DPT 2020: March 17, 2019

Democratic Primary Tracker updates for the week of 3/10 - 3/16

“There’s only one real game in this country, and that’s politics. All the others are kids’ games.” – Edward Bennet Williams, as quoted in Hunter S. Thompson’s 1973 book, Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72

HEADLINES: Beto is IN. . .Milwaukee selected as host for Democratic National Convention, July 13 - 16, 2020. . . Biden inches closer to a formal bid. . .Sanders’ staff unionizes. . .Warren continues her attack on Big Tech, with reluctant help from Facebook. . .Booker is confirmed as Rosario Dawson’s ‘boo’. . .Gillibrand campaign in sexual harassment imbroglio. . .Buttigieg continues meteoric rise. . .

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Current Odds (Bovada, 3/16/19)

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Bernie Sanders

. . .is now the moderate Democratic presidential candidate (The Federalist)

. . . spokeswoman says that Jews have dual loyalties. . .apologizes (Washington Examiner)

. . . campaign becomes first to Unionize staff (The Root)

. . .is Socialism’s Reagan? (New York Times)

. . .is a ‘communist sympathizer’ (Fox Business)

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Kamala Harris

. . .helps reintroduce Debt-Free College Act in Senate (Daily Californian)

. . .refunds campaign donations from lobbyist and foreign agent (San Jose Mercury News)

. . . says she’d halt executions at the federal level (San Jose Mercury-News)

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Beto O’ Rourke

. . .is in! (Vanity Fair)

. . .was an early member of the oldest hacking group in U.S. history. (Reuters)

. . .is white, male, and privileged (Dallas News)

. . .is mortified by his own violent teen writings about child murder (Chicago Tribune)

. . .would likely pick a woman for vice president (Dallas News)

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Joe Biden

. . . "Something they gave millionaires and billionaires, excessive tax breaks, and who are they asking to pay for it? Middle class families like you." (Politico, video)

. . .hints at running “in a few weeks” in speech to International Assocation of FireFighters (The Hill)

. . . can't decide if he likes Republicans or wants to beat them up (Washington Examiner)

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Elizabeth Warren

. . .gets her ads attacking Facebook back on Facebook (USA Today)

. . .takes a road less traveled: to the South (Boston Globe)

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Cory Booker

. . . is running against Trump ‘in the name of love’ (Washington Times)

. . .is Rosario Dawson’s ‘boo,’ confirmed (TMZ)

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Kirsten Gillibrand

. . .campaign hit with #MeToo scandal (Politico)

. . .was feted at fundraiser for alleged college scammer (Newsmax)

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Pete Buttigieg

. . .wins stellar reviews at CNN Town Hall (TheHill)

. . .hits 65,000 donors and joins the Democratic presidential debate stage (Indianapolis Star)

. . .receives apology from Howard Schultz (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

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Andrew Yang

. . . wants to give every American $1,000 per month(ThinkProgress)

. . .is loved by Gen Z kids. . .and who is he anyway? (New York Magazine)

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Amy Kloubachar

. . .slams corporate goliaths but takes their money anyway (Washington Examiner)

. . .talks climate change in Tampa Bay, as first Dem to visit (Tampa Bay Times)

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Stacey Abrams

. . .meets with Joe Biden, stoking speculation (Salon)

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Jay Inslee

. . . doubles down on climate in bid to stand out among 2020 Dems (The Hill)

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John Hickenlooper

. . .says he’s a capitalist, but not a ‘Trump capitalist’ (Politico)

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Eric Swalwell

. . . says Donald Trump is not going to be the president in 2021 (MSNBC)

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Julián Castro

. . .can be the first Latino in the White House (Al Día)

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John Delaney

. . . Will donate $2 to charity for each new donor to his campaign (CNBC)

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Michael Bennet

. . .knocked by fellow Coloradan Hickenlooper for “lack of executive experience” (Washington Free-Beacon)

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Tulsi Gabbard

. . .won't say whether Syria's Assad is a war criminal (CNN)

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Seth Moulton

. . .wants to abolish the electoral college, Senate filibuster (MassLive)

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Tim Ryan

. . .still considering 2020 bid (Akron Beacon-Journal)

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Marianne Williamson

. . . may or may not have deserved a cover story on the Washington Post (Washington Post)

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Bill de Blasio

. . .has a $10 billion plan to climate-proof Lower Manhattan (New York Magazine)

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Debate Schedule:

Important Dates, 2020 (dates subject to change pending legislation):

• February 3: Iowa caucus

• February 11: New Hampshire primary

• February 22: Nevada caucus

• February 29: South Carolina primary

• March 3: Super Tuesday (Alabama, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia primaries)

• March 7: Louisiana primary

• March 10: Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio primaries

• March 17: Arizona, Florida, and Illinois primaries

• To be determined: Colorado primary (March 3, 10 or 17)

• April 7: Wisconsin primary

• April 28: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island primaries

• May 5: Indiana primary

• May 12: West Virginia primary

• May 19: Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oregon primaries

• June 2: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota primaries

• June 7: Puerto Rico primary

• June 16: District of Columbia primary

• July 13–16: The Democratic National Convention (Milwaukee, WI)