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@WSJ national political reporter. Former Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, Des Moines Register and Rochester Post-Bulletin. Eagle Scout. MN native.

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New @AndrewYang TV ad calls him a "phenomenon" who is "fueled by big ideas." Spot first ran at 05:46 in Davenport, Iowa, on KWQC (NBC).
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Evelyn Yang narrates new @AndrewYang TV spot focused on caregivers that first aired at 05:46 in Des Moines on WHO (NBC).
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New @AndrewYang TV ad focused on drug prices and health care first aired at 05:12 local in Sioux City on KCAU (ABC).
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4 years
In past 24 hours, @JoeBiden margin in AZ has gone like this +3.4 pts, +2.8 pts, +2.4 Pts, +2.2 pts (more votes expected to be added to totals in next couple hours)
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@AndrewYang speaks directly to the camera in his latest TV ad. Spot first aired at 05:08 in Davenport, Iowa, on WQAD (ABC).
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Tap the keg: Illinois will celebrate it's first official Barack Obama Day on Saturday. State law calls for it to be "observed throughout the State as a day set apart to honor the 44th President of the United States of America."
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"We need to rewrite the rules of the 21st Century economy to make it work for us," @AndrewYang says in new TV spot that first ran in Davenport at 05:28 on KLJB (FOX).
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4 years
New @BernieSanders TV spot focused on drug prices first aired at 05:08 in Rochester, MN (covers northern Iowa) on KIMT (CBS).
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6 years
Via @TheTerminal : *COHEN SAYS HE ACTED FOR PURPOSE OF INFLUENCING ELECTION
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4 years
Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein have their photos flashed on the screen while a narrator says "crooks on Wall Street who destroyed our economy" in a new @BernieSanders TV ad focuses on criminal justice. Spot first aired at 05:20 in Columbia, S.C. on WLTX (CBS).
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5 years
I haven't seen every speaker, but @PeteButtigieg is answering more questions in a rapid fire manner than any other candidate I've seen on the soapbox at the Iowa State Fair.
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4 years
New @PeteButtigieg TV spot with him in military fatigues and promoting his @votevets endorsement this week first aired Thursday at 06:55 local in Des Moines on KCCI (CBS)
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2 years
@WSJ poll: Democrats hold a slight edge over Republicans, 47% to 44%, when voters are asked which party they would support in their congressional district if the election were held today, GOP had led by 5 points in March.
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New @amyklobuchar TV spot for Nevada campaign first appeared yesterday at 21:36 in Las Vegas on KLAS (CBS).
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An Iowan getting $1,000 a month from @AndrewYang featured in his latest TV ad. Spot first aired at 05:10 in Davenport, Iowa, on WQAD (ABC).
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1 year
Sort of campaigning for the presidency in Iowa can be fun…
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4 years
New @BernieSanders TV ad citing JFK calling for big American accomplishments first aired 04:58 in Sioux City, Iowa, on KTIV (NBC).
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5 years
Again, it's early, but @PeteButtigieg has the biggest crowd at #SteakFry so far. His camp bought 1500 tickets, according to an aide.
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4 years
In Las Vegas, the most diverse crowd I've seen for a @PeteButtigieg event in the first three nominating states. Lots of applause when he spoke Spanish.
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8 years
"Our job is to bring people together, not to separate them," @BernieSanders says of @realDonaldTrump in Storm Lake, Iowa.
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3 years
President Biden intends to sign an executive order on Friday creating a commission to study reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said, following a push by progressives to make changes such as increasing the size of the court. by @KThomasDC :
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Sean Parnell, endorsed by Trump for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, suspends campaign after losing child custody battle.
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5 years
Asked by a reporter if he had a comment on @JoeBiden recent gaffes in Iowa. "No," @PeteButtigieg said.
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9 months
Man just yelled question… “Why did you commit treason on Jan. 6?”
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9 months
The Pences take the stage at the ⁦ @DMRegister ⁩ soapbox.
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John McCormick
4 years
New @PeteButtigieg TV ad focused on his Douglass plan first aired yesterday at 05:07 in Charleston, S.C., on WCSC (CBS).
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John McCormick
4 years
The disclaimer is in English, but @PeteButtigieg speaks Spanish for the entirety of the rest of this new TV ad. The spot first aired at 08:18 in Las Vegas on KINC (UNI).
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1 year
“I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star,” @GovRonDeSantis tells reporters in Florida.
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4 years
“Montgomery is literally my middle name,” @PeteButtigieg says in Montgomery County, Iowa.
