Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Colorado race is key ’14 battleground—MoveOn/PPP polls give Dems lead in five governors’ races— Citizens United poll in VA-10 finds Comstock with big lead—DSCC, DCCC memo outlines Senate/House landscape—Brown to officially launch N.H. bid Thursday
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With help from Elizabeth Titus and Juana Summers

OBAMACARE AND GOP CONGRESS COLLIDE IN COLORADO RACE: POLITICO&#39;s Jake Sherman reports on the intense and personal fight for Colorado&#39;s 6th Congressional District: "If [GOP incumbent Rep. Mike] Coffman exudes the military and physicality, with his thick gray calluses from the pushups, his Democratic rival, Andrew Romanoff, is the polished preppy. He was schooled at Harvard and Yale, drives a black Prius, and, with blindingly white teeth, looks very much the career politician. If Coffman dresses like a business executive, save for his ever-present cowboy boots, the wiry Romanoff favors khakis and an oxford shirt, with a black fleece on top. ... The contest is expected to be a magnet
 for outside money, and officials on both sides said the overall price tag for the entire campaign could exceed an extraordinary $25 million. That would make it one of the priciest campaigns in history, all for the support of the roughly 400,000 registered voters in this district that is roughly split among Republicans, Democrats and independents. This race will be a high-profile test of what offends voters more: Obamacare or the Republican Congress. Romanoff is running squarely against House Republicans' agenda, and Coffman is banking on the hope that voters will be sufficiently outraged about Obama's health plan to turn out on Election Day." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e1c3ffbf90796dad20cdc09e9017c05747b68b19f87846e8d 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e1c3ffbf90796dad20cdc09e9017c05747b68b19f87846e8d 

SCORE EXCLUSIVE-MOVEON POLLS IN SEVEN STATES: The progressive group MoveOn.org will release results today from polls it commissioned in seven states with competitive Senate or gubernatorial races. The automated polls, conducted by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, were part of a series the group did to gauge Medicaid approval in these states, though they did ask head-to-head matchup questions before they asked about policy proposals. Here are some of the key results, all of which show trouble for GOP incumbents:

-Maine governor: Republican Gov. Paul LePage 37, Democrat Mike Michaud 44, independent Eliot Cutler 14, not sure 5 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e47224c1d7789308e8c2118ae0b3be6d529532cbb86e87715 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e47224c1d7789308e8c2118ae0b3be6d529532cbb86e87715 

-Florida governor: Republican Gov. Rick Scott 42, Democrat Charlie Crist 49, not sure 10 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ebfd2fb5d2061a95ace301a37d2f909316b02a0abd247ec7e 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ebfd2fb5d2061a95ace301a37d2f909316b02a0abd247ec7e 

-Pennsylvania governor: Republican Gov. Tom Corbett 34, generic Democrat 56, not sure 10 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ef72d54e0ef92067a4d283bbf3f82996409c094f1b6a97ab1 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ef72d54e0ef92067a4d283bbf3f82996409c094f1b6a97ab1 

-Georgia governor: Republican Gov. Nathan Deal 42, Democrat Jason Carter 43, not sure 15 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ed11153e8214d843423ada36d4f1f98000c8fd13267d02190 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ed11153e8214d843423ada36d4f1f98000c8fd13267d02190 

-Kansas governor: Republican Gov. Sam Brownback 41, Democrat Paul Davis 45, not sure 14 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4eb322951adce475aa735f7de696d4d20630d0b68cf0798bdf 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4eb322951adce475aa735f7de696d4d20630d0b68cf0798bdf 

-Kentucky Senate: Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell 44, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes 45, not sure 12 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e24694b8ca7dc7ae3e9601c50be263f82c09fd22297cb8468 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e24694b8ca7dc7ae3e9601c50be263f82c09fd22297cb8468 

-Virginia Senate: Democratic Sen. Mark Warner 49, Republican Ed Gillespie 35, not sure 16 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e67e67fc58a483e10945be0845183576b733fdb065df61255 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e67e67fc58a483e10945be0845183576b733fdb065df61255 

