Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Kirkpatrick’s shock jump — Club for Growth boosts Grayson — Bernie makes it official
From: "Morning Score" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 08:02:56 -0600

By Kevin Robillard

With Theodoric Meyer

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=cbce2ffb30589484347a956077d0194dc2a2720206f02f9a49f73f3b96180a8e 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=cbce2ffb30589484347a956077d0194dc2a2720206f02f9a49f73f3b96180a8e )

TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO - "Ann Kirkpatrick's surprising Senate run," by Campaign Pro's Theodoric Meyer: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033c43051f112058acee98491867c659145ea07b20856a6ebda8 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033c43051f112058acee98491867c659145ea07b20856a6ebda8 

 - "DesJarlais' primary challenger hits on voting record, not scandals," also by Theodoric Meyer: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033ca98e97eee778df64a31dee530e1175139e5eafb624dd74a1 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033ca98e97eee778df64a31dee530e1175139e5eafb624dd74a1 

CLUB MEDDLES IN FLORIDA PRIMARY - The Club for Growth is going after Rep. Patrick Murphy, the Democratic establishment's pick for Florida's Senate race for supporting renewal of the Export-Import Bank, while praising potential liberal challenger Alan Grayson. The ad "represents the first conservative effort to meddle in what could be a hard-fought and expensive Democratic primary," POLITICO's Marc Caputo writes, noting: "The Club has endorsed GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis in the Florida Senate race, though he's likely to face a competitive primary himself." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033c0944a18d0149684a21ac57d0dee6c2a71d6158070f134819 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033c0944a18d0149684a21ac57d0dee6c2a71d6158070f134819 

 - Here's the spot: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033c3baa0663198d4908655dc78394eb223f1bc4ac349cd981ec 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=212dfa218ad8033c3baa0663198d4908655dc78394eb223f1bc4ac349cd981ec 

 - Murphy campaign manager Josh Wolf responded to the ad "The fact that an ultra-right-wing Super PAC that aims to privatize Social Security is attacking Patrick is the clearest sign that he&#39;s the strongest candidate in this race. Patrick entered public office to fight back against Tea Party obstructionists like the Club for Growth who are intent on outsourcing Florida jobs overseas and privatizing Social Security and Medicare.'

As one-person, one-vote comes under scrutiny and Titus doesn't actually say what she's doing, here&#39;s Campaign Pro's Morning Score: daily news, notes and essential information for the 2015 and 2016 election cycles.

Days until the 2015 election: 164; Days until the 2016 election: 535.

Thanks for joining us. Email tips to the whole Campaign Pro team at 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked] , 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked] , 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked] , 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked]  and 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked] .

DEMS HOPE FOR HILLARY COATTAILS - Campaign Pro's Kyle Cheney, Theo Meyer and Elena Schneider (ran on Campaign Pro Tuesday): 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563209e2096f3fd5e5610af60506ed424762ecb9730b432633dc7 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563209e2096f3fd5e5610af60506ed424762ecb9730b432633dc7 

TITUS WON'T RUN - See how simple it is to tell people if a candidate is or isn't running? Rep. Dina Titus announced Tuesday she wouldn't run for the Senate seat of the retiring Harry Reid, likely clearing the Democratic field for former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, the preferred candidate of the party establishment. But her announcement came in the form of a very confusing statement that ended with: "That's why I'm pleased to announce today that I'm running..." She then linked to this video, which makes it clear she's running for reelection to the House. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563207c5e9c4fa1708a4bb1c3ab9c69d8e5749a90384df0b84ceb 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563207c5e9c4fa1708a4bb1c3ab9c69d8e5749a90384df0b84ceb 

COURT WILL HEAR POPULATION VS. VOTERS CASE - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from Texas arguing States should be allowed to count the number of registered voters instead of total population when drawing state legislative districts. The AP has more: "The case from Texas could be significant for states with large immigrant populations, including Latinos who are children or not citizens. The state bases its electoral districts on a count of the total population, including non-citizens and those who aren&#39;t old enough to vote. But those challenging that system argue that it violates the constitutional requirement of one person, one vote. They claim that taking account of total
 population can lead to vast differences in the number of voters in particular districts, along with corresponding differences in the power of those voters. A ruling for the challengers would shift more power to rural areas and away from urban districts in which there are large populations of immigrants who are not eligible to vote because they are children or not citizens." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e55632076e2e93a7f6ea1102b595bac07845fd3b63ba0cd221ab4a3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e55632076e2e93a7f6ea1102b595bac07845fd3b63ba0cd221ab4a3 

FIRST IN SCORE: LINCOLN LABS #REBOOT SPEAKERS SET - Lincoln Labs, a group aiming to help Republicans closing the digital gap, has announced the speaker lineup for its second annual #Reboot conference, to be held on July 17 and July 18 in San Francisco. Among the presenters: FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, former RNC CTO Andy Barkett, Rand Paul digital strategist Vincent Harris, Victory Lab author Sassa Issenberg, Democratic House candidate Ro Khanna, Scott Walker Digital strategist Matt Oczkowski, Marco Rubio analytics head Scott Tranter and Snapchat Head of Partnerships Rob Saliterman.

