Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: New Senate rankings — Comer will run to replace retiring Whitfield
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:06:52 -0600

By Elena Schneider | 09/30/2015 10:01AM EDTWith Theodoric MeyerThe following newsletter is an abridged version of Campaign Pro's Morning Score. For an earlier morning read on exponentially more races - and for a more comprehensive aggregation of the day's most important campaign news - sign up for Campaign Pro today. (http://www.politicopro.com/proinfo)TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO -- "Campaign Pro's Senate Rankings: Illinois, Wisconsin remain on top," by Campaign Pro's Steve Shepard: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c96422dbd8dee22e441c02196b3e3d3572c6a83a274d4e117db8f KOCH -- "Senate Dems consider 2016 Koch strategy," by POLITICO's Kenneth P. Vogel and Burgess Everett: "A coalition of deep-pocketed liberal groups ― including a pair of
 super PACs backing Hillary Clinton ― has been meeting quietly for months, examining the 2016 map and plotting attacks against the powerful Koch brothers' network. At midday Thursday, the architect of that effort, Clinton antagonist-turned-enforcer David Brock, is scheduled to present his findings ― complete with the back-up polling and research ― to the Senate Democratic Caucus, sources tell POLITICO. Brock declined to comment for this story. But sources familiar with the caucus meeting plan say it appears his goal is to win strategic buy-in from Democratic Senators, who are looking for ways to make the most of a favorable 2016 electoral landscape." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642757ca5007dacce8abafeaa7d6073f5b06ffe4bd537ff7a0f IT ALONE -- "New Bevin buy to cost $78,000, last three days," by Campaign Pro's Kevin Robillard: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642f5e25e2d4edb34ba860a08850103002e81ee4abec566efdb -- The Lexington Herald-Leader's Sam Youngman asked, "Is Matt Bevin trying to lose the race for governor?" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642e8f34f5ab6110356638d34b51235dfdb254b39670f69762a -- GOP Sen. Rand Paul will campaign with Bevin on Saturday, the AP reports. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642f0802c95c205017f80a393e34869b3f5d75fa27f969c8bc8 until the 2015 election: 34. Days until the 2016 election: 405.Thanks for joining us. Email tips to the whole Campaign Pro team at [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked] and
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 Pro Europe Brief.RETIREMENT WATCH -- "Whitfield won't run for reelection in KY-01," by Campaign Pro's Theodoric Meyer: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642ab38eed64cd7f0413db3edeafeeaf7a3675a2a1751230454 State Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who lost this year's GOP gubernatorial primary, told The Associated Press this morning that he's running to replace Whitfield. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642643d29602a4e5f8719905e1f94edbe74ed80ac2a9a13e2f8 IT OUT - Salmon tells McCain he won't challenge him in the primary: Rep. Matt Salmon made it official on Tuesday: He's sticking around the House. The Arizona Republican, whom conservative activists had hoped would challenge Sen. John McCain in the primary next year, took McCain aside in the anteroom of the Senate
 Armed Services Committee hearing room on Tuesday morning, according to a McCain aide, and told him he wouldn't run against him. "I appreciated meeting today with Congressman Matt Salmon, a friend and valued member of Arizona's Congressional delegation," McCain said in a statement. "I look forward to continuing to work with Matt to address key issues facing our state and nation, re-electing Arizona's Republicans in Congress, and winning back the White House in 2016."HARSH WORDS - DesJarlais challenger lashes out on Planned Parenthood: Grant Starrett, the 27-year-old lawyer running against GOP Rep. Scott DesJarlais, has said again and again that he's running against DesJarlais from the
 right. But DesJarlais is one of the more conservative members of the House. Starrett gave some indication how he'll go about it on Tuesday, when his campaign manager harshly criticized DesJarlais for failing to question Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, when she testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform earlier in the day. "Scott DesJarlais today just showed the American people why Washington, D.C.[,] is so hated and why he is unfit to be a Congressman," Tommy Schultz, Starrett's campaign manager, said in a statement.PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Donald Trump's saving grace: Televangelists," by POLITICO's Ben Schreckinger: "Donald Trump has