FIRST IN SCORE-COMSTOCK UP BIG IN VA-10 POLL: GOP state Del. Barbara Comstock is the definitive frontrunner in the race to replace retiring Rep. Frank Wolf, according to a new poll conducted by The Polling Company for the Citizens United Political Victory Fund (which is supporting Comstock in the race). Comstock takes 44 percent in the poll of GOP primary voters, compared with 10 percent for Bob Marshall, 3 percent for Bob Wasinger, Stephen Hollingshead and Howie Lind, and 1 percent for Marc Savitt. Though it doesn't mean she gets a free pass in the primary, Comstock is one of the few candidates this cycle that has united more establishment-type Republicans like Mitt Romney with the
 conservative groups like Citizens United. There's evidence of that in the poll: 57 percent of conservatives have a positive view of her, as do 62 percent of moderates. Read the topline results: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e62e32f606f2ad8e9fcec5873763fd3df723ae35613c54079 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e62e32f606f2ad8e9fcec5873763fd3df723ae35613c54079  and the polling memo: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ec4a0681e500a3b09644179724e879f3676fbcd63af7aafd3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4ec4a0681e500a3b09644179724e879f3676fbcd63af7aafd3 

As a trio of ads goes up in Mississippi, Hillary heads to the West Coast and House Majority PAC hits Evan Jenkins, here&#39;s POLITICO&#39;s Morning Score: your daily guide to the 2014 midterms.

DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION: 210.

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FIRST QUARTER FUNDRAISING TICKER: NM-02 first look: Democrat Rocky Lara raised more than $300,000, and has more than $440,000 on hand, her campaign will report today ... SC-Sen first look: GOP pastor Det Bowers raised $417,000 and has more than $380,000 on hand, his campaign will announce today ... NC-Sen: Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan raised $2.8 million and has $8.3 million on hand; GOP state House Speaker Thom Tillis raised $1.3 million and has $1 million on hand: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e300e912f68c3a30a3bac53f3c4a1d8c379256aa9cc156397 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e300e912f68c3a30a3bac53f3c4a1d8c379256aa9cc156397  ... LA-Sen: Sen. Mary Landrieu raised $1.8 million and has $7.5 million on hand; GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy raised $1.2 million and has more than $5 million cash on hand: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e6e0eb890a4c5734a5e9027eedf8c873814bbf28f80456651 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=87efc6e7d45f3d4e6e0eb890a4c5734a5e9027eedf8c873814bbf28f80456651  ... 2016: Rand Paul raised $1.6 million in the first quarter and has $2.7 million on hand: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a86991ea956fbf457ae144c78eff4210767880ea455d216a70d2 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a86991ea956fbf457ae144c78eff4210767880ea455d216a70d2  ... CO-Sen: Democratic Sen. Mark Udall raised $2 million and has $5.9 million on hand: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869eb3e52a81b3a3fdcac4b33f507370a4e29c01b64aac7bf35 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869eb3e52a81b3a3fdcac4b33f507370a4e29c01b64aac7bf35  ... OK-Sen: GOP state House Speaker T.W. Shannon raised $800,000; Rep. James Lankford also raised $800,000 ... OR-Sen: GOP candidate Monica Wehby said she raised $590,000 in the first quarter (though she didn't announce her cash on hand): 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869d513257e0e1a8af7bb1009d01e8ae39b55b20710bc774c8a 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869d513257e0e1a8af7bb1009d01e8ae39b55b20710bc774c8a  ... GA-Gov: GOP Gov. Nathan Deal raised $84,000 and has $3.9 million on hand; Democrat Jason Carter raised $416,000 and has $1.6 million on hand (neither candidate could raise money until the end of the legislative session on March 20): 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869b04ac7baffd1e30b4858376e8c366d7a482a442e6f005f02 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869b04ac7baffd1e30b4858376e8c366d7a482a442e6f005f02 

FIRST IN POLITICO - DSCC/DCCC LANDSCAPE MEMO: Democrats tout 'great [Senate] recruits in Michigan, Iowa, West Virginia and Montana' and say they are 'playing offense in Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi,' according to a new joint bulletin that focuses heavily on the Koch brothers and the Paul Ryan budget, which the House is set to take up today. The Ryan budget underlies 'the top-testing negative message' against Republicans in at least 17 competitive House districts, the committees say. They name-check Republicans such as Coffman (CO-06) and David Valadao (CA-21), as well as open seats such as VA-10 and NJ-03, among the 76 districts where they plan to take their argument about Ryan&#39;s
 budget and the middle class this year. See the full memo: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8699de2ea8296fb97bc77535f8325cb2b6044baa1b73391f912 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8699de2ea8296fb97bc77535f8325cb2b6044baa1b73391f912 