 - Roll Call's Emily Cahn reports that Ken Morley and Philip de Vellis are launching Beacon Media, a D.C.-based Democratic media consulting firm. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563204cfc6c7ff99df971db656b79cd7876bb524bd5e83c9cb668 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563204cfc6c7ff99df971db656b79cd7876bb524bd5e83c9cb668 

 - The Des Moines Register's William Petroski reports that Democratic operative Jessica Vanden Berg is joining forces with John and Christine Stineman at the bipartisan firm Strategic Elements. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563201db2c54fa69f4c4a102c62a1b198b8436f0bc7c96e612139 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563201db2c54fa69f4c4a102c62a1b198b8436f0bc7c96e612139 

2016 SPEED READ - "It&#39;s not your everyday Americans at Bernie Sanders&#39; kickoff rally," by Jonathan Topaz in Burlington, Vt.: "[W]hile Sanders, the state's independent U.S. senator, may be way behind in national presidential polls, in Burlington, he's a local hero. In the afternoon, a 'people's assembly' of hundreds of Sanders supporters gathered in City Hall Park, where dreadlocked guitarists played in the morning and patrons browsed at the nearby Hempest, which advertises itself as the largest organic hemp product store in the world. The People for Bernie rally was organized by several former Occupy Wall Street activists, including Ready for Warren co-founder Charles Lenchner. ...
 'Everyone who's afraid of the word socialism, take a step in!' Lenchner said, drawing laughter and applause from the crowd when no one did." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563208b3afb00eb7a41d875df7519b3e9c3b2d8dcc968693c9e31 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e5563208b3afb00eb7a41d875df7519b3e9c3b2d8dcc968693c9e31 

 - POLITICO's Katie Glueck and Jonathan Topaz on Sanders' power map: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e556320d476c494868f3ee44eecfd148e6bed649b9310e708ccc7fe 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e556320d476c494868f3ee44eecfd148e6bed649b9310e708ccc7fe 

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I hope this will deter scam PACs from preying on old people who agree with them politically to get their donations." - Former Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinnelli, on the agreement he reached with a scam PAC that used his name. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e55632012cce369ea41c90c8552e3f714f256f24f5265461b541512 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ddade002e55632012cce369ea41c90c8552e3f714f256f24f5265461b541512 

NOW LIVE: THE AGENDA - POLITICO's new home for the daily conversation around the policy ideas reshaping the country. Launching today with a deep-dive special report on the future of power, the visually-stunning Agenda site, convenes the smartest voices in the American policy conversation - including its own editor at large Mike Grunwald and senior writer Darren Samuelsohn. 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176b09977fe5168efe216ba5df588c24954f4438f7ef6af5822e 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176b09977fe5168efe216ba5df588c24954f4438f7ef6af5822e 

- THE 'WAR ON COAL' IS REAL, AND HERE&#39;S WHO&#39;S WINNING: In an incredible under-the-radar campaign of persistence and lawyering, the Sierra Club has managed to help push nearly 200 coal plants offline in the past several years. In the launch of POLITICO&#39;s real-time policy magazine, The Agenda, Mike Grunwald tracks the inside story of what might just be the most successful environmental campaign in history. Read more on The Agenda: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176bc6a3bd45b0b768747bbb2f5bc15d1c001a9d93d46d42bcf3 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176bc6a3bd45b0b768747bbb2f5bc15d1c001a9d93d46d42bcf3 

Go to POLITICO Morning Score Now >> http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176b07eefeaa5c233bcda095709ea02d1f6efce5e443b11c8e50

Go to this edition >> http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176bed4d42c2b1d1c6b7cc1231ea7e8d2e38fa5318bd1c385da8

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

2015 POLITICO, LLC

POLITICO Morning Score.

To unsubscribe, http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ce8db765f488176b41bf1c8850668e8db76d734f87d4a1b7d849cdbe41a496ad

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