Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Blaha, Frazier don't make Colorado Senate ballot — Clip and save: Q1 Senate fundraising — New union ad goes after Toomey
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:05:51 -0600

By Theodoric Meyer | 04/29/2016 10:04 AM EDT

With Elena Schneider, Kevin Robillard and Scott Bland

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DISQUALIFIED - "Blaha, Frazier fall off Colorado GOP Senate ballot," by Campaign Pro's Elena Schneider: Businessman Robert Blaha and former Aurora city councilman Ryan Frazier failed to qualify for the Republican Senate primary ballot in Colorado, the secretary of state's office announced Thursday. The decision could eliminate one of the better-known candidates in Frazier and one of the better-funded candidates in Blaha from contention. Frazier's campaign said it will pursue legal action."

- "Blaha 'submitted 17,844 petition signatures to the Secretary of State's office. Of that, 10,507 were deemed valid. He was short in three congressional districts,' according to a statement from the office of Secretary of State Wayne Williams. Frazier 'submitted 18,581 petition signatures. Of that, 11,108 were deemed valid. He was short in four congressional districts,' the statement said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8a3f858fa79440ada4215801cc302238f781f888cc7c2172f

BY THE NUMBERS - Campaign Pro's Q1 Senate FEC chart: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8bc713ce0c19648e18d01a7c720bae2cf2ac1e957f2fb359d

Days until the Indiana primary: 4. Days until the 2016 election: 193. 

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NEW THIS MORNING - Union hits Toomey on Wall Street ties: AFSCME PEOPLE, the political wing of the government employees union, is spending $1 million on an ad buy attacking GOP Sen. Pat Toomey for his long Wall Street career. The ad notes Toomey began his career as an investment banker, then worked on deals in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong, where he "worked with wealthy Chinese investors." "Pat Toomey. He's for Wall Street. Not us," the ad concludes. Watch the ad, "Around The World," here: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8039c50bc7f36ac1bedbd1a8851625ee300f3021bc557c1b7

- EMILY's List, meanwhile, is attacking the Club for Growth for a new TV ad it says uses sexist tropes against Democrat Katie McGinty. The spot, which began airing on Wednesday, shows an actress playing McGinty wearing heels, big sunglasses and furs. "It's pathetic that Pat Toomey and his special interest allies are resorting to such low and demeaning attacks against a qualified, accomplished woman candidate," EMILY's List spokeswoman Rachel Thomas said. 

- And it's not just outside groups getting involved early here, right after the primary. Toomey's campaign is in the midst of a big TV advertising spree: over $700,000 in three weeks around the Democratic primary, per a source.

FOLLOWING FUNDERS -"America Rising targets Steyer," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti: "Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer and other leading environmentalists like Bill McKibben are the targets of an expensive new negative campaign from America Rising Squared, the 501c4 arm of Republican opposition research group America Rising. Launched Friday, the push will include a deployment of trackers with video cameras to follow the activists, a significant effort to research them and their work, a six-figure digital ad campaign focused on social media, and a website - corenews.org - that will serve as a hub for the group's content. ... The announcement comes just days after Steyer and his NextGen
 Climate Action super PAC launched a $25 million effort to mobilize youth voters in swing states." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb83dba3283fabf2f2c54be39b38468bbc39c0613dc83db289a

ON THE TRAIL - Warren to campaign with Duckworth: Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be in Chicago Friday for an event with seniors for Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth's Senate campaign. Warren traveled heavily for Democratic Senate candidates in 2014; she remains in high demand this year both as a fundraiser and as a big draw for events.

ADDING ADS - NRCC begins making fall TV reservations: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8394f9dc3a5ec19014453efb85976c03024e5f4ef7d5eea3b

- DGA ad in Montana: Gianforte trying to buy election: A Democratic Governors Association-backed group in the Montana governor's race is accusing Republican Greg Gianforte of trying to "buy" the state's election. "Focus on this: A millionaire from New Jersey is trying to be governor of Montana," the narrator says at the start of the ad. "Greg Gianforte, on a mission to buy this election." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8795276a27bb2de94339ad69a94c436830d5a201f6a71aeda

- RGA goes after Cooper in North Carolina: A new Republican Governors Association TV ad attacks Democrat Roy Cooper, calling him a "30-year career politician" who "has increased taxes on just about everything." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb82e51d8d795811f8f55f7ffef728c2b2822bc6d3ca542a139

- Justice goes negative in West Virginia ad: In an ad obtained by Daily Kos Elections, West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice attacks his Democratic primary challengers, Booth Goodwin and Jeff Kessler, as "two peas in a pod." The attacks wouldn't sound strange coming from a Republican. Both men are slammed as career politicians who have "never created a job" and believe "government is the answer." Unlike other Justice ads, it wasn't sent to the media. Watch the ad: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8fa8cec08afada1ea5c54c6c0edcfed5a8e034fa4dd004927

