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DECEMBER 2, 2019: Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak ended their presidential campaigns. Tulsi Gabbard crossed the donor threshold for the December debate.

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There are eight new candidates running since last week, including three Democrats and two Republicans. In total, 972 individuals are currently filed with the FEC to run for president.

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“Sitting presidents have long used their office to draw a spotlight and rake in money while the party out of power fights its way through a primary. Trump, however, never really ceased campaigning and has been running for reelection essentially since taking office, giving him a far earlier head start.

For months, his campaign has spent comparatively little on digital advertising in battlegrounds, while dumping money in population-dense states like New York, California and Texas, which are rich in potential donors but won’t decide the outcome of the election. Yet the money he is raising there will enable him to flood important states with advertising early next year.”

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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) is campaigning in eastern Iowa ([link removed]) Sunday and Monday. He appeared ([link removed]) on the _Intelligence Matters_ podcast to discuss foreign policy and election security on Nov. 27.

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Rep. John Garamendi (Calif.) endorsed ([link removed]) JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) on Saturday. Biden continues to campaign in Iowa ([link removed]) Monday as part of his eight-day “No Malarkey” bus tour through the state.

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MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ([link removed]) is spending $9.5 million on television ads ([link removed]) in several markets, including Los Angeles, Houston, Tampa, and Dallas.

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The pro-CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) super PAC, Dream United, announced ([link removed]) on Nov. 27 it would shut down. United We Win, another pro-Booker super PAC, will begin to air an ad ([link removed]) on Tuesday in Iowa as part of a $200,000 advertising and call campaign. The Booker campaign is also launching ([link removed]) a six-figure radio and digital ad campaign.

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STEVE BULLOCK ([link removed]) ended ([link removed]) his presidential campaign on Monday. “While there were many obstacles we could not have anticipated when entering into this race, it has become clear that in this moment, I won’t be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates,” he said in a statement. Bullock will not run for the U.S. Senate in Montana.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) spoke at a roundtable ([link removed]) on the minimum wage on Sunday in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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JULIÁN CASTRO ([link removed]) released his policy plan ([link removed]) on hunger and food insecurity on Nov. 27. Castro is campaigning in Los Angeles ([link removed]) on Monday.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) introduced a resolution ([link removed]) on Nov. 27 to withdraw troops from Syrian oil fields. On Sunday, Gabbard announced she had crossed the donor threshold ([link removed]) for the December debate and campaigned in New Hampshire ([link removed]) .

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_The New York Times _profiled ([link removed]) the state of KAMALA HARRIS ([link removed]) ’s campaign, including the resignation of state operations director Kelly Mehlenbacher. Harris campaigned in Iowa ([link removed]) on Thanksgiving Day.

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AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) ’s field organizers unionized ([link removed]) with representation from Teamsters Local 238. In a CNN interview ([link removed]) on Sunday, Klobuchar said she did not see herself voting to acquit TRUMP if there were an impeachment trial.

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DEVAL PATRICK ([link removed]) announced his campaign leadership ([link removed]) which includes former Beto O’Rourke staffer Abe Rakov as his campaign manager. Patrick campaigned in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Saturday.

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BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) campaigned in South Carolina ([link removed]) on Sunday with stops at the Reid Chapel AME Church and the University of South Carolina.

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JOE SESTAK ([link removed]) ended ([link removed]) his presidential campaign on Sunday. He said, “Without the privilege of national press, it is unfair to ask others to husband their resolve and to sacrifice resources any longer."

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) campaigned in Las Vegas ([link removed]) on Saturday and Sunday, speaking at an anti-corruption roundtable and a women’s town hall.

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.) endorsed ([link removed]) ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) on Saturday. Warren wrote ([link removed]) an op-ed about the AIDS crisis on Sunday.

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) campaigned in Iowa ([link removed]) on Saturday and Sunday with stops in Dubuque and Iowa City.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) released his tax returns ([link removed]) from 2011 to 2018 on Nov. 27. Yang also had his best fundraising day ([link removed]) on Saturday, raising $750,000.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) traveled to Afghanistan ([link removed]) on Thanksgiving Day to meet with troops.

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JOE WALSH ([link removed]) and BILL WELD ([link removed]) discussed ([link removed]) the future of the Republican Party on an episode of _The Economist Asks_ podcast.

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Associated Press: Democrats aim to catch up to Trump’s 2020 cash advantage ([link removed])

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Politico: Trump team positions Pence as the antidote to anti-Trump animus ([link removed])

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USA Today: 'You can’t take any of them for granted': The voters who will sway 2020's swing states ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 2, 2015

_The Washington Post_ published a Republican Party memo ([link removed]) on what the party should do if Donald Trump became the nominee.
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