Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Court ruling could bring Crist’s resurrection - Strickland pulls in $1 million in second quarter
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 08:01:13 -0600

By Theodoric Meyer

With Kevin Robillard, Steven Shepard, Elena Schneider and Burgess Everett

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CRIST RETURNS? - "Court ruling opens door to Crist comeback," by POLITICO's Marc Caputo: "Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is strongly considering a political comeback in 2016 now that a new state Supreme Court ruling nearly guarantees that a swing congressional seat will be redrawn to rope in his home along with a gaggle of Democrats, sources tell POLITICO. The court ruling could also force Rep. David Jolly, the incumbent Republican of the district in question, to forgo a reelection bid and instead try his luck with an open Senate seat. Even before the Florida Supreme Court decision, Crist allies say, the former governor was mulling whether to run for the 13th Congressional District - but
 only if Jolly decided not to run for reelection. But now that the district could include his home and become more Democratic, many expect Crist would file even if Jolly stayed put and ran for reelection." 
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- A spokeswoman for GOP Rep. David Jolly told Campaign Pro's Elena Schneider that the congressman is undecided on whether to run for reelection, or mount a Senate bid: 
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CASH HUSTLE - Strickland pulls in $1 million in second quarter: Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland raised $1 million in the second quarter for his Senate bid against Republican incumbent Rob Portman, his campaign said on Thursday. The Democrat now has $1.2 million cash on hand. Portman raised $2.9 million in the second quarter, bringing his cash-on-hand to a whopping $10 million. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Wednesday on a memo a Strickland adviser wrote in 2014 proposing ambitious fundraising goals, with the ultimate target of raising $20 million by Election Day. Strickland, who has the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party, will need to
 defeat Cincinnati City Councilmember P.G. Sittenfeld - who hasn't announced his second-quarter fundraising - in a primary for the right to face Portman in the general election.

MORE SECOND-QUARTER NUMBERS - Cortez Masto raises $1.1 million: Nevada Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto raised more than $1.1 million in the second quarter - her first as a candidate - her campaign said Thursday. Cortez Masto, the former state attorney general favored by Minority Leader Harry Reid to succeed him in the Senate, has "almost" $1 million in cash on hand, according to her campaign. GOP Rep. Joe Heck, who announced for the seat this week, hasn't filed his second-quarter report yet, but he had $920,000 in his House account as of March 31.

- Maloney brings in $533,000 in NY-18: New York Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney raised more than $533,000 in the second quarter, a Maloney aide confirmed to Campaign Pro, giving him nearly $875,000 in cash on hand. The haul comes on the heels of the $610,000 Maloney brought in last quarter to defend his swing seat in the 18th District, in New York&#39;s Hudson Valley. Maloney has not yet attracted a Republican opponent this time around.

TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO - "Toomey builds campaign on plan to ban sex offenders from schools," by POLITICO's Kevin Robillard and Maggie Severns: 
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PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - 

- "Jeb's shock-and-awe number," by POLITICO's Eli Stokols: "Jeb Bush has officially become the $100 million man. The Republican front-runner's Right to Rise super PAC, which will take on an unprecedented role in tandem with his presidential campaign, announced on Thursday that it has banked $103 million in the past six months, exceeding its own ambitious goal of $100 million. The group has $98 million in cash and is unlikely to truly begin spending its massive war chest until the end of the year, according to multiple sources." 
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- "Insiders say Scott Walker is dominant in Iowa," by POLITICO's Katie Glueck: "When Scott Walker announces for president on Monday, he will do so from a position of strength: four in five early-state insiders consider him a top tier candidate. And he's the clear frontrunner in Iowa: 82 percent of Hawkeye State Republicans also said he would win the caucuses if they were held tomorrow That's the assessment of this week's POLITICO Caucus, our weekly survey of the most influential operatives, activists and political hands in Iowa and New Hampshire. 'Scott Walker is the runaway front-runner in Iowa,' said one Iowa Republican. 'The only news at this point would be if he didn't win the state.'" 
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- "Trump vows long campaign, won't commit to backing GOP nominee," by The Washington Post's Robert Costa and Philip Rucker: Donald Trump called up The Post on Thursday "to dispute some details reported Wednesday night about a private phone call with Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee. Trump said that the Wednesday call with Priebus lasted between 10 and 15 minutes and was "congratulatory" with regard to Trump's ascent in the polls." 
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- "As a presidential candidate, he's taking a problem we already have as a party and making it worse," Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump's rivals for the GOP nomination, told The New York Times. "If we continue this we're going to accelerate the demographic death spiral we're in." 
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- "Nikki Haley's star rises as Confederate flag comes down," by POLITICO's Ben Schreckinger: South Carolina Gov. Nikki "Haley's decisive action to drive the final removal of the banner from State House grounds quickly and relatively cleanly in the glare of the national spotlight proved a well-timed audition for higher office ahead of the 2016 Republican veepstakes. The fact that the issue at hand aligned perfectly with Haley's brand - a squeaky-clean, pro-business image that transcends her party's gender and ethnic liabilities - only helps." 
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Well, I think John should lay off the scotch at least until noon." - Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, who announced his Senate bid on Thursday, when asked to respond to a comment by John Morgan, the Democratic donor, that his run was "political suicide." Reached by POLITICO Florida on Thursday, Morgan shot back: "First of all, you can tell he's not a real friend because I drink Jack Daniels."

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