ANNALS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE - North Carolina House campaigns can raise more money for delayed primary: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8762501261ebd6fdfe681c10a723cddac5dd9216208cbfec7

VOTE VETTING - Paul, Toomey top new Club for Growth rankings: GOP Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania topped the other vulnerable Republicans running for reelection this year in the Club for Growth's annual ranking of lawmakers, suggesting Toomey might also be at the top of the list the Club's super PAC shells out to protect. Paul voted with the Club 88 percent of the time last year and Toomey did so 86 percent of the time. Among the most vulnerable Republican senators, Ron Johnson (Wis.) scored 72 percent, Rob Portman (Ohio) scored 65 percent, Kelly Ayotte (N.H.) scored 54 percent and Mark Kirk (Ill.) scored 34 percent. The Club has already endorsed Paul, Toomey and
 Johnson, but not the others.

- On the House side, GOP Reps. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas and Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee both scored 100 percent. Both men represent deep-red districts but are facing primary challenges. Other vulnerable Republican representatives who topped the list include Scott Garrett (N.J.), Rod Blum (Iowa) and Scott Tipton (Colo.). The Club hasn't endorsed any House incumbents yet. See the scorecard: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb84e2bc98e55c9a80493f3b3c3f0b76e744dd262a48aaa97b9

COMEBACK TRAIL - Scott Angelle strong in internal poll: A new internal poll from Republican Scott Angelle's campaign shows him with a huge lead, with 56 percent support. Angelle also had far higher name recognition than every other candidate after running for governor last year. The poll was conducted by Verne Kennedy of Market Research Insight. Full results: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8fb77cc5767dd3f2663662d00bddf76f911330a6cccb1e412

PRESIDENTIAL SPEED READ - "Insiders: Clinton would crush Trump in November," by POLITICO's Katie Glueck: In the swing states that matter most in the presidential race, Donald Trump doesn't have a prayer against Hillary Clinton in the general election. That's according to top operatives, strategists and activists in 10 battleground states who participated in this week's POLITICO Caucus. ... 'There is positively no way for Trump to win in Pennsylvania,' said a Republican from that state. "Trump cannot and will not carry Ohio," a Republican from that state insisted. ... Added a Florida Republican, who like all participants was granted anonymity in order to speak freely, 'Trump is grinding the
 GOP to a stub. He couldn't find enough xenophobic, angry white Floridians to beat Hillary in Florida if he tried.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb85ccc67bbc9c0a7617e65f0f8d8c10d49fe3ac5b2b694e561

- "Carly Fiorina's missing California network," by POLITICO's Shane Goldmacher: "Ted Cruz has taken to calling California 'the big enchilada' of 2016 and he made a seemingly significant nod to the state this week when he picked Carly Fiorina, who was the California Republican Senate nominee in 2010, as his running mate. But as Fiorina makes her California debut at the state GOP convention this weekend as a part the Cruz-Fiorina ticket, she will arrive in her old stomping grounds with virtually no political infrastructure or network to tap into, according to numerous GOP operatives in the state who both support and oppose Cruz."

- "That's largely because after her 2010 lost to Barbara Boxer , the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive quickly dismantled her political machinery, moved across the country to Virginia and didn't pay off all her debts to vendors and strategists for more than four years, even as she made sure to quickly reimburse herself $1.25 million she had loaned the campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb84e60e5069aedfa365ec54a7636a12c9f9938ebd67c65301c

- "Cruz to trounce Trump in Virginia delegate election," by POLITICO's Kyle Cheney: "Ted Cruz got crushed in Virginia on primary day, but even Donald Trump's forces believe he's about to stuff the state's national convention delegation full of supporters anyway. Virginia GOP insiders with knowledge of the state's delegate selection process expect Cruz backers to overrun this Saturday's state convention and use their numbers to guarantee that the 13 statewide delegates to the national convention lean Cruz. Their list is likely to include Ken Cuccinelli, a senior Cruz convention adviser and former Virginia attorney general. And it may come at the expense of other veteran Republicans seeking
 delegate slots - including former Gov. Jim Gilmore, who ran against Cruz in the GOP presidential primary, and Corey Stewart, director of the Trump campaign in Virginia." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb86980470330ce394d5a3d5a36e17dd3dcd059db65a742e826

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "[John Kasich] requires more effort on my behalf than all my other friends ... but he's still my friend, and I love him." - John Boehner. His comment during a talk at Stanford that Ted Cruz is "Lucifer in the flesh" has gotten a lot of attention, but his other remarks are nearly as quotable. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ac4db2fe260d0eb8d779e31c1c6e2d5e5853630194872d5e1ab0b79bcbbfcf45

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