Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Vets group backs Toomey in $1.5 million ad buy — Kasich bump in new national poll
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:00:58 -0600

By Elena Schneider

With Kevin Robillard, Steven Shepard and Lauren French

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FIRST IN SCORE - Toomey gets vets help: The Koch-linked group Concerned Veterans for America is spending $1.5 million on a TV, digital and mail campaign to boost Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey. The TV component (
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FIRST IN SCORE - Club backs Stutzman in Indiana Senate: Club for Growth, the conservative non-profit, will endorse GOP Rep. Marlin Stutzman in the Indiana Senate race. Stutzman faces fellow Rep. Todd Young and Eric Holcomb in the GOP primary. "Marlin Stutzman has a proven record of opposition to wasteful Washington spending, and the Club for Growth PAC is proud to give him our full support," said David McIntosh, the group's president in a statement provided to Campaign Pro.

POPPING THIS MORNING - "Trump surges, Kasich bumps in new national poll," by Campaign Pro's Steve Shepard: "Donald Trump leads the GOP presidential field by a significant margin, according to a new Quinnipiac University national 
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poll  released Thursday. The poll also indicates that Ohio Gov. John Kasich could ride a post-announcement bump onto the stage for next week's debate in Cleveland, despite fears that Trump's wall-to-wall media coverage had overshadowed his late entry into the race." 
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The new top 10, per the Campaign Pro average: Trump, Bush, Walker, Rubio, Paul, Cruz, Huckabee, Carson, Christie (3.0), Kasich (2.5).

Outside looking in: Perry (2.2), Santorum (1.5), Jindal (1.5), Fiorina, Pataki, Graham, Gilmore.

A note on methodology: The Campaign Pro average actually factors in six polls right now: Both Monmouth University and Suffolk University/USA Today conducted polls from July 9-12. We'll remove both of them when we get the next poll.

Speaking of which: Look for polls next week from Monmouth, NBC News/Wall Street Journal and (likely) Fox News - all before Fox's deadline of Tuesday at 5 p.m. Eastern - to determine debate eligibility. 
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And another date for your calendar - POLITICO's Rachael Bade reported: "Circle Oct. 22 with a red pen on the calendar: That's when Hillary Clinton will testify before the Select Committee on Benghazi, the panel confirmed on Wednesday. The former secretary of State will answer questions about her role in the events that led up to the 2012 Benghazi, Libya terrorist attack that left four Americans dead - and, more than likely, her email practices that have come under fire in recent weeks." 
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REPORT: BECERRA WON'T RUN FOR SENATE - Rep. Xavier Becerra told the Sacramento Bee on Wednesday that he won't run for Senate next year. "I'm going to stick with the House," the Democratic Caucus chairman told the Bee. 
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GETTING EVERYONE ON BOARD - "House Dems plot messaging after stinging election losses," by POLITICO's Lauren French: "... Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luj&aacute;n and Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the House Democrats' messaging task force, will meet with their caucus Wednesday morning to unveil an expansive messaging pitch designed to help the party reverse a series of devastating election losses in recent years. ... For now, Luj&aacute;n is hiring 20 new staffers focused on research, communications and organizing to work in swing districts currently held by Republicans. They are revamping how the committee connects candidates in hotly contested seats with
 data on minority turnout and fundraising and planning an offensive to bolster Democrats in state legislatures that will oversee redistricting in 2020." 
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FORGET SOMETHING? - Florida Rep. Alan Grayson still hasn't filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission declaring his candidacy for Senate, the Tampa Bay Times first reported. Grayson's team said it was a "staff error" and the correct paperwork would be filed Wednesday. But as of this reporter's wee hours of the morning check, still no sign of paperwork. 
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PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Conservative group wants image makeover for 'dark money,'" by POLITICO's Tarini Parti: "The Koch brothers-backed group that helped launch the push for voter ID laws and "stand your ground" statutes has a new target: Defending the anonymous "dark money" in politics. The American Legislative Exchange Council, comprised of conservative state lawmakers and corporations, devoted part of its annual conference last week to turning around negative perceptions about anonymous contributions. In an audio tape obtained by POLITICO, panelists at the San Diego event lament a movement gaining traction in state and local governments to require more disclosure of donations to
 politically active non-profits, which are expected to spend hundreds of millions in the 2016 election." 
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- Speaking of which - The Koch brothers and a private firm aligned with the Republican National Committee have agreed to share voter data for the 2016 cycle, the Washington Post reported. The agreement is similar to how the pair worked in 2014, and it signals a truce between the groups. 
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- A super PAC backing Ohio Gov. John Kasich raised more than $11 million, POLITICO's Daniel Strauss reports: 
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THAT MAKES 17 - Gilmore's entry grows GOP 2016 field again, POLITICO's Adam B. Lerner reported. But is it too late? "Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore officially became the GOP field's 17th candidate Wednesday. ... It is not yet clear whether his appearance in the single poll, conducted by Monmouth University from July 9-12, and any polls released between Wednesday and next week, will qualify Gilmore for the 5 p.m. forum." 
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- On the debates- Sabato's Crystal Ball published a rundown of debate-related tidbits, find them here: 
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Even the least ambitious bureaucrat could do this." - U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, who's directing his ire at the State Department for the delayed release of documentation of Clinton's email practices. 
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