Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: California voters choose Becerra replacement — Guadagno, Murphy win New Jersey governor primaries — Handel, Ossoff clash in first GA-06 debate as DCCC calls on members to give
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By Daniel Strauss | 06/07/2017 10:00 AM EDT

With Kevin Robillard and Scott Bland

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IN CALIFORNIA - "California voters choose Gomez to replace Becerra," by POLITICO California's David SIders: "Jimmy Gomez, a state assemblyman with the support of establishment Democrats in Los Angeles, defeated Robert Lee Ahn, a lawyer with deep roots in the district's Korean-American community, Tuesday in the race to fill a vacant House seat. The Democrat-on-Democrat contest to fill California Attorney General Xavier Becerra's former congressional seat ... became a clash of two different ethnic groups' influence in the safely Democratic district. According to final unofficial results, Gomez won by 60 percent to 40 percent." Full story.

IN NEW JERSEY - "Murphy, Guadagno win gubernatorial primaries," by POLITICO New Jersey's Matt Friedman: "New Jersey's Democratic and Republican gubernatorial front-runners easily won their party primaries Tuesday night, setting up a November battle between Phil Murphy, a wealthy former Goldman Sachs executive, and Republican Kim Guadagno, the state's current and first ever lieutenant governor. Murphy, who served as U.S. ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013, spent more than $20 million on the primary, much of it from his own pocket. ... Murphy's Goldman Sachs background was seized on by his opponents ... [but he] is widely favored to win in November after eight years of Republican Gov.
 Chris Christie, whose approval rating is in the high teens, and because of New Jersey's Democratic tilt. In his victory speech in Newark, Murphy made clear that he wasn't just running against Guadagno. He's also running against Christie and President Donald Trump." Full story. 
 
- AFTER THE PRIMARY - American Bridge dings Guadagno: Fresh off last night's results, the Democratic opposition research group American Bridge released a new video Wednesday morning attacking Guadagno, using praise offered by outgoing (and unpopular) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to the GOP nominee to replace him. Watch the video here. 

DEBATE NIGHT - "Handel, Ossoff clash in Georgia special election debate," by Campaign Pro's Elena Schneider: "Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel clashed on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night, sparring face-to-face over their resumes, campaign financing and foreign policy positioning in Georgia's special House election after months of trading campaign attacks over the airwaves. Ossoff and Handel, who are running to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in Congress in suburban Atlanta, stuck largely to the same lines of attack repeated in the flood of TV ads that have made their race the most expensive House contest ever. But both of the candidates
 also weighed in on President Donald Trump, with Handel advising the president to change his 'Twitter policy.'" Full story.

 - FIRST IN SCORE - DCCC issues "red alert" to members for contributions to Ossoff: DCCC chairman Ben Ray Lujan will ask House Democrats to contribute to Ossoff's GA-06 campaign on Wednesday morning at a meeting. It's the committee's first "red alert" ask for member contributions to a battleground race this year, as the pro-Trump nonprofit America First Policies starts a late $1.6 million ad campaign. As of a week ago, media-tracking sources said Democrats and Republicans were about even in terms of TV ad reservations for the final week of the race, but that was before the final infusion of GOP outside-group money into GA-06. Keep an eye on Ossoff's 48-hour FEC reports for the next few days
 to see who's chipping in. (So far, the reports have shown contributions to Ossoff from the likes of Kevin Bacon and Laurene Powell Jobs, while Handel has gotten cash from the leadership PACs of Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Marsha Blackburn.)

- MORE GEORGIA - See the latest ads from Ossoff, Handel, the pro-Trump America First Policies, and AARP. 

Days until the 2017 election: 152.

Days until the 2018 election: 516.

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DATA FIGHT - "RNC uses Clinton comments to tout data prowess," by Campaign Pro's Elena Schneider: "The Republican National Committee has seized on Hillary Clinton's recent criticism of the Democrats' data operations to fire another shot in the political tech wars, declaring a data edge over Democrats as the parties prepare for the 2018 midterms. The RNC, which struggled with its data operations relative to Democrats during the 2008 and 2012 elections, did pump more than $175 million into its infrastructure over the last four years, which it says yielded a rich voter file and strong analytics program. Now, the RNC is also promising to send data directors into two-dozen battleground states in
 2018. 'We are far ahead of the Democrats heading into the midterms,' added Juston Johnson, the RNC's political director. 'I think, without question, our product is better than anything that they've got on the other side.' Last week, Clinton called the DNC's data operation 'mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong,' ... The comments provoked fury among some Democratic techies, which the RNC has been happy to stoke - though consultants on both sides wonder just how real the RNC's claimed data edge is." Full story. 

OL' VIRGINNY - Perriello misses out on MoveOn endorsement: An email sent to MoveOn.org members in Virginia said the group wouldn't make an endorsement in the state's Democratic primary. While members backed former Rep. Tom Perriello over Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam by a 56 percent to 44 percent margin, it didn't reach the required 66 percent mark needed for an endorsement. 

- Stewart releases radio ad: Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chair Corey Stewart is out with a minute-long radio ad that spends the first 40 seconds attacking GOP front-runner Ed Gillespie over Confederate monuments and immigration policy, labeling him a "K Street insider lobbyist" that will "lose again in November." The final 20 seconds are spent praising Stewart's "solid record." Listen here. 

- THE STATE OF PLAY - "Big spending gap could decide Virginia governor primary," by Campaign Pro's Kevin Robillard: "Democrats' upcoming primary for governor in Virginia is being painted as a litmus test for the party's future and a trial of what progressive voters most prize in the Trump era. But there is also a more conventional story brewing: Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has a commanding edge in campaign spending leading up to next week's election, allowing him to spread his message further than former Rep. Tom Perriello. Northam has spent almost twice as much money on TV ads as Perriello, his Democratic rival, in recent months - $3.7 million to $2 million, according to a source tracking media
 spending in Virginia." Full story.

RED GOVS IN BLUE STATES - Baker, Scott join climate alliance, Hogan still deciding, Sununu says no: Of the five Republican governors up for reelection next year in traditionally blue or blue-tinted states, two - Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Phil Scott of Vermont - have already announced plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a Democratic-led group of states pledging to uphold clean energy and carbon reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. That's enough to put a squeeze on some other governors: spokespeople for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan have already said he wouldn't have left the Paris Agreement, but Hogan is "still learning" about the Climate Alliance, a spokeswoman told
 The Baltimore Sun. Democratic challengers have already begun pressuring him to join. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has also faced Democratic criticism, but has been mum on both Trump's pullout and whether he would join the Climate Alliance. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu told the Concord Monitor his state would not join the pact. 

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone and walk away." - Georgia Republican House candidate Karen Handel, offering advice to President Donald Trump in a special election debate Tuesday night.

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