Fri. 08/30 – Where They Stand

Where the candidates will stand on the debate stage (and why), which voter coalitions support each of the top three candidates, a look at one Democrat who is running for Senate in Montana, Joe Biden’s mixed-up recollection of a war story, Tulsi Gabbard says she will not run as an independent, Joe Walsh says he might run as an independent, and a candidate anecdote from Kamala Harris.

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Links:

• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Biden and Warren at Center of the Stage for the Single September Debate (NY Mag)
• Biden has said Warren gave him hell. Now they’ll debate together for the first time. (Politico)
• The 2020 Democratic Candidates and Their Coalitions (The Cook Political Report)
• Polling Fundamentals [crosstab explainer under “Understanding the Numbers Presented in Tables”] (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research)
• Liberian Refugee Wilmot Collins, Mayor of Helena, Launches Bid for Montana Senate Seat (The Intercept)
• Wilmot Collins (Ballotpedia)
• Wilmot Collins (Wikiipedia)
• United States Senate election in Montana, 2020 (Ballotpedia)
• Collins announcement video (Twitter/Wilmot Collins)
• Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins announces 2020 bid for US Senate (Independent Record)
• As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story (WaPo)
• Biden rejects report he flubbed details in anecdote about war heroes (Politico)
• Tulsi Gabbard Rules Out Third-Party Bid (TPM)
• From Trumpism to Trump Challenger: Joe Walsh on His 2020 Run (RCP)
• Harris anecdote re: Emhoff’s parents (Twitter/Sudaraka Ariyaratne)
• Senator Kamala Harris in Conversation with Cleo Wade (92ndStreet Y)

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