Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score, presented by Carr Workplaces: Poll finds Hassan, Ayotte neck and neck — Burr raises $1.3 million in third quarter
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Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:03:19 -0600

By Theodoric Meyer | 10/06/2015 10:01AM EDTWith Kevin Robillard, Elena Schneider and Steven ShepardThe 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)TOP RECRUIT - Hassan, now in the race, is tied with Ayotte in the latest N.H. poll: Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire announced Monday morning that she'd challenge GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte next year, giving national Democrats the candidate they wanted in a state crucial to winning back the Senate.
 (http://politi.co/1Z3xzQ4) The most recent snapshot of arrived hours later, when the WMUR Granite State Poll came out, showing Hassan and Ayotte running neck and neck in the race. The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center before Hassan entered the race, found that 45 percent of likely voters would cast their ballots for Ayotte if the election were held today, while 43 percent would vote for Hassan - well within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.- Both Hassan and Ayotte had strong favorability rankings in the poll, with 52 percent of those polled saying they had a favorable opinion of Hassan and 47 percent saying they had a
 favorable opinion of Ayotte. But voters didn't seem sold on a Hassan run for Senate. Asked what Hassan should do in 2016, only 13 percent said she should run for Senate; 27 percent said she should run for reelection; 18 percent said she shouldn't seek either office and 42 percent were unsure. Full results here: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=319ff4ffea713a7d34efa45a69881cd354c58cca73a141f74d58e6c7b0c2d73b WMUR has a rundown of who might run for governor now that Hassan won't. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=319ff4ffea713a7d1fe77e43ff3aa1c787b4bbc96834ca8eac14d37c59a0fd21 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is already up with a web ad accusing Hassan of "delaying tax relief for small businesses" and urging voters not to send her to D.C. Watch the ad: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=319ff4ffea713a7d4757766b6d018fd5a7b4a16e2915757a4e0e428d578f025c IN SCORE - Burr raises $1.3 million in third quarter: Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) pulled in about $1.3 million in the third quarter, his campaign tells Campaign Pro, giving him $4.7 million in cash on hand. It's less than the $1.7 million he raised in the second quarter, but without a strong Democratic challenger, Burr - who isn't known for his fundraising prowess - might not be feeling the heat. Chris Rey, the Democratic mayor of Spring Lake, N.C., is the only Democrat running against Burr at the moment; former state Rep. Deborah Ross is also expected to launch a campaign.Days until the 2015 election: 28. Days until the 2016 election:
 399.Thanks for joining us. Email tips to the whole Campaign Pro team at [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked] and [email-masked] can also follow us on Twitter, where we tweet a lot about campaigns and occasionally on Byzantine horse skulls: @politico_steve, @kyledcheney, @ec_schneider, @politicokevin and @theodoricmeyer.** A message from Carr Workplaces: Looking for a DC-based election office? Carr Workplaces has offices, suites, team rooms, meeting rooms and event spaces immediately available with flexible terms and supportive services. Our Capitol Hill location is steps from the hill and Union Station. With 18 area
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 rancher who ran against Kirkpatrick two years ago, and Shawn Redd, a Navajo businessman, are in the running, too. The district tilts Republican.- On the Democratic side, Tom O'Halleran, a former Republican state senator who mounted an unsuccessful comeback bid as an independent last year, is seen by national Democrats as perhaps their best hope of holding the seat. Miguel Olivas, a former GOP House staffer, is also running as a Democrat.- In an interview on Monday evening, Gowan told Campaign Pro his record in the legislature would set him apart from his opponent, especially on land-use issues. "I have a proven record of supporting my rural guys - ranchers, farming, mining," he said. He
 wouldn't be afraid to stand up to the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies that he believes are overreaching. "Right now we are the playground of the East," he said. One of his campaign slogans is "Respect the West."CASH HUSTLE - Portman raises $2 million in third quarter: Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) raised more than $2 million in the third quarter, his campaign announced on Monday, leaving him with more than $11 million cash on hand. Portman has set the pace for fundraising in competitive 2016 Senate races so, though his third-quarter haul is down from the $2.9 million he brought in during the second quarter.FIRST IN SCORE - American Bridge to release a new report
 criticizing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: American Bridge, the Democratic opposition research operation, will release a new report on Tuesday titled, "Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Men: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Backing Corporate Greed at the Expense of Working Familes & Small Businesses." The report, which runs 100 pages, details what's known about some of the companies that fund the Chamber. Read it here: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb9545de182df68930183334ff2d9873f381ae14c192e96137e ADDENDUM - Numbers on those FreedomWorks ads: We reported in Score on Monday that FreedomWorks for America was running TV ads supporting GOP Reps. Dave Brat of Virginia, Tim Huelskamp of Kansas and Mark Meadows of North Carolina, but that the
