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JANUARY 17, 2020: Michael Bloomberg met with members of several congressional caucuses on Thursday. Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren were sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

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ANALILIA MEJIA is a government and political affairs strategist with experience in union and worker advocacy and organizing primarily in the New Jersey area. Mejia received her bachelor’s degree as well as two master’s degrees—public policy and labor relations—from Rutgers University.
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2012: New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Latino vote director

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2009: New Jersey Democratic State Committee, deputy Latino vote director

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2014-2019: New Jersey Working Families Alliance, executive director

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2009-2014: Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

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2011-2014: Political director (New Jersey; multi-state northern region), SEIU Local 32BJ

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2009-2011: Assistant director of politics and policy, SEIU

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2007-2009: UNITE HERE, assistant political director (Chicago)

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2003-2007: New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, director of policy and government affairs

WHAT SHE SAYS ([link removed]) ABOUT SANDERS:
“No other candidate has consistently fought for organized labor as a building block for the middle class like @BernieSanders Period. Full stop. #UnionStrong”​​
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“Voters will head to the polls to cast the first in-person ballots in the Democratic presidential primary season on Friday — but not in Iowa's famous first-in-the-nation caucuses.

Thanks to generous early-voting laws, Iowa's neighbor to the north, Minnesota, has the distinction of offering the first chance for any voter to turn out and cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential campaign. …

Minnesota's early voting is a reminder that even though most observers are counting down until Iowa, some votes will be cast before then, no matter what strategies or surprises the candidates and the political fates have in store during the next few weeks.”

– Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News

 
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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) , AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) , BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) , and ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) were sworn in as jurors ([link removed]) in the impeachment trial ([link removed]) of DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) on Thursday.

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Rep. Terri Sewell (Ala.) endorsed ([link removed]) JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) on Friday, marking his eleventh endorsement from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Biden is campaigning in Iowa ([link removed]) on Friday and Saturday with stops in Sioux City, Council Bluffs, and Indianola.

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MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ([link removed]) met with members of the Congressional Hispanic, Asian Pacific American, and Black caucuses ([link removed]) on Thursday. He also spoke with representatives in the New Democrats and Blue Dog Coalition. Rep. Stephanie Murphy (Fla.), the co-chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition, and Rep. Harley Rouda (Calif.) endorsed ([link removed]) Bloomberg ([link removed]) . On Saturday, Bloomberg will campaign in Salt Lake City ([link removed]) .

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The PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) campaign reached an agreement ([link removed]) with field organizers and regional organizing directors represented by IBEW Local 2321. Buttigieg will campaign in Iowa ([link removed]) on Saturday.

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JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) continues to campaign in Iowa ([link removed]) with stops in Tama on Saturday and Washington on Sunday.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) will campaign in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Friday and Saturday with town halls in Merrimack and Milford.

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KLOBUCHAR is attending the Iowa State Educators Association forum in West Des Moines ([link removed]) on Saturday. She will campaign in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines on Sunday.

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DEVAL PATRICK ([link removed]) is opening his South Carolina ([link removed]) campaign headquarters in Columbia on Saturday.

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Rep. Mark Pocan (Wis.), the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, endorsed ([link removed]) SANDERS on Thursday. Sanders is holding a town hall and rally in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Saturday.

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) is campaigning in South Carolina ([link removed]) on Saturday with stops in Hartsville and Florence.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) will begin a bus tour of Iowa ([link removed]) beginning with the Iowa City Women's March on Saturday.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) ’s impeachment trial began on Thursday as Chief Justice John Roberts and the U.S. senators were sworn in as the presiding officer and jurors, respectively. Mike Pence held a Latinos for Trump event in Kissimmee, Florida ([link removed]) , on Thursday.

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_HuffPost_ interviewed ([link removed]) JOE WALSH ([link removed]) about his campaign on Thursday. He also discussed ([link removed]) the impeachment trial on CNN’s _The Lead with Jake Tapper_.

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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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CNBC: Mike Bloomberg has already surpassed Trump in Google ad spending for 2020 election ([link removed])

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NBC News: They're voting Friday in the presidential contest. Here's where. ([link removed])

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The New York Times: Bad Timing for Jury Duty ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: JANUARY 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, and Bernie Sanders participated ([link removed]) in the fourth Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina.
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