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4 years
"I will raise your taxes," @PeteButtigieg says to billionaires who may be watching
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4 years
New @PeteButtigieg TV ad filmed just Monday afternoon in North Charleston. Spot first aired at 06:08 in Charleston, S.C., on WCSC (CBS).
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4 years
New @WSJ / NBC News national poll has @JoeBiden at 52% and @realDonaldTrump at 42%. When landscape is narrowed to 12 battleground states. Mr. Biden holds a 6-point lead, 51% to 45%, compared with a 10-point lead last month. By @aaronzitner
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4 years
"I share that concern," @PeteButtigieg says in Las Vegas when a man tells him he worries that @BernieSanders would lose to @realDonaldTrump in a general election.
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7 years
"I was born in Kenya... It's a joke!" @BarackObama says in Chicago.
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4 years
Michael J. Fox out tonight in Las Vegas for @PeteButtigieg
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4 years
BOOT-Econ-Econ: @JMSchles
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4 years
Michael J. Fox says first time he met @BarackObama was in 2006 in Chicago. Future president was smoking a cigarette. Fox told story while introducing @PeteButtigieg in Keene, NH. After meeting BO, Fox says he called wife to say he met future POTUS. He felt same way meeting Pete.
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5 years
“I don’t golf, so I’m going to work a lot harder than this president,” @JulianCastro says in Des Moines.
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4 years
"There's nothing sexier than a good sewer and water project," @amyklobuchar says in Waterloo, Iowa, making the case that infrastructure doesn't get enough attention.
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“We need a leader that knows the difference between right and wrong,” @NikkiHaley tells supporters in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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4 years
U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, a Democrat from Indiana, has endorsed @PeteButtigieg
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Big crowd tonight for ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ in Davenport, Iowa.
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“Why should the 40 percent have to cave to him?” @NikkiHaley says in Troy, Mich., in a reference to her vote share last night in South Carolina.
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John McCormick
4 years
New @PeteButtigieg TV ad featuring footage from evening of his possible Iowa caucuses state delegate equivalents win. Spot first aired at 05:58 in Boston (covers southern NH) on WCVB (ABC).
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4 years
"He's just like us," one man says in this new @PeteButtigieg TV ad that first aired at 07:40 in Cedar Rapids on KCRG (ABC).
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5 years
Some personal news: I'll be joining the @WSJ in late May as a national political reporter, still based in Chicago.
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Huge crowd at ⁦ @DMRegister ⁩ soapbox stage for RFK Jr. speech
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4 years
Election nights when votes actually start coming in are better than those when they do not.
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Iowan tells @RonDeSantis to stay in race through convention because, this man said, someone else in the race might be in prison by then. “We are girded for that long battle,” the candidate responds.
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"Our climate is in crisis," @AndrewYang says in new TV spot that first aired in Davenport, Iowa, at 05:28 on KLJB (FOX).
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4 years
New @AndrewYang TV spot calling him a "champion of change" first aired Monday at 05:49 local in Rochester, Minn. (covers northern Iowa) on KTTC (NBC).
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John McCormick
4 years
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker orders all Illinois K-12 schools closed starting Tuesday through March 30 amid coronavirus concerns.
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4 years
Hundreds on hand for midday town hall with @PeteButtigieg in Creston, Iowa.
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4 years
New TV spot focused on @BernieSanders record on women's issues first aired at 05:10 in Rochester, Minn. (covers northern Iowa) on KIMT (CBS).
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4 years
New @PeteButtigieg TV ad promising "big ideas" without "turning off half the country" first aired at 05:28 in Cedar Rapids on KWWL (NBC).
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4 years
Latest @PeteButtigieg TV ad targeting union workers and others concerned about losing private health coverage to the "Medicare for All" proposed by @ewarren and @BernieSanders first aired at 07:27 in Reno on KOLO (ABC).
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Crowd awaiting ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ on Daniel Island, S.C.
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4 years
Being a mayor is as relevant -- or more so -- as being in Congress to be prepared for the presidency, @PeteButtigieg tells a city focused presidential candidate forum in Waterloo, Iowa.
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5 years
Honest Iowa: Left my laptop power cord at Drake University yesterday, and sure enough it was still there this morning. Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa.
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4 years
“OK, that's it,” @amyklobuchar says as @ewarren attacks her health plan... (That's a phase used on Minnesota schoolyards before a fist fight break out.)
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In Grand Rapids, ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ takes the stage…
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4 months
Campaign for @NikkiHaley now limiting media access to voters in front of her events, supposedly staring 15 minutes before event. Un-Iowa
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4 years
New @AndrewYang TV ad stressing his proposed "universal basic income" first ran at 05:09 local in Rochester, Minn. (covers northern Iowa) on KTTC (NBC).
