Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: EMILY’s List takes in record haul — Florida inches toward new congressional maps
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:02:53 -0600

By Theodoric Meyer

With Matt Dixon

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS - "EMILY's List faces crucial 2016 cycle," by Campaign Pro's Theodoric Meyer: EMILY's List is facing its biggest test in three decades as Hillary Clinton runs for the White House and Democrats lean on the group to help them take back the Senate and narrow the gap in the House. The group, which is dedicated to elected Democratic women who support abortion rights, told POLITICO that it had hauled in $13.5 million this year, "putting it on the path to its best fundraising year ever," and it's scored some big off-year victories. "But a number of the candidates EMILY's List has endorsed so far this cycle - including three of the six House candidates who've gotten the nod from
 the group - are also facing potentially bruising fights in Democratic primaries," and several have struggled with fundraising early in the races. 
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MAPPING MANEUVERS - Florida Senate makes changes to new congressional map: Florida's effort to redraw its congressional map continued on Monday, as the state Senate redistricting committee passed an amendment to a new baseline congressional map. The amendment means the Senate's plan now differs from the state House proposal as the legislature heads into the final week of a special redistricting session. The amendment, filed by state Sen. Tom Lee, removes GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan from Hillsborough County, and gives nearly 160,000 more of that county's voters to GOP Rep. Dennis Ross, who currently shares the county with Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor. The state House, meanwhile, appears poised to
 pass the baseline map on Tuesday, which means the two chambers will now have to work out differences by Friday's scheduled end of the special redistricting session.

- Ross told POLITICO he was "taken aback" on Monday when informed of the amendment, which would place him in the same district as fellow Republican Rep. Tom Rooney. 'I plan on continuing to serve,' he said. Ross&#39; home would no longer be in his 15th District, but it&#39;s close. Under the plan, Ross&#39; road is used as the border between the two seats. Because Congress has no residency rules (other than requiring that representatives and senators live in the state they represent), even if the Senate&#39;s version of the map were to become law, Ross would not have to move to run for re-election from his current district.

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AT THE POLLS - Edwards touts internal poll showing lead over Van Hollen: Rep. Donna Edwards is leading Rep. Chris Van Hollen in the race for the Democratic nomination in Maryland's Senate race, according to an internal poll released by her campaign. Edwards had 42 percent support to Van Hollen's 37 percent support in a telephone poll of 600 likely voters conducted by Global Strategy Group. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points. The two candidates had similar favorability ratings - about 45 percent - name identification. The poll also showed that Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings - who has mulled running but hasn't announced a campaign - had much higher favorability ratings
 than either candidate at 65 percent. Could Edwards be trying to lure him into the race?

FIRST IN SCORE - Van Hollen scores an endorsement for Edwards' turf: Democratic state Del. Erek L. Barron will endorse Democrat Chris Van Hollen in the Maryland Senate race on Tuesday, Van Hollen's campaign tells POLITICO. Barron's district, in Prince George's County, falls mostly within Edwards' congressional district. "When Prince Georgians and voters across the state take a hard look at this race, Chris Van Hollen clearly has the record of effectiveness and leadership we need to see real results for Maryland families," Barron said in a statement.

AIR WAR - NRCC targets Peters, Ashford, Nolan in TV and digital ads: The National Republican Senatorial Committee will start running TV and digital ads this week targeting Democratic Reps. Scott Peters of California, Brad Ashford of Nebraska and Rick Nolan of Minnesota, who are all seen as potentially vulnerable, Roll Call reports. The NRSC is spending six figures on the ads, which will run for a month and go after the Democrats on national security issues. "The early buy is a sign Republicans will still play offense against vulnerable House Democrats in 2016, even as the GOP defends a number of seats Democrats often carry in presidential cycles." 
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GETTING OUT - Tallian bows out of Indiana gubernatorial race: Democratic state Sen. Karen Tallian dropped out of Indiana's gubernatorial race on Monday, The Indianapolis Star reports, leaving John Gregg the only Democrat running to take on GOP Gov. Mike Pence next year. Tallian's withdrawal from the race follows Glenda Ritz dropping out earlier this month to run for another term as state schools chief. Both candidates faced an uphill battle against the fundraising power Gregg has demonstrated early in the race for the Democratic nomination. Tallian, a Northwest Indiana Democrat, threw her support behind Gregg, who ran for governor in 2012, in announcing her decision to leave the race."
 Tallian raised less than $25,000 to Gregg's $1.76 million in the first half of the year. 
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PONYING UP - "Paul vows to foot bill for switch to caucus in Kentucky," by POLITICO's Manu Raju: Rand Paul promised Kentucky Republicans on Monday that he'd pay for switching the state from a primary to a caucus system in an attempt to allow him to run for the presidency and reelection to the Senate at the same time - and he's already putting his money where his mouth is. Paul told the state's GOP central committee in a letter obtained by POLITICO that he'd transferred $250,000 to a state GOP account. But adopting "a caucus system could cost $500,000 or more. And Kentucky party officials have grown increasingly nervous about having to foot the bill, especially as they try to reclaim the
 governor's office this fall and retake the statehouse next year." 
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PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Fox's Luntz blasted Trump at Koch seminar," by POLITICO's Hadas Gold and Kenneth P. Vogel: "Donald Trump's feud with GOP pollster Frank Luntz escalated Monday - with Trump calling on Fox News to fire Luntz from overseeing its post-debate focus groups, and Luntz launching a profanity-laden tirade to describe the real estate showman turned renegade presidential candidate." The feud began when POLITICO asked Luntz about private comments he made about Trump. "Luntz has insisted in an interview with 
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- "Trump driving migrant debate among GOP field," by The Washington Post's David A. Fahrenthold, Jenna Johnson and Max Ehrenfreund: Donald Trump has embraced a series of hard-right immigration policies: "Deport the undocumented en masse. Seize the money they try to send home. Deny citizenship to their U.S.-born children." Now he's beginning to influence the rest of the Republican field. In Iowa on Monday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "began to call for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, echoing a longtime Trump demand. Walker said the separation barrier between Israel and the Palestinian territories is proof that the concept could work here." 
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- Jeb Bush, meanwhile, "on Monday night dismissed as impractical Donald Trump&#39;s proposals to erect a U.S.-Mexico border wall, use remittances to pay for its construction and to revoke birthright citizenship," The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe reports. "'How do you revoke remittances?' he asked, shaking his head. 'A plan needs to be grounded in reality.'" 
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- "Rick Perry insists his campaign is doing fine," by BuzzFeed News' Rosie Gray in Kimballton, Iowa: "Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry insisted that his campaign is going strong despite the fact that he's reportedly no longer able to pay his staff, saying on Monday that many Americans can relate to his campaign's financial struggles. 'I'm figuring I can stay as long as anybody can stay,' Perry told reporters at a Boots and BBQ Bash event on Monday evening, in response to a question from BuzzFeed News about how long he can keep campaigning despite his campaign's financial problems. 'I'm pretty sure that most Americans have had some ups and downs in their business before, have had
 some challenges before.'" 
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'There are like 10 things I would change in the Constitution with a magic wand.' - Jeb Bush, who did not specify what the 10 things were or what type of wand he'd use (phoenix feather, dragon heartstring, unicorn hair). "Please, do tell," Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), a tea party stalwart, tweeted Monday night in response to Bush's quote. 
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