Court, the Rehnquist Court, and the Roberts Court.
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Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Stevens served on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He was appointed to that post by President Richard Nixon (R) in 1970. He earlier worked in private practice in Chicago and served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Vice President Pence attends fundraiser for Bishop (R) in NC-09
Vice President Mike Pence (R) joined Dan Bishop (R) at a Fayetteville, N.C., fundraiser on Wednesday. Bishop faces Dan McCready (D), Allen Smith (G), and Jeff Scott (L) in the Sept. 10 special election for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
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Bishop and Pence discussed national security and Bishop's support for President Trump, The Fayetteville Observer reported. Trump held a campaign rally at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday night. The president endorsed Bishop on May 16, two days after Bishop won the Republican primary with 48% of the vote against nine other candidates.
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Also this week, campaign finance reports showed McCready raised $1.4 million between April 25 and June 30, bringing his total contributions to $3.4 million. Bishop raised $662,000 during the same period for a total of $1.2 million raised.
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The special election was called after the North Carolina State Board of Elections did not certify the 2018 general election results following allegations of absentee ballot fraud. Those returns showed Republican candidate Mark Harris leading McCready—who was the 2018 Democratic nominee—by 905 votes.
Harris leads Democratic candidates in Ballotpedia pageviews for second consecutive week
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention.
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Sen. Kamala Harris’ campaign page on Ballotpedia received 3,594 pageviews for the week of July 6-13. Harris’ figure represents 8.7% of pageviews for all Democratic candidates during the week.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden had 7.7% of the candidate pageviews for the week while Sen. Elizabeth Warren had 6.7%.
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Every Democratic campaign’s pageviews decreased this week with former Rep. Eric Swalwell showing the steepest drop of 69.2%. Swalwell suspended his presidential campaign on July 8, 2019.
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The top three candidates in lifetime pageviews are South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 86,772, entrepreneur Andrew Yang with 73,481, and Harris with 71,849.
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On the GOP side, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld had 8,945 pageviews to President Donald Trump’s 1,368.
Congress is in session
The Senate will be in session July 22-26 and the House will be in session July 23-26. Click here to see the full calendar for the first session of the 116th Congress.
Where was the president last week?
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On Monday, Trump hosted the third annual Made in America product showcase.
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On Tuesday, Trump participated in a Cabinet meeting and met with Republican Congressional leaders.
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On Wednesday, Trump spoke at a Make America Great Again rally in Greenville, North Carolina.
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On Thursday, Trump met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
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On Friday, Trump participated in a roundtable with supporters.
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