 group wouldn't say how it was spending on the ads. A FreedomWorks spokesman confirmed on Monday that the group is spending about $41,000 on the Huelskamp ad and about $50,000 each on the Brat and Meadows ads. They're running for three weeks on cable in each member's district.PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Inside Joe Biden's clear-eyed 2016 calculations," by POLITICO's Edward-Isaac Dovere: "[Vice President Joe] Biden has portrayed his decision about a 2016 run as purely emotional, a question of whether he and has family have the strength. That's a big part of it. But it's not all of it. By every account of those surrounding Biden, Beau is constantly on his father's mind. But so are Clinton's
 poll numbers, and his own, as the vice president notes in private details, such as the crosstab data that show him drawing more support from Clinton than Bernie Sanders. So is the prospect of what it would mean to run against a candidate who would make history as the first female nominee, and potentially first female president. So is knowing that the filing deadlines are quickly closing in, and that he almost certainly has to decide in roughly the next week to make even a seat-of-the-pants campaign possible." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb9e2331be60a4b59bf220a0e19d17b228a767c970270840774 "Old Clinton network sees lost cause in New Hampshire," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti in Manchester, N.H.: "Hillary Clinton is
 losing in New Hampshire, and at least one small contingent of family allies thinks it's nearly time to cut bait. The group - veterans of the family's old campaigns and people close to Clinton's fundraising - see little reason to support a strategy that continues to pour resources into the state where Bernie Sanders' already surprising lead shows no signs of shrinking. ... Instead, they're arguing that Clinton's campaign would be just fine focusing on the states that follow in early 2016." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb9dbfbb42cfc3c889f3ba8eecab0dc41fa0027cdd4fcf1577c "Clinton ad highlights McCarthy statement on Benghazi," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti: "Hillary Clinton's campaign is making sure the name Kevin McCarthy
 stays in the 2016 headlines for as long as possible. The Democrat's campaign is going up Tuesday with a new five-figure ad buy on national cable that will feature a 30-second video highlighting the House majority leader's statement last week crediting the House committee investigating Benghazi with politically damaging Clinton, according to a campaign official." The video will air on MSNBC and CNN in the days leading up to the first Democratic debate next Tuesday. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb9d2d524a9a8e995e5669ae21fe077bbc2322ea0219fc5a6f7 "Bernie Sanders, a hunting-state senator, treads lightly with guns," by The New York Times' Thomas Kaplan: The community college shooting in Oregon last week has focused new
 attention on Bernie Sanders' views on guns, which are markedly more conservative than his Democratic rivals' positions. "Mr. Sanders voted against the Brady Bill in the 1990s, requiring background checks, when he was in the House of Representatives. And in 2005, he voted in favor of a bill to shield gun manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits. (Mrs. Clinton, then a senator from New York, voted against that bill, and is pledging to repeal it as part of her gun control plan.)" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb9809dd4ee37eef9258597d405bc070b42207ca82955fdb1fa INSIDERY' - If you've ever wanted to read Glenn Thrush's email, here's your chance: Gawker reported on Monday that Philippe Reines, a former HIllary Clinton aide, had lied
 about using his personal email account to conduct State Department business, based on a series of emails between Reines and reporters that were provided to Gawker by the government. Gawker - because it's Gawker - has also published several of the email conversations in full, including an exchange in which Reines challenges POLITICO reporter Glenn Thrush to let him take a lie detector test. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb91f6a08ca5911a9983e65094dc427fb580f384b65bd6cd20f - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "McCarthy just got 'Chaffetzed.' Something I know a little something about. #selfpromoter #powerhungry" - Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor and GOP presidential candidate, on the decision by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to challenge
 House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy for the speakership. Chaffetz, who served as Huntsman's chief of staff when he was governor, backed Mitt Romney over Huntsman in the presidential race four years ago. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c1da8e21daa8bbb920f2b0bba3ee25b372afc48dcfc29cc2eca1d53a2f63aae7 US - WOMEN RULE: TAKING RISKS AND TAKING CHARGE Women Rule live event series returns Wednesday morning at 8 am with "Women Rule: Taking Risks and Taking Charge," a series of conversations with women who have braved the odds in their lives and careers. Vian Dakhil, Iraqi MP and voice of the Yazidi people being attacked by ISIS and her sister, Dr. Deelan Dakhil, the co-director of the Sinjar Foundation will headline the event. Featured speakers
 also include Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.); Sarah LaFleur, Founder and CEO, MM. LaFleur, and former White House NSA and EVP of MacAndrews and Forbes, Frances Fragos Townsend. RSVP: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=319ff4ffea713a7d29ace229c962cde176b53692082de62e61c95d63a342b79a NOW AVAILABLE: POLITICO PRO LEGISLATIVE COMPASS - POLITICO Pro, POLITICO's premium subscription service, has released a first-of-its kind legislative data analytics and decision-making tool that helps policy professionals manage and act on legislation. Leveraging features such as a personalized dashboard, virtual whip count, bill text comparison and 20 years of data, users will not only save time but benefit from customizing and cross-referencing information, enabling
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