 found his kind of Christians. In a bid to consolidate support among evangelicals and keep his momentum from ebbing, Trump is courting charismatic televangelists who believe God wants you to be rich. Still winning with evangelical voters but unpopular with their leaders, his campaign has begun training its outreach efforts on media-friendly pastors and advocates of the prosperity gospel - including a Jews for Jesus preacher with a television show and a Christian broadcasting executive known for her taste in oversized pink wigs - who are less turned off by his brash style and history of socially liberal positions. And that's critical if he intends to keep Ben Carson's strength with
 evangelicals from growing." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c96423d5e269c6304c614e28f4f638fc4ba50fa51d09f56165825 "Rand Paul super PAC goes dark," by POLITICO's Alex Isenstadt: "One of the three super PACs supporting Rand Paul's presidential campaign has stopped raising money, dealing a damaging blow to an already cash-starved campaign. ..."I have stopped raising money for him until I see the campaign correct its problems," said Crane, who co-founded the Cato Institute think tank and serves as its president emeritus." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c96420cc9d19b5563fb3f601d80617cc207e438abea32d9eafe41 -- "Rand Paul on Tuesday had a blunt message for his presidential rival and fellow Republican senator Ted Cruz: You're a hack. In no uncertain terms, Paul called out
 Cruz for trying - and failing - to disrupt GOP leadership's efforts to fund the government without attacking Planned Parenthood, as well as past name-calling from the Texas senator," POLITICO's Eliza Collins reported. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c96429cef59bd53d6511ae2d26ad6842ff3831c4d9f9d4dab06bc WOMP WOMP -- "Christie endorsements win a shrug in Iowa," by POLITICO's Daniel Strauss: "Chris Christie promised a new push to win in Iowa. And his first step was to unveil endorsements, from people who already said they support him. ... Christie's team put on a full-court press to build excitement around what they touted as a "special announcement" on Tuesday. But news that the group of six Iowa Republicans who urged him to run
 in 2011 still supports him for 2016 was met with a collective eye-roll among insiders and rival Republicans in Iowa." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c964217b82371b9f15876474a3589facd47db24d5c866b881a721 'GREENEST CANDIDATE IN GOP FIELD' -- "Bush goes heavy on fossil fuels," by POLITICO Pro Energy's Darren Goode: "Jeb Bush released an energy plan Tuesday that was filled with Republican standards: drill more oil, cut regulations and build the Keystone XL pipeline. But it's more notable for what it dodges: Bush is one of the greenest candidates in the Republican presidential field. He's also battling accusations that he's soft on the issues that are firing up the Republican base right now, and his big energy rollout didn't
 mention the term 'climate change.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642bc5ce44b4db4b806916f89a131bdee76d8527308ecd4e30b FLORIDA CASH SCRAMBLE IN NYC -- "Bush and Rubio race for Wall Street cash," by POLITICO's Ben White in New York: "Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are headed for a smackdown on Wall Street. The former Florida governor and current Florida senator have dueling fundraisers set for the week of Oct. 12th with top financial industry executives in New York as Bush looks to maintain his dominance in the industry despite low poll numbers and Rubio hopes to capitalize on recent momentum to make his case to the deep-pocketed Republican establishment." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642df9ac0e6b6304db290b7a962f8aeccd02be91c6031df2459 CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I
 really don't know what their exact methodology is. I'm not concerned." - Bevin, asked about the RGA pulling its television ads. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642b5612c36f74b2763eeaf1491892085b8d18845936add26e5 To view online:http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-score/2015/09/new-senate-rankings-comer-will-run-to-replace-retiring-whitfield-210473 To change your alert settings, please go to http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642a2ebd554c8441cab9dc6f42932f461ef8b26238357129eb4 or http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b223774da38c9642f814818bd92bb20ac82a5f51a02ca016721bcb79a3c4a0daThis email was sent to [email-masked] by: POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USATo unsubscribe,http://www.politico.com/_unsubscribe?e=00000150-1e8f-d8eb-a57d-5eaf531e0000&u=0000014e-f0fe-dd93-ad7f-f8fffbc40000&s=de25368f11fe95e5d68b3e4517b156042f2b79c7c033c9fa1718f00df500b322ac6388c826532c9e729464fea5d7d9651148e54adf397b85bad33a6c2bcb225