Buttigieg makes it official, Cory Booker returns to Newark for a rally, an explainer on what the difference is between a presidential exploratory committee and officially announcing that you’re running, more on campaign fundraising, and Kamala Harris wins the prize for most tax returns released.

Links:

• Watch live: Pete Buttigieg officially announces 2020 presidential bid (NBC News/YouTube) 
• TRANSCRIPT: Pete Buttigieg announcement 4/14/2019
• Thousands Stood In The Rain To See Buttigieg, Hundreds Never Made It Inside (WVPE)
• Mayor Steve Picks Mayor Pete for President (Austin Chronicle)
• Lis Smith tweet on fundraising (Twitter)
• Pete Buttigieg fans ignore rain, cold as they crowd downtown South Bend for announcement (South Bend Tribune)
• Booker returns to Newark to recharge his 2020 campaign (WaPo)
• "Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]" (University of Pennsylvania)
• Cory Booker Kicks Off 2020 Campaign in Hometown of Newark (Rolling Stone)
• Exploratory committees, the weird opening act of the 2020 campaign, explained (Vox)
• Vox’s Dylan Scott tweets an explainer on the explainer (Twitter)
• FEC fundraising data so far (FEC)
• Bernie Sanders still dominates 2020 fundraising (CNN)
• Julián Castro raises $1.1 million in first quarter for his presidential bid (Texas Tribune)
• Trump Raises $30 Million in First Quarter, Smashing Democratic Numbers (NY Mag)
• NPR Politