Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score, presented by Estrella TV: Reid’s retirement could mean a bloody House primary — Capps’ daughter won’t run in CA-24 — O’Malley cancels paid speeches to fly back to Baltimore
From: "Morning Score" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:08:58 -0600

By Theodoric Meyer

With Elena Schneider, Gabriel Debenedetti and Steven Shepard

The following newsletter is an abridged version of Campaign Pro&#39;s Morning Score. For an earlier morning read on exponentially more races - and for a more comprehensive aggregation of the day&#39;s most important campaign news - sign up for Campaign Pro today. (
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab5314179c427b1daf3f541ea1920168f71ae5150c70be0a1c68a 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab5314179c427b1daf3f541ea1920168f71ae5150c70be0a1c68a )

TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO - "Reid looms as X-factor in Nevada House primary," by Campaign Pro's Elena Schneider:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531c0da7a8eea01edad88cdd1ce982a737aee6934cfc7d74d38 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab5317a9f419484bf1a52f05342d8185ce50dd49e3fee37d8cef7 

- "Tech, Hollywood give Harris early boost," by POLITICO Pro Tech's Tony Romm:
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531352f4929c8f3320d258290a31b30521ab410468efc896361 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531e77c0e936c48c07f2667a7bb28a8893ec21684ed12ba7084 

OPEN SEAT - Retiring Rep. Lois Capps' daughter won't run: Laura Capps, daughter of retiring Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.), said today that she won't run for her mother's Central Coast House seat. "After giving a campaign serious consideration, however, I've decided that now is not the right time for me, Bill and our four year-old-son, and I will not be seeking election to Congress in 2016," she wrote in a 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531125c5a6317b2f09746e0414815acedaf0363ed7003f14c10 
Facebook post . Lois Capps announced her retirement last month, setting off speculation that Laura, who recently moved back to the area, would run. California's 24th District leans Democratic, but as an open seat, Republicans could be competitive there. Two Democrats - Salud Carbajal, a Santa Barbara County supervisor, and Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider - have already kicked off their campaigns. Republicans Justin Fareed, a businessman, and state Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian are also running.

As the U.S. Chamber buys airtime in New York and O'Malley heads to Baltimore, here&#39;s POLITICO&#39;s Morning Score: daily news, notes and essential information for the 2015 and 2016 election cycles.

Days until the 2015 election: 189; Days until the 2016 election: 560.

Thanks for joining us. We're eager for your news and feedback. Email us at 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked]  or find us on Twitter at 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531d8efda4f8cac1ac71e3ce6b74da08cedbf195462078d5bc7 
@theodoricmeyer .

AIR WAR - Chambers debuts spot backing Donovan in New York special: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is debuting an ad on Tuesday touting Dan Donovan, the Republican running in the May 5 special election to replace GOP Rep. Michael Grimm in New York's 11th District. Blair Latoff Holmes, a spokeswoman for the Chamber, said the group was spending six figures on the ads, which will air on broadcast television in the New York market and on cable on Staten Island, which makes up the bulk of the district. A shorter version of the ad will also run online. Watch the TV ad here: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab53143018c0cb96cc351de4343ae37383d60196e65601171e2e6 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab53143018c0cb96cc351de4343ae37383d60196e65601171e2e6 

** A message from Estrella TV: Comcast forced Estrella TV, a top-rated Spanish-language network, off the air in three US cities because it competes with the Comcast-owned Spanish-language network. Comcast's unfair and unequal treatment of minority-owned Estrella TV is anti-competitive, anti-consumer, and limits minority voices on the air. Stand with Estrella TV. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531c4362202081d52eccb593a7f372a4da7998c983521b6a65e 
www.estrellatv.com/choice  **

TIME OF NEED - Riots draw O'Malley back to Baltimore: Martin O'Malley is cutting short a European trip to return to Baltimore in light of the riots in the city where he once served as mayor. The Democratic former governor of Maryland, who is likely to launch a White House bid in May, was set to deliver a set of paid speeches in London and Dublin. He will now be back in the United States by Tuesday morning, an aide said. "I'm saddened that the City I love is in such pain this night," O'Malley said in a statement before canceling his trip. "All of us share a profound feeling of grief for Freddie Gray and his family."

CAMPAIGN PROMISES - "'I've been hearing that since the Coolidge administration,'" by POLITICO's Manu Raju: "Freed from the need to build coalitions to pass legislation, [GOP Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio] are unleashing an arsenal of crowd-pleasing conservative proposals along the campaign trail. Some, like calls to abolish entire federal departments, are staples of GOP presidential campaigns going back decades that have never come to fruition. Others are of more recent vintage, such as scrapping the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act. The cool reception is a stark reminder of the gulf between presidential campaigns and a Congress designed to frustrate the will of any president. The
 proposals are being written off as wrongheaded or unrealistic not only by Democrats but by Republicans." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab53194ee18142cfaa2352cb4f657d6539d192a87308c99526847 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab53194ee18142cfaa2352cb4f657d6539d192a87308c99526847 

UNION BACKING - "Labor's letter to Hillary," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti and Brian Mahoney: "When the country's most powerful union leader delivers what's being billed as a 'major address' on Tuesday, it will be widely seen as a memo to Hillary Clinton outlining what she must do to earn organized labor's support. The reality? AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and labor will probably have little choice but to get on board the Clinton bandwagon. Clinton is the overwhelming front-runner in the Democratic field, miles ahead of any likely challenger. But that's not the only reason for labor is likely to line up with her. The former secretary of state has also been mounting a charm offensive
 toward unions for months." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab5312fc03ddf8dc4c2f6b5bd01df721a8e6d0135202909502a67 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab5312fc03ddf8dc4c2f6b5bd01df721a8e6d0135202909502a67 

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm only one person and I can't be in two places at one time." - Democratic New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, announcing he won't run for governor.

** A message from Estrella TV: Comcast forced Estrella TV off the air in three US cities - including Denver and Salt Lake City, where Estrella TV had a higher Neilsen rating than Comcast-owned Telemundo - rather than negotiate a fair distribution deal for Estrella TV.

If the proposed merger with Time-Warner is completed, Comcast will control cable connection to 90% of Hispanic households, giving it unprecedented power over Latino-focused programming.

Comcast's practices are anti-competitive, anti-consumer, and anti-diversity. The proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger poses a direct threat to competition and to promoting diversity and minority enterprises in broadcasting.

Stand with Estrella TV; Oppose the Comcast-Time Warner merger. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531c4362202081d52eccb593a7f372a4da7998c983521b6a65e 
www.estrellatv.com/choice  **

Go to POLITICO Morning Score Now >> http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab53140a967dde7de4fe237336f3e54b479fb22bc67ed29b51710

Go to this edition >> http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab531830281b4735710769c3011e58cbb8f0791b755636509dae8

=================================

2015 POLITICO, LLC

POLITICO Morning Score.

To unsubscribe, http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ebce364fd18ab5317430007330c1b52b6925fd9e7edd2b39949dacb2f7bc0368

=================================