Tim Ryan drops his bid for the presidency, Tulsi Gabbard is all-in on the presidency and not running again for Congress, the DNC announces its December debate requirements, we can now officially speculate about a January debate, we are approaching just 100 days until Iowa votes, polls say Democratic primary voters are very happy with their options, and one Republican primary challenger says he would happily vote for Biden.

Links:

• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Ryan tweet on dropping out (Twitter/Tim Ryan)
• Rep. Tim Ryan drops out of 2020 Democratic primary (Politico)
• Gabbard tweet announcing her focus on the presidential race (Twitter/Tulsi Gabbard)
• Gabbard video announcing her focus on the presidential race (YouTube/Tulsi Gabbard)
• Gabbard says she won't run for reelection to Congress in 2020 (Politico)
• Mahalo, Hawaiʻi written statement (Tulsi 2020)
• Clinton says Russia is backing Gabbard (Politico)
• Gabbard Demands Clinton Enter 2020 Race, Calls Her ‘Queen of Warmongers’ (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• DNC ups the requirements for its December debate (Axios)
• 2020 Democratic polls – December debate (Google Sheets/Politico)
• December Democratic Debate May Winnow Some More Candidates [contains January debate speculation at end] (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• The Trailer: The sprint for Iowa begins this weekend, 100 days from the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses (WaPo)
• Democrats commence fretting about 2020 (WaPo)
• Former Mass. Gov. Bill Weld: I’d Vote For Biden ‘In A Heartbeat’ Against Trump (AP)

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