Mike Johnston departs #COSen. In interview, he says winning primary would have required expensive and negative primary, which "would have risked the chance of weakening the eventual nominee so that we could have lost to Gardner and lost the seat."
Johnston said he wasn't calling on other candidates to drop out, but said avoiding a divisive primary was best.
"I think when you're part of a team you've got to do what's best for all of us, not what's best for one of us. And this seemed like the clear right choice for me."
Also, Johnston said he wasn't endorsing Hick, but isn't ruling out endorsement later. And he said he hasn't talked to Schumer/DSCC.
"There's been no pressure from them or anyone else for me to get out," he said.
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@AndrewDesiderio Tidbit: Dems celebration was overtaken by horrible events at the Capitol yesterday. But some got a moment to soak it in: Stevie Wonder joined a Zoom w/ Warnock staffers Tuesday before race was called, but after it was clear he was poised to win
@AndrewDesiderio Ossoff talked about John Lewis on the campaign trail a lot. He called Lewis in Aug. 2019 to ask for endorsement weeks before launch.
In first week of Dec, he drove to Selma and filmed an ad on the Edmund Pettus Bridge invoking Lewis' life as a civil rights icon
Greenfield slightly above water, 40/36. But 24% don't know her, lot of room for definition in closing weeks.
Greenfield's slim advantage is behind big lead with independent voters (47-32) and women voters (53-33).
Greenfield also pulling 10% of those who say they voted Trump in 2016, compared to 2% of Clinton voters for Ernst. Something to watch, whether electorate polarizes more
Both candidates have continued to do in person events in the lead up to tomorrow's primary. AP reports that there was covid exposure at a GOP event last week.
Martha McSally narrowly outraised Mark Kelly in the first 15 days of this month, per their pre-primary reports. Kelly raised nearly $2.1 million, per report below. McSally raised nearly $2.2 million per previous tweet (total difference of about $79k)