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Democratic Debate - 8:00 at Texas Southern University – hosted by ABC and Univision.
10 candidates qualified by having 130,000 donors and reaching at least 2 percent in four qualifying polls. The 10 include: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, NJ Sen. Cory Book, MN Sen. Amy Klobuchar, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Housing Sec Julian Castro, former TX Rep Beto O’Rourke and entrepreneur Andrew Yang
North Carolina 9th Congressional District - Open seat held by Republicans since 1962, Trump won by 12 points. Dan McCready (Dem) has been running 2 ½ years and spent 4.7 million dollars. Dan Bishop (Rep) has spent 1.7 million dollars and has been visited by President Trump and VP Pence.
To Date - House of Representatives – 11 Republicans and 3 Democrats who will not be running for re-election in 2020.
Senate Republican Primary to watch- Rep. Steve King (R,IA) – King was rebuked by the Repub Party for his racist comments. His Primary challenger, IA State Sen. Randy Feenstra has raised $400,000 in 2019 compared to King’s $153,000. This should be an interesting race to watch. (Open Secrets)
Competitive House Seats in 2020 - As many as 1 in 5 seats may be competitive. Dems: on defense in dozens of districts captured in 2018, including 31 districts President Trump won in 2016. Republicans will defend seats that Dems narrowly lost in 2018. Republicans need to worry about suburban voters who have revolted against Trump and new residents that are changing the makeup of many areas. In 2018, 89 races were decided by 10% or less. (the Hill)