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DECEMBER 17, 2019: Donald Trump raised more than $10 million since last week. Andrew Yang issued his healthcare plan on Monday.

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** WHAT WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE IN WHICH IOWA HELD THE EARLIEST NOMINATING CONTEST?
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“Obama’s ground game in the 2008 Iowa caucuses was particularly comprehensive — he opened local offices in small towns and rural counties across the state, in addition to the bigger cities — and essential to his eventual victory. Field offices can be crucial in the caucuses: They act as points of coordination for get-out-the-vote activities such as door-knocking and phone calls, which are proven ways to turn out voters.

But the 2020 campaigns, despite some robust field organizations, are not following Obama’s lead in Iowa. Their field office footprint is much smaller: Warren and Biden currently have 24 offices each, the most of any campaign, according to my data. And there are 10 counties in which Obama had an office, but the four front-runners in Iowa — Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren — do not. Based purely on the number and location of field offices, there is little daylight between the top four candidates, and none appear to have a distinctive field strategy.”

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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) proposed creating a new child tax credit ([link removed]) of $2,500 that would be fully refundable, regardless of income, up to the first $1,500.

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The Delaware ([link removed]) congressional delegation is hosting a fundraiser for JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) on Tuesday.

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MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ([link removed]) is planning to keep campaign staff ([link removed]) on the ground in battleground states for the general election, regardless if he wins the Democratic nomination.

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CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) introduced ([link removed]) the Farm System Reform Act of 2019 on Monday, which would place a moratorium on new and expanding large concentrated animal feeding operations.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) is attending fundraisers ([link removed]) in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood on Tuesday. Along with AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) , Buttigieg is also attending a Democratic National Committee gala.

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JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) posted ([link removed]) his LGBT policy plan, which includes passing the Equality Act and prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) and DEVAL PATRICK ([link removed]) spoke at the Unite for Mental Health town hall ([link removed]) in New Hampshire on Monday.

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BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) tweeted ([link removed]) a list of companies that paid no federal income tax in 2018.

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) is hosting a youth virtual town hall ([link removed]) in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

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ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) campaigned in Iowa ([link removed]) on Monday, where she discussed her plan for Medicare.

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) discussed arts advocacy ([link removed]) in a podcast with Ben Folds.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) issued his healthcare plan ([link removed]) on Monday, which would increase access to telehealth services, lower pharmaceutical costs, and reduce the influence of lobbyists on healthcare policy.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) raised ([link removed]) more than $10 million since last week, according to campaign manager Brad Parscale. 

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Republicans critical of TRUMP—Steve Schmidt, John Weaver, Jennifer Horn, Rick Wilson, and George Conway—have launched a new super PAC ([link removed]) called the Lincoln Project to convince conservative voters to reject Trump. 

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JOE WALSH ([link removed]) and BILL WELD ([link removed]) spoke at the Unite for Mental Health town hall ([link removed]) in New Hampshire on Monday.

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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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CityWatch: The 2020 Election Will Be Decided by the Burbs ([link removed])

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FiveThirtyEight: The 2020 Candidates Aren’t Matching Obama’s Iowa Ground Game (Yet) ([link removed])

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Politico: Democrats in dissension over all-white 2020 frontrunners ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 17, 2015

_FiveThirtyEight _reported on Marco Rubio’s campaign strategy ([link removed]) in Iowa, including establishing only one office in the state in a Des Moines suburb.
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