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Bloomberg to Give $20 Million to Support Dem Senate Races

October 3, 2018 Buck Banks

$20 million

Michael Bloomberg “will give $20 million to the main Democratic Senate super PAC this week — jolting the national battle for control of the chamber just five weeks away from the midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.

Dems Leading in Arizona and Tennessee

September 18, 2018 Buck Banks

7 points

A new CNN poll in Arizona finds Kyrsten Sinema (D) tops Martha McSally (R) by 7 points in the U.S. senate race, 50% to 43% among likely voters. In Tennessee, Phil Bredesen (D) holds a 5-point edge over Marsha Blackburn (R), 50% to 45% among likely voters there. Roughly 1 in 6 voters in each state say there’s a chance they’ll change their mind before Election Day.

Florida Pols Give Rubio the Edge Against Grayson

June 17, 2016 Buck Banks

96%

Of more than 150 experienced Florida politicos asked to assess Rubio’s re-election prospects in the Florida Insider Poll predicted Rubio would win if the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee is Alan Grayson, according to Tampa Bay Times. “But if Democrats nominate Patrick Murphy, only 55 percent think Rubio will win a second term.”

Purdue Untroubled by His Outsourcing Past

October 6, 2014 Buck Banks

Yeah, I spent most of my career doing that.

— Georgia U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue (R), quoted by Politico, when asked about his “experience with outsourcing” in a 2005 deposition.

Smith Accuses Brown of Voting with Obama

September 5, 2014 Buck Banks

Mr. Brown, tear up those talking points. For heaven’s sake, you vote with President Obama more than you vote with the Republican Party.

— Bob Smith (R), quoted by the Concord Monitor, in a GOP Senate debate with Scott Brown (R).

Cook Predicts Tough Senate Races Through 2018

April 1, 2014 Buck Banks

By a quirk of fate, we may be in for some pretty turbulent Senate elections, not only this November but in 2016 and 2018 as well. Majority status could resemble a rubber band as much as anything else. It is entirely plausible that the Senate will tip back into GOP hands in 2014, return to Democrats in 2016, and then flip again to Republicans in 2018. It’s all about how many — and which — seats on each side are up and exposed to losses, not to mention whether it is a presidential or midterm election.

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Bloomberg to Give $20 Million to Support Dem Senate Races

$20 million

Michael Bloomberg “will give $20 million to the main Democratic Senate super PAC this week — jolting the national battle for control of the chamber just five weeks away from the midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.

Dems Leading in Arizona and Tennessee

7 points

Florida Pols Give Rubio the Edge Against Grayson

96%

Purdue Untroubled by His Outsourcing Past

Yeah, I spent most of my career doing that.

— Georgia U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue (R), quoted by Politico, when asked about his “experience with outsourcing” in a 2005 deposition.

Smith Accuses Brown of Voting with Obama

Mr. Brown, tear up those talking points. For heaven’s sake, you vote with President Obama more than you vote with the Republican Party.

— Bob Smith (R), quoted by the Concord Monitor, in a GOP Senate debate with Scott Brown (R).

Cook Predicts Tough Senate Races Through 2018

— Charlie Cook, writing in National Journal.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“In America today‚ 2024, women have fewer rights than their mothers or their grandmothers had, because of Donald Trump. I don’t think we’re going to let him get away with it, do you?”

— President Biden at a campaign stop in Tampa, reported by Tampa Bay Times.

“Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility with this court.”

— Judge Juan Merchan, quoted by NBC News, to Donald Trump’s lawyer in the “hush money” criminal trial.

— Miami Herald

“We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an article.”

— Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX), on CNN.

Numerati

250,000

77%

A new Siena poll finds that by a 54% to 30% margin, New Yorkers say Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is “legitimate” — the view of 77% of Democrats and 44% of independents — rather than a “witch hunt,” the view of 66% of Republicans.

51% to 48%

300 million

Spotify said Taylor Swift’s new album was the first to have over 300 million streams in a single day on Friday.

28%

$20 million

Michael Bloomberg “will give $20 million to the main Democratic Senate super PAC this week — jolting the national battle for control of the chamber just five weeks away from the midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.

7 points

96%

Yeah, I spent most of my career doing that.

— Georgia U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue (R), quoted by Politico, when asked about his “experience with outsourcing” in a 2005 deposition.

Mr. Brown, tear up those talking points. For heaven’s sake, you vote with President Obama more than you vote with the Republican Party.

— Bob Smith (R), quoted by the Concord Monitor, in a GOP Senate debate with Scott Brown (R).

— Charlie Cook, writing in National Journal.

8 of 9M

Toss-up Senate races in 2012 were won by the candidate with the more engaged Facebook fan base, Politico notes. “And in the 2012 House elections, 20 of the 33 most competitive races across the country were won by the candidate with a measurable Facebook fan engagement advantage.”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“In America today‚ 2024, women have fewer rights than their mothers or their grandmothers had, because of Donald Trump. I don’t think we’re going to let him get away with it, do you?”

— President Biden at a campaign stop in Tampa, reported by Tampa Bay Times.

“Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility with this court.”

— Judge Juan Merchan, quoted by NBC News, to Donald Trump’s lawyer in the “hush money” criminal trial.

— Miami Herald

“We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an article.”

— Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX), on CNN.

Numerati

250,000

77%

A new Siena poll finds that by a 54% to 30% margin, New Yorkers say Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is “legitimate” — the view of 77% of Democrats and 44% of independents — rather than a “witch hunt,” the view of 66% of Republicans.

51% to 48%

300 million

Spotify said Taylor Swift’s new album was the first to have over 300 million streams in a single day on Friday.

28%