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This is about half of the crowd for ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ early afternoon event in Aiken, S.C.
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4 years
"If you're in that fortunate top 10%, I wish you well, I do. But I think you're paying your own college tuition so that we can use our dollars for other things," @PeteButtigieg tells the Teamsters forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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5 years
New @AndrewYang spot that includes @BarackObama first aired at 06:58 local in Cedar Rapids on KWWL-TV (NBC).
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On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ takes the stage in Adel for her final public event of day.
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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a New York Democrat, has endorsed @PeteButtigieg , his campaign says in a statement.
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"He's cute. How old is he?" some older women ask as @PeteButtigieg walks by at fair.
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It's still early, but not looking great at camp @BernieSanders as compared to other campaign spaces filling up with supporters. #SteakFry
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New @AndrewYang TV ad showcasing his family, including a son with "special needs," first ran at 05:37 local in Rochester, Minn. (covers northern Iowa) on KTTC (NBC)
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3 years
Rep. Liz Cheney told the @WSJ that she sees her re-election bid as a referendum on the future of the GOP, with voters potentially facing a choice between what she sees as traditional conservative values and loyalty to former President Trump, by @aduehren :
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Governor says Indiana's May 5 primary has been postponed until June 2 because of coronavirus concerns.
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In Columbia, S.C., ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ meets the press this afternoon.
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4 years
@PeteButtigieg campaign swag mobile in Creston, Iowa.
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4 years
Big line for @PeteButtigieg already in Nashua, N.H.
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Larry Hogan, the GOP governor of Democratic-leaning Maryland and a possible 2024 presidential candidate, is expected to use a high-profile speech Tuesday evening to call on his party to extricate itself from the grasp of former President Donald Trump:
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5 years
On a hot day in Iowa, @PeteButtigieg offers some hydration advice: "My mom always said if you are thirsty, it's too late."
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John McCormick
4 years
Huge line and no parking tonight ahead of @PeteButtigieg event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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4 years
At a Bloomberg News reporter roundtable in Des Moines today, @Lis_Smith says @PeteButtigieg offers the “most improbable story of this primary” so far.
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John McCormick
4 years
Pretty good late afternoon crowd for @PeteButtigieg in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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“He’s not going to get the 40%, if he’s going and calling out my supporters and saying they’re barred permanently from MAGA. He’s not going to get the 40% by calling them names. He’s not going to get the 40% by trying to take over the RNC," @NikkiHaley says in Troy, Mich.
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“As the only candidate who has won and governed a Trump state, I’m focused on realistic solutions to the problems we’re facing — the first of which is ensuring we are competitive everywhere so we can beat Donald Trump," @GovernorBullock says after qualifying for July debates.
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4 years
In Las Vegas, @PeteButtigieg about to start roundtable discussion on public lands.
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Nikki Haley received stock options worth close to $300,000 roughly six weeks after jumping into the presidential race as part of a real-estate company merger that could deliver even more lucrative payouts in the years ahead, SEC filings show
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@BernieSanders , @realDonaldTrump and Social Security in latest Sanders TV spot. Ad first aired in Davenport, Iowa, on KWQC (NBC).
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@PeteButtigieg in Las Vegas this afternoon... Says he believes "Nevada is going to make history."
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Super PAC backing @NikkiHaley releases video mocking @GovRonDeSantis for not answering questions from GOP voters on his first swing through IA and NH as a presidential candidate:
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5 years
New @PeteButtigieg 60-second spot highlighting last weekend's #LJ19 speech first aired in Sioux City (KTIV) today at 5:52 a.m.
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“There is a confluence of things that suggest a very tough outcome for Republicans." Our deep dive on the state of the race two months before the midterm vote, w/ @greggiroux :
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4 years
"Who is ready to put the tweets behind us," @PeteButtigieg asks in Ames, Iowa, in a reference to @realDonaldTrump
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3 years
In Madison, Wisconsin electors just cast 10 electoral votes for @JoeBiden
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4 years
@PeteButtigieg campaign says 2,100 people here...
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4 years
Many Nebraskans here in Council Bluffs, but biggest crowd yet I have seen for @PeteButtigieg in Iowa.
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In Columbia, S.C., ⁦ @NikkiHaley ⁩ starts a meet and greet at a local BBQ place.
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John McCormick
2 years
GOP pollster @FrankLuntz , who worked on Mr. Perot’s campaign, said an independent Cheney candidacy would likely take more votes from Mr. Biden than Mr. Trump, assuming they were the Democratic and Republican nominees. w/ @nataliewsj :
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