AIR WAR INTENSIFIES IN MISSISSIPPI: Monday was a big day in the Mississippi GOP primary-just about everybody came out with a new ad, a sign that the primary is heating up ahead of the June 3 vote. Incumbent GOP Sen. Thad Cochran's ad, "Don't Know," hits primary challenger Chris McDaniel's answer earlier this year on a question (by POLITICO) about whether he would have supported Hurricane Katrina disaster relief (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869cb8f12545200284e5c9202fea5aa09d969256d28290c468c 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869cb8f12545200284e5c9202fea5aa09d969256d28290c468c ). McDaniel himself didn't release an ad, but two GOP groups backing him did: the conservative Club for Growth, which has backed McDaniel, goes over Cochran's "five decades in Washington" (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a86992a5af29f6f1062200ea4fbc87a0696146aaf01cddfd4de4 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a86992a5af29f6f1062200ea4fbc87a0696146aaf01cddfd4de4 ), and the Senate Conservatives Fund ran a positive spot featuring clips of McDaniel's campaign speeches (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8694d92b9243a913536ae120847992ed28c8f8a3cf4d190ea2c 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8694d92b9243a913536ae120847992ed28c8f8a3cf4d190ea2c ).

HOUSE MAJORITY PAC COMES TO RAHALL'S AID: The pro-Democratic House Majority PAC, which has already run several ads on behalf of West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall, is going up with another one this week hitting Republican Evan Jenkins over a chemical spill in the state and his ties to the Kochs. "Three hundred thousand West Virginians without water," the ad says. "Evan Jenkins tried to delay a water safety bill to prevent another spill like the one in Freedom Industries, a corporate partner of the Koch brothers, the same Koch brothers who spent over $400,000 to elect Jenkins before the spill." The ad, which is part of a $65,000 buy for the week, comes just after CNN reported that Rahall wanted
 to retire, but that House Democratic leadership convinced him to seek another term. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869f6d2b1ff25be1ba9c20f2b72ad7d92b5b1cf83b42947e646 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869f6d2b1ff25be1ba9c20f2b72ad7d92b5b1cf83b42947e646 

MORE DEM EFFORTS ON EQUAL PAY TODAY: In honor of Equal Pay Day today, Democratic groups are launching even more equal-pay related initiatives today. The pro-Democratic research group American Bridge is out with a new site, "Unequal Pay," that outlines Republican positions on the issue (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869ea9ffa9795a6575e438cd27445b1105d14258f6eaac8fc06 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869ea9ffa9795a6575e438cd27445b1105d14258f6eaac8fc06 ). The pro-Democratic women's group EMILY's List is going after Republican candidates in more than a dozen races today, saying that instead of helping women the GOP is "standing in their way" (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869a8d7db40eddb8c46cc7864791f0fee3d1a931dc7aa1b1b3a 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869a8d7db40eddb8c46cc7864791f0fee3d1a931dc7aa1b1b3a ). (Full list of races: CA-21, FL-02, GA-Sen, IL-13, KY-Sen, MI-07, NH-Sen, NH-01, NH-02, NC-Sen, NV-03, TX-Gov, WI-Gov, WV-Sen.) The group is also teaming up with the Democratic committees-the DNC, DSCC, DCCC and DGA-to launch a petition for equal pay legislation (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869e99e5778b13d3c03e1783567854fb1430995433a48f5e7d8 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869e99e5778b13d3c03e1783567854fb1430995433a48f5e7d8 ).

THIS WEEK-HILLARY'S WEST COAST SWING: Hillary Clinton is headed to the West Coast for a flurry of speeches and events this week, a busier-than-usual swing that will no doubt be parsed and analyzed by 2016 observers. She begins today in San Francisco (your Score correspondent's hometown!) with a speech at the Marketo's Marketing Nation Summit, then up to Portland later today to launch the all-women World Affairs Council of Oregon speaker's series. On Thursday she's back in the Bay Area to speak at San Jose State University; she also speaks that day in Las Vegas to ISRI, a scrap metal and recycling group. On Friday she speaks to the Western Health Care Leadership Academy, which is meeting in
 San Diego, via satellite. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869a4b245922969535ac0312245d25f312f7571ee65101b73f7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869a4b245922969535ac0312245d25f312f7571ee65101b73f7 

SCOTT BROWN TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL ON THURSDAY: Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, after announcing an exploratory committee last month, is making his campaign official at a rally in Portsmouth on Thursday. He'll be introduced there by former GOP Gov. John H. Sununu (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869a2a27a0b971407e218f17fe6474958ca9ab910c7ab7755c8 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869a2a27a0b971407e218f17fe6474958ca9ab910c7ab7755c8 ). In advance of that event, Brown's campaign is releasing a new web video today featuring New Hampshire voters talking about Brown and why they think he's necessary for the state: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8692ebdd463ae7ab241471a2c928583e43ff85ef204610092eb 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8692ebdd463ae7ab241471a2c928583e43ff85ef204610092eb . Meanwhile, the New Hampshire Democratic Party is out with a BuzzFeed post this morning on the "10 Things You Don't Do If You Want To Be New Hampshire's Senator": 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8691d460110bab66a362f5d8bffa68879d4434bf2225cc8e659 
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HAWKEYE STATE VISITS-IS IT 2014 OR 2016? There will be more than just 2014 Senate candidates at this year's Iowa GOP convention, according to the Des Moines Register: A bevy of 2016 hopefuls are heading to Iowa for the state's GOP convention-which may also be where the state's GOP Senate nominee is determined. (If no one candidate reaches 35 percent in the June 3 primary, the nominee will be chosen at the convention.) On tap to appear are Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. It's worth noting that none of these pols have endorsed in the Senate race-in addition to the 2016 implications of these Iowa pilgrimages, it's certainly worth
 keeping an eye on their comments on the state's Senate race between now and June. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8693186bd6fee877cfdfa1905f1de3c24c5c856ee8e347a81dd 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8693186bd6fee877cfdfa1905f1de3c24c5c856ee8e347a81dd 

JINDAL ALSO TO S.C.: The week before the Iowa GOP convo, Jindal will speak at the S.C. GOP's Silver Elephant Dinner, described by CNN as "a major GOP fundraising event." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869e57f03b71523c14c2d1f72d1a1dfb6f6de6c920a6a269905 
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TWO-WEEK COUNTDOWN IN FL-19: The special Republican primary to fill the seat left vacant by former GOP Rep. Trey Radel is drawing near, and state Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto is reportedly putting what&#39;s left of her TV budget, 'nearly six figures,' into an upbeat 30-second ad (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8692d73c9a6bb0c7db2de4d27fa99e14fd3859f7681b0fd3b5d 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8692d73c9a6bb0c7db2de4d27fa99e14fd3859f7681b0fd3b5d ). The Palin- and Huckabee-endorsed Benacquisto&#39;s move comes as another GOP hopeful, Curt Clawson, faces the fallout from a local news report that he rented a Utah property to a convicted sex offender (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8696aebf01eec7ec25766a505d41dd74c50b60feb8734491415 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8696aebf01eec7ec25766a505d41dd74c50b60feb8734491415  Also competing for the nomination in southwest Florida&#39;s R+12 district is Paige Kreegel, who has benefitted from more than $500,000 in a single super PAC&#39;s outside spending (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869b9cb56c7e249f47671749b88bbacf871fc6446643808f63a 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869b9cb56c7e249f47671749b88bbacf871fc6446643808f63a ).

MICHIGAN DEMS PRESS SNYDER ON FURNITURE CONTRACT: The Michigan Democratic Party continues to press the case that Gov. Rick Snyder's administration protected his cousin's furniture company from proposed state contract cuts. Party officials have claimed Snyder's putting family and political allies first, while asking Michigan's most vulnerable to sacrifice. Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson confronted Snyder at a breakfast event Monday to question him about the contract. Noting that the contract began before his tenure as governor, Snyder said there's "nothing to this at all" and people are "trying to occupy time and space and make this a story so we'll spend less time working on
 jobs." In a statement Monday, Johnson said that Snyder "doubled his cousin's new furniture contract, all while cutting education and placing unfair new taxes on our seniors and middle-class families." Snyder campaign staff and state officials have repeatedly dismissed the charges as election-year political games.

ACROSS THE MAP-Quick takes from races around the country:

SENATE-

-AR-Sen: A new automated Talk Business-Hendrix College poll finds Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor up three points over GOP Rep. Tom Cotton, 46 percent to 43 percent (within the margin of error): 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8696990c42877cdefd9e63ce68b981e467ef49f4002b6b7b41c 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a8696990c42877cdefd9e63ce68b981e467ef49f4002b6b7b41c 

-CO-Sen, IA-Sen: The Koch-linked group Freedom Partners is putting $1.1 million behind a set of ads attacking Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley and Colorado Sen. Mark Udall on Obamacare. (The buy is split between the two states and will run statewide in both for three weeks.) 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869e311d6f8e35ab91484d98b29e3f48fa78dfbbc4314582ddf 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869e311d6f8e35ab91484d98b29e3f48fa78dfbbc4314582ddf 

-LA-Sen: GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy, a doctor, stepped in to help treat a sick passenger Monday on a flight between New Orleans and Baltimore. (A great photo-op!) 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869bc4122615baf9532b3801da1110a4c9d4bffccaa2b6091d0 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869bc4122615baf9532b3801da1110a4c9d4bffccaa2b6091d0 

-NC-Sen: GOP Rev. Mark Harris will go on the air later this week, according to a report Monday. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869498fd0688f14f3cc3a3ce1b33c700d85e6f21597e0dc53f3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869498fd0688f14f3cc3a3ce1b33c700d85e6f21597e0dc53f3 

HOUSE-

-LA-05: GOP Rep. Vance McAllister asked for forgiveness after video surfaced of him kissing a female staffer back in December. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869ec3ef45fa088d833219e231b42860f4e404cc00386110ff1 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869ec3ef45fa088d833219e231b42860f4e404cc00386110ff1 

-CA-33: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor endorsed Republican Elan Carr, the president of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, in his bid for the Democratic-favored seat. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869212779d4024741df30e792de6068fd84efbbe57afe7eb64d 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869212779d4024741df30e792de6068fd84efbbe57afe7eb64d 

-FL-19, NC-07: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee endorsed Florida state Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto in the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Trey Radel. (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869c294c8a3609b856ccadae6c1fbed58d8df402c81fd79b5b3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869c294c8a3609b856ccadae6c1fbed58d8df402c81fd79b5b3 ). Huckabee also endorsed Woody White in his contentious GOP primary. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869b3dc312410524621bf87177da5b2c95f42dd6f3c6c2a8d22 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869b3dc312410524621bf87177da5b2c95f42dd6f3c6c2a8d22 

-NC-03: Former Bush aide Taylor Griffin, who's challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Walter Jones in the primary, released his first ad Monday. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1c236c507813a869ef09bff00014b25e6682ff0c4c9a6d82662ee5431402d5f4 
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-MI-08: GOP Rep. Mike Rogers gave an early endorsement to former state Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop in the race to succeed him. The endorsement comes just a little over one week after Rogers announced he would not seek reelection. 
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-MI-04: Businessman Paul Mitchell will run for retiring Rep. Dave Camp's House seat, joining state Sen. John Moolenaar in the GOP primary for what's expected to remain a Republican seat. 
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-TX-04: House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and almost the entire Texas delegation are helping Rep. Ralph Hall with his primary runoff by holding a lunch fundraiser for him this Wednesday. 
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GOVERNORS-

-FL-Gov: Let's Get To Work, GOP Gov. Rick Scott's reelection organization, is putting $2 million statewide behind an ad that hits Democrat Charlie Crist over Obamacare. 
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-AR-Gov: Democrat Mike Ross leads Republican Asa Hutchinson by just one percentage point in a hypothetical match up, 44 percent to 43 percent, according to an automated Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll. 
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-TX-Gov: Gov. Rick Perry hired Felix Browne, who previously worked with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Scott Brown, as his new communications director. 
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-PA-Gov: Democratic state treasurer Rob McCord released another new ad, this time saying he'd implement an extraction tax on drilling to make up for GOP Gov. Tom Corbett's education cuts. 
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CODA-QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I think I'd have the same attitude ... did I not sleep with a community college professor every night ... Oh, the same one, the same one!' -Vice President Joe Biden, in what we can only assume was an unscripted moment during his speech to the American Association of Community Colleges 
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