Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Sanford's reelection at risk — VoteVets airs ads in NY-24 — Dem House contenders jump on latest Obamacare move
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By Daniel Strauss | 06/11/2018 10:00 AM EDT

With Elena Schneider
 
The 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.
 
PALMETTO STATE - "Rep. Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary" by POLITICO's Alex Isenstadt: "GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent the past three years torching President Donald Trump, firmly establishing himself as a staunch critic of the commander-in-chief who, unlike so many others in his party, never came around. Now he's suddenly at risk of losing his job over it. The once seemingly safe former South Carolina governor, who's never lost a bid for political office, is sweating in the final days of his primary race against state Rep. Katie Arrington, a political newcomer who's cast Sanford as a disloyal Never-Trumper. ...
 
"Sanford is one of a string of Republican lawmakers under mounting pressure over their allegiance to the president. Alabama Rep. Martha Roby, who vowed not to vote for then-candidate Trump after the release of the 'Access Hollywood' tape in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women, has been forced into a primary runoff. On Tuesday, Virginia Rep. Scott Taylor is facing a long-shot challenge from a former local official who has highlighted critical comments the congressman made about the president." Full story. 
 
FIRST IN SCORE - VoteVets airs TV ads in NY-24: VoteVets is out with ads boosting Democrat Juanita Perez Williams with a $200,000 TV ad buy and a $30,000 digital ad buy in the district, ahead of the June 26 primary. The positive spot emphasizes her Navy service, with the narrator saying that Williams "knows you never back down from a fight." The ad, which will air for the next two weeks on broadcast and cable stations, also highlights her support for Medicare for all and Planned Parenthood. Watch the ad here. 
 
HEALTH POLITICS - Dem House contenders jump on Trump administration's latest Obamacare move: On Thursday, the Justice Department sided with GOP-led states in a lawsuit "seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act," arguing that the repeal of the individual mandate in last year's tax law "renders unconstitutional other Obamacare language banning insurers from charging people more or denying them coverage based on a pre-existing condition," per POLITICO's Renuka Rayasam. The move drew a furious response from Democratic members of Congress and candidates from a wide swath of battleground districts - as new polling from NBC/Wall Street Journal showed health care among the top two issues
 concerning voters, and a Fox News survey giving Democrats an edge over Republicans in handling health care issues. 
 
- A sampling from Jason Crow in CO-06, Josh Harder in CA-10, and Rep. Conor Lamb in PA-17. In New Jersey, GOP Reps. Tom MacArthur and Leonard Lance said they disagreed with the administration's pursuit of the overturning of preexisting condition protections, via the New Jersey Globe. The really aggressive portion of the battleground campaigns is just around the corner, and we're guessing we haven't heard the end of this.
 
SILVER STATE - "Hillary Clinton records robocall for Giunchigliani in Nevada primary" - by Campaign Pro's Daniel Strauss: Clark County Commission Vice Chair Chris Giunchigliani's campaign for governor of Nevada has gotten a boost from Hillary Clinton days before the Democratic primary. Clinton endorsed Giunchigliani and recorded a roboocall backing her ahead of Tuesday's contest for the Democratic nomination against Clark County Commission colleague Steve Sisolak." Listen to the robocall here. Full story.
 
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2020 WATCH - "The 1st 2020 Race Is Underway: Scrambling for New York Donors," by The New York Times's Shane Goldmacher: "Senator Elizabeth Warren has come calling as recently as April. Kamala Harris, the first-term senator of California, has made repeated visits, starting as early as her third month in office. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is also no stranger to the big-money donor world of New York; he was here in April - his third such visit in three months. It will be months before Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris, Ms. Warren or most potential presidential aspirants will barnstorm across the farmlands of Iowa, dig into a low-country boil in South Carolina or field questions at a
 town-hall meeting in New Hampshire. But with American presidential races requiring an ever-dizzying amount of money, an early, behind-the-scenes 2020 contest is already taking place: the New York money primary." Full story. 
 
- Soros knocks Gillibrand for propelling Franken to the exit: In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post's Michael Kranish, billionaire George Soros, a big donor to Democratic candidates and causes, said he doesn't have thoughts yet on the 2020 presidential race or the candidates who might be involved - with one exception. Soros: "I think there are many qualified candidates, and I think also that some will distinguish themselves in the 2018 elections that will give them more chances. I may add that there's only one whom I would not like to see succeed, and that's [Senator Kirsten] Gillibrand of New York because she is responsible for pushing ... the comedian ... Al Franken, whom I
 admire, to resign. In order to improve her chances. So she is campaigning, and I hope she doesn't - there is one less candidate." Full story.
 
TECH NEWS - Higher Ground Labs hosting showcase event for new companies: The Democratic tech incubator Higher Ground Labs is hosting a showcase event Wednesday afternoon at Busboys and Poets on 14th Street, where new companies in the group's portfolio and potential clients can mingle, according to an invitation to the event. Some background on Higher Ground Labs here.
 
INSIDE ROMNEY'S RE-RUN - "Romney looks to lead GOP's establishment wing" by Isenstadt: "Mitt Romney is mapping out plans to become a major player in the Senate - positioning himself to be the spokesman of a listless Republican Party establishment that's been steamrolled by President Donald Trump. The failed presidential candidate turned Utah Senate hopeful has made it clear to senior party officials that he intends to make a splash with his all-but-certain arrival on Capitol Hill next year, according to nearly a dozen senators, major party donors and confidantes who've spoken with him ... . Behind the scenes, he is already taking steps to boost fellow Republicans, a role many expect him to
 replicate in the Senate. He has been offering his support to the Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund - super PACs that are closely aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and [Speaker Paul] Ryan, Romney's 2012 running mate." Full story. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED - "Behind the scenes of Eric Greitens' decision to resign. 'No one saw it coming.'" by The Kansas City Star's John Hancock and Lindsay Wise: "Missouri state lawmakers investigating Gov. Eric Greitens had just finished another marathon public hearing on May 29 when House Speaker Todd Richardson unexpectedly summoned them to his office. Richardson sat in the window sill of his third-floor Capitol office, backlit in the mid-afternoon light as smoke wafted from his cigarette. The group of Republican and Democratic legislators gathered round. Richardson asked if everyone was there. An aide shut the door. 'The governor is resigning,' the speaker said. A wave of shocked relief
 washed over the room. Richardson shook each legislator's hand, one by one, and thanked them for their work. 'It was a surreal moment,' said Rep. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, a member of the investigative committee. 'There were no cheers, no celebrating. ... No one saw it coming.'" Full story.
 
ADMINISTRATION SPEED READ - "Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together" by POLITICO's Annie Karni: "Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building, standing over a desk with scraps of paper spread out in front of him. Lartey, who earned an annual salary of $65,969 as a records management analyst, was a career government official with close to 30 years under his belt. But he had never seen anything like this in any previous administration he had worked for. He had never had to tape the president's papers back together again. 
 
"Armed with rolls of clear Scotch tape, Lartey and his colleagues would sift through large piles of shredded paper and put them back together, he said, 'like a jigsaw puzzle.' Sometimes the papers would just be split down the middle, but other times they would be torn into pieces so small they looked like confetti. It was a painstaking project that was the result of a clash between legal requirements to preserve White House records and President Donald Trump's odd and enduring habit of ripping up papers when he's done with them - what some people described as his unofficial 'filing system.'" Full story.
 
CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The situation isn't very nice" - German chancellor Angela Merkel on President Donald Trump's conduct at the G-7 summit. 
 
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