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September 12, 2019: The third Democratic primary debate takes place Thursday night. Donald Trump is launching a media campaign in Texas with two full-page newspaper ads and a flyover ad.
Notable Quote of the Day
“Even though the Democratic donor community has been expanded with the rise of easy-click online giving, it remains a small, disproportionately white, disproportionately wealthy faction of the total Democratic electorate.
The progressive think tank Demos, in an analysis of 2012 presidential giving, found that only 15 percent of Democratic small donors were people of color. In 2016, the Democratic primary electorate was 38 percent people of color. Demos also found that 15 percent of Democratic small donors, and 25 percent of all Democratic donors, were millionaires (who are 3 percent of the U.S. population).
Past presidential candidates with lots of small donors have failed to win the most votes. Howard Dean was leading the 2004 Democratic presidential field in fundraising when John Kerry successfully kept his campaign afloat before the Iowa caucuses by mortgaging his house. In 2016, Sanders had approximately 2.4 million individual donors—twice as many as Hillary Clinton—yet Clinton won 15.6 million votes, nearly 4 million more than Sanders.”
– Bill Scher, Politico Magazine contributing editor
Democrats
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Ten candidates will participate in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston Thursday night: Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang. ABC News and Univision are broadcasting the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos are moderating.
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The American Association of People with Disabilities released questionnaires answered by Steve Bullock, Buttigieg, Tim Ryan, Sanders, Joe Sestak, and Marianne Williamson on their disability policies.
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Michael Bennet discussed Russian interference in U.S. elections on Pod Save the World. He will campaign in Iowa Thursday.
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Bullock will watch the primary debate while campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Bill de Blasio attended ceremonies Wednesday at the National September 11 Memorial.
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John Delaney delivered his literal elevator pitch in a segment on Yahoo! News. He will be in New York Thursday, making appearances on cable TV.
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In an interview Wednesday on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Tulsi Gabbard spoke about why she enlisted in the military following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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Sestak is campaigning in New Hampshire Thursday and will fly to Iowa before the primary debate.
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Tom Steyer will attend a labor town hall in Davenport, Iowa.
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Williamson will watch the primary debate with supporters at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
- In an interview on The Daily by The New York Times, Yang discussed automation and his presidential campaign.
Republicans
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In an interview on PBS NewsHour, Mark Sanford discussed trade, climate change, North Korea, and why he was challenging Trump in the Republican primary.
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Donald Trump is launching a media campaign in Texas that includes two full-page newspaper ads targeting Biden, Castro, and Warren, and a flyover ad criticizing socialism.
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Joe Walsh answered questions about Medicare and Medicaid, his Republican opponents, racism, trade, climate change, and foreign policy in an interview with IJR.
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Bill Weld campaigned in New Hampshire Wednesday.
What We’re Reading
Flashback: September 12, 2015
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and Scott Walker campaigned at the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State Cyclones football game.
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