The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 3

[Mr. Morden]

Gillibrand saving $ for 2020:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/nyregion/gillibrand-campaign-spending.html

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Asked about 2020, she gave this non-denial:

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[Mr. Morden]

Sanders says a discussion with Warren over whether they’re really going to run against each other is a possibility:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/20/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-2020-919825

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Another possibility has also been floated:

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[Mr. Morden]

Garcetti says he'll decide on a presidential run "in the next couple months":

https://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-mayor-hints-will-soon-decide-running-president-2020/

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[Mr. Morden]

O’Rourke’s presidetial denial:

https://abc30.com/cruz-orourke-talk-presidential-ambitions-border-politics-texas-senate-showdown/4529383/

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O’Malley:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/21/2020-democratic-presidential-candidates-biden-booker-harris-trump

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[Mr. Morden]

Klobuchar was on The View on Friday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWlLsIb-CVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrlxP6Dx90

Here's the part where she's asked about a run for president:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrlxP6Dx90&t=3m3s

When asked about whether she's going to run for president, she just said:

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[Mr. Morden]

Bloomberg asked about 2020:

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/10/22/bloomberg-on-possible-2020-bid/

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[Mr. Morden]

Gabbard made another Iowa visit tonight:

https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/potential-2020-presidential-candidate-visits-sioux-city/1542943903

[Mr. Morden]

Chris Murphy on 2020:

http://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/can-chris-murphy-capture-the-soul-of-the-democratic-party/article_225721dc-d186-11e8-acca-c7d185a2da68.html

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Steyer’s email list:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/tom-steyers-plan-impeach-trump/573382/

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Also:

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[Mr. Morden]

No poll (albeit not many) has Kamala ahead of Biden, Bernie, or Warren.

The latest national poll has her one point ahead of Warren, ftr:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=303924.0

[Mr. Morden]

Buzzfeed has a new story all about Patrick’s deliberations over whether to run for president:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/darrensands/deval-patrick-2020-president-campaign-barack-obama

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[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/HCTrudo/status/1054743969089888256

[Mr. Morden]

Castro says he’ll decide right after Nov. 6th:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/q-a-former-hud-secretary-julian-castro-speaks-in-lancaster/article_8a2e7278-d72c-11e8-a76d-b3444f4bf4d1.html

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Merkley heading back to NH:

https://twitter.com/steinhauserNH1/status/1054901249429123072

Tim Ryan’s already in NH, and says “I don’t really have a timetable” for making the decision about 2020:

https://twitter.com/steinhauserNH1/status/1054846391904845825

[Mr. Morden]

Klobuchar will be in Iowa this weekend:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/24/minnesota-amy-klobuchar-visit-iowa-weekend-democrats-caucus-president-trump-kavanaugh-candidate/1750704002/

Bloomberg’s timeline:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-his-newly-adopted-party-hugs-the-left-michael-bloomberg-aims-for-the-center/2018/10/23/8140dd7e-d6c6-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.eddb6835efae

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[Mr. Morden]

Here’s a story from a few days ago about the Sanders-Warren “standoff” about whether one or both of them will run for president:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/bernie-sanders-running-against-warren-president/573529/

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[Mr. Morden]

Castro says he will likely not announce his 2020 intentions until after the start of the new year:

https://www.concordmonitor.com/Democrat-Julian-Castro-2020-back-in-New-Hampshire-21099749

[Mr. Morden]

Gillibrand asked about 2020 ambitions in her Senate debate says "I will serve my six year term":

https://freebeacon.com/politics/gillibrand-pushes-2020-speculation-serve-six-year-term-senate/

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[Mr. Morden]

Biden headed to Iowa on Tuesday:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/25/joe-biden-visit-iowa-abby-finkenauer-fred-hubbell-2018-2020-midterms-president-caucus/1768916002/

[Mr. Morden]

Sanders shooting hoops:



And here he is talking about 2020:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/bernie-sanders-2020-president-campaign-midterm-elections

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[Mr. Morden]

Harris:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/glimpse-2020-kamala-harris-connects-female-supporters-iowa/story?id=58754888

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Booker was in Nevada this week:

https://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/local-news/us-sen-cory-booker-campaigns-for-dems-speaks-to-law-students-at-boyd-school-of-law/1547685535

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As Bullock heads to Iowa, he’s asked about 2020:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/26/iowa-elections-2018-vote-montana-gov-steve-bullock-iowa-president-trump-caucuses-rob-sand-cindy-axne/1774812002/

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That story notes that O’Malley will also be in Iowa this weekend.

[Mr. Morden]

This story's a couple of months old now, but I missed it at the time:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/the-new-dr-no-rep-justin-amash-marooned-in-congress/2018/07/31/5e9f9ca2-90e8-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?utm_term=.d979599338e0

It covers Amash's continued dissatisfaction with the direction of the GOP.  E.g.:

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I mention it here, as Amash, through his spokeswoman, did give a "no comment" on a 2020 run last year:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=233345.msg5774366#msg5774366

At this point, his lack of signaling in that direction means he's probably not running, but we'll see.

[Mr. Morden]

Al Hunt reports that "in private conversations with top politicians" Biden has repeatedly insisted that he'll make his decision in early 2019, and won't drag it out like last time.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-28/oe-biden-will-tell-us-his-2020-presidential-plans-soon

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[Mr. Morden]

Looks like when reporters tried to follow up with Gillibrand on her promise to serve a six year term, she implied that a run for president next year is very much still on the table:

https://buffalonews.com/2018/10/27/gillibrand-on-running-for-president-i-can-think-about-it-later/

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[Mr. Morden]

O’Malley, in Iowa this weekend, was asked about 2020:

https://qctimes.com/news/presidential-hopefuls-for----declared-and-undeclared-/article_6b5e050b-e9f2-5291-87e7-4af6003ae446.html

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Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, while saying that she doesn’t want to run again, does say that she wants to be president:

https://www.recode.net/2018/10/27/18032550/hillary-clinton-kara-swisher-92y-recode-decode-live-podcast-transcript

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[Mr. Morden]

Avenatti assembling his team:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/29/michael-avenatti-2020-election-campaign-944994

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[Mr. Morden]

From a dispatch on Deval Patrick's trip to South Carolina:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/why-deval-patrick-might-run-president/574222/

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