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Tillis, who is up for reelection, held a debate with Democrat Cal Cunningham last night prior to receiving this positive test result
Cunningham on the news that Sen. Tillis has tested positive for Covid-19

Tillis' campaign manager says in a statement that they notified Cunningham and Spectrum (who hosted debate) after positive test results.

Shutting down campaign hq and halting in person events. Staffers quarantining and getting tests
Tillis had continued in-person campaigning (though his campaign says that will now halt). Cunningham had remained virtual. I got into these dynamics in my story last month, where I interviewed Tillis in NC and Cunningham via Zoom

politico.com/news/2020/09/0…
More breaking news in the NC Senate race

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Jan 8, 2021
NEW: Friday after the general election, Jon Ossoff and his campaign held a call to strategize for a runoff

"If every Black voter who voted in November turns out, we will win,” Ossoff said, per people familiar.

How Dems won Georgia

w @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
@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
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Sep 19, 2020
Des Moines Register Poll:

Greenfield 45
Ernst 42

(Largely unchanged from June, when it was Greenfield 46, Ernst 43)

desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
Ernst Image is even, 44/44 on favorability.

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
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Sep 16, 2020
Quinnipiac Senate polls:

MAINE
Gideon 54
Collins 42

SC
Graham 48
Harrison 48

KENTUCKY
McConnell 53
McGrath 41

poll.qu.edu/south-carolina…
I will note that this Maine poll is obviously the biggest margin we've seen yet. RCP average had Gideon +4.5.
In August, Q polls had Gideon +4 (47/43), Graham and Harrison tied (44/44) and McConnell +5 (49/44). So big shifts everywhere
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Aug 5, 2020
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.
Sethi says he will get tested after potential exposure from an event where an attendee has tested positive for covid.

Hagerty has gotten tested as well

https://t.co/hWO2BiuUfS
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Jul 24, 2020
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)
Kelly continues to have a major cash advantage in the race. $21.2 million compared to nearly $11 million for McSally
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Jul 22, 2020
NEW: Cory Gardner says an NRSC ad that went up last week attacking HIckenlooper should be pulled off air after he had a conversation with survivor of a 2017 home explosion, who called the ad "horrifying" and said it should be taken down.

politico.com/news/2020/07/2…
The ad, which attacks Hickenlooper over the home explosion in the state in 2017, was condemned last week by Erin Martinez, who lost her husband and brother in the explosion and called the ad "horrifying"
Gardner's statement:
"I spoke to Erin Martinez today and expressed to her that I would not have personally run the ad and I hope the ad comes down. If I had the power to take down the ad I would."

The ad is run by NRSC IE, which cannot coordinate with campaigns.
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