Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score, presented by Univision Communications Inc. (UCI): Energy group boosts Alexander — Abercrombie trails by 10 — Chamber: No decisions in Louisiana Senate — You’ve got the wrong twin
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:03:00 -0600

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FIRST LOOK: An outside group focused on energy policy is coming to GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander's aid on the Tennessee airwaves today to the tune of $257,000. Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a 501(c)(4) group, is going up with an ad that praises the Republican as "a conservative leader working to secure our nation, strengthening our borders and making America less reliant on foreign energy" in a time of "international conflicts" and "a border crisis." It's running on broadcast and cable in the Nashville and Knoxville markets until the Aug. 7 primary, said the group, which previously spent money helping Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) defeat primary
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SCHATZ, IGE LEAD IN HAWAII: Sen. Brian Schatz and gubernatorial challenger David Ige each lead their Aug. 9 Democratic primary opponents by 10 points among likely voters, 49 percent to 39 percent, according to a poll conducted for League of Conservation voters last week by the automated pollster PPP. Gov. Neil Abercrombie lags by 13 points among women, 22 points among Asian voters and 26 points among Native Hawaiian voters while leading by 17 points among white voters, according to the crosstabs. Schatz enjoys a higher net favorability rating than Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (+38 compared to +16) and respondents said they trusted him more on environmental issues by an 11-point margin. LCV has
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CHAMBER OPEN TO BACKING SENATE DEMOCRATS? That was the word in Joe Nocera's column in the Saturday edition of The New York Times, as part of a broader critical look at the Chamber's "right turn" in recent years. "At the most recent Committee of 100 meeting, Rob Engstrom, the chamber's national political director, told the group that the chamber planned to support Mary Landrieu, the Louisiana Democrat who is running for re-election to the Senate," Nocera reported. Asked for comment by POLITICO on Sunday, Chamber spokeswoman Blair Holmes emailed: "No decisions have been made &lrm;in the LA Senate race." 
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STAT DU JOUR: "[M]ore political ads from outside groups have already aired during the relatively slow summer period of the 2014 Senate contests - roughly 150,000 spots through mid-July - than ran throughout the entire 2010 Senate elections." 
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POPPING THIS MORNING - "Scott Brown ad hits Shaheen on 'immigration crisis,'" by POLITICO's Maggie Haberman: "'Thanks to the pro-amnesty policies of President Obama and Sen. Shaheen, we have an immigration crisis on our hands,' Brown says. 'We respond with compassion, but it's time for us to secure the border once and for all.' The spot is part of a six-figure ad buy, according to a campaign official, who said Brown is the first candidate in a statewide race to focus on the current crisis. The ad is set to go up as new polls show the issue of border security, amid news coverage of the swell of children crossing the border from Central America to escape violence in their own countries, has
 risen in importance with voters." 
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"Amash confident with establishment MIA," by POLITICO's Anna Palmer in Byron Center, Mich.: "It wasn't supposed to be this way. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce went so far as to endorse Ellis. It was a stunning move, since the Big Business lobby rarely endorses a non-incumbent in a primary. But that's pretty much where the national support stopped. Amash said he wasn't surprised the establishment has largely steered clear of the race. 'They've been winning in places across the country because they've been dumping in millions of dollars to fend of fairly weak candidates,' Amash said. 'When you have a strong incumbent in the district who is well-liked in the district their game doesn't work
 anymore. I think they are being made aware of that.'" 
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"Consultants rake in millions from GOP civil war," by POLITICO's Alexander Burns: "Thanks to an explosion of outsider Republicans running for office and the Supreme Court's loosening of campaign finance rules, the economics of political consulting have shifted. Suddenly, there's enough anti-incumbent work to sustain not just a skeleton crew of mercenary consultants, but a full-fledged cottage industry of ideological renegades - interlocking firms that pop up in one divisive primary after another, often working together or for different entities in the same race. That makes made it harder than ever for party leaders to stamp out internal challenges or deter strategists from taking on sitting
 officials by cutting them off from the elected officials and party committees on which so many firms depend. 'There is a small band of brothers who are very skilled campaign practitioners who take on these races,' Jon Lerner, the veteran conservative operative who has long advised the Club for Growth, explained in an email." 
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MONEY MINUTE - A glance at pre-primary fundraising reports due late last week: In the Kansas Senate GOP primary, Sen. Pat Roberts raised $56,000 and spent $663,000 from July 1-16 and reported $1.4 million on hand: 
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House races, covering July 1-16: In KS-04, GOP Rep. Mike Pompeo raised $155,000, spent $322,000 and reported almost $1.7 million on hand. Challenger Todd Tiahrt raised $13,000, spent $74,000 and reported $65,000 on hand. ... In MI-03, GOP Rep. Justin Amash raised $64,000, spent $97,000 and reported $769,000 on hand. Challenger Brian Ellis raised $97,000, loaned himself $200,000, spent $216,000 and reported $457,000 on hand. ... In MI-11, GOP Rep. Kerry Bentivolio raised less than $10,000, spent $53,000 and reported $125,000 on hand. Challenger Dave Trott raised $10,000, spent $459,000 and reported $1 million on hand. ... More from Kansas, Michigan and Washington, for Campaign Pro
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Tennant puts out Obama's lights in first TV ad: West Virginia Democratic Senate nominee Natalie Tennant's first TV ad opens with a shot of the White House at night, well-lit and with the fountain on the North Lawn bubbling away. "Where do they think their electricity comes from," asks Tennant. "You and I know it's our hard-working West Virginia coal miners that power America. I've fought to protect our coal jobs right alongside Joe Manchin, and I'll stand up to leaders of both parties who threaten our way of life. I'll make sure President Obama gets the message." Tennant then pushes down on a large lever, and the lights go out at the White House. The ad concludes with about three seconds of
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Cruz fundraising in Hamptons: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is slated to fundraise at the Southampton, N.Y., home of Bob and Joyce Giuffra on Aug. 15, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO. If you read Ben White and Maggie Haberman's "Lament of the Plutocrats" last winter, you'll recall it was Bob Giuffra and Kellyanne Conway who hosted a fundraiser for Cruz in New York City "designed to give Cruz entree to the New York opinion-making class." 
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First look: Republican Dan Newhouse is going up with his closing-argument ad this week in the top-two primary for the seat held by retiring GOP Rep. Doc Hastings in Washington's 4th District. "Newhouse is running for Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment and get spending under control," a narrator says in the ad. "That's not all. Newhouse will fight to stop Common Core and defend our gun rights." It's backed by about $30,000 on Tri-Cities and Yakima broadcast and districtwide cable, said media consultant Jason Miller of Jamestown Associates. 
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QUICK HITS ACROSS THE MAP -

IA-Sen: Democracy for America endorsed Democrat Bruce Braley, the Howard Dean-founded progressive group said today.

More IA-Sen: Braley replaced ad-maker Larry Grisolano with Saul Schorr and pollster Diane Feldman with Geoff Garin about a month ago. 
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VA-Sen: Democratic Sen. Mark Warner "didn't debate Saturday with the confidence of an incumbent cruising to reelection" in his little-watched debate with Republican Ed Gillespie. 
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DCCC: First lady Michelle Obama recorded a Web video telling viewers that "we need you to be as passionate and as hungry as you were in 2008 and 2012." 
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NRCC: Chairman Greg Walden expressed confidence to Roll Call about the party's 245-seat target but added: "What keeps me up at night? It probably is the cash discrepancy." 
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There is a significant amount of confusion about which Dan is running for which office." - Alaska pollster Matt Larkin on the two-Dan-Sullivan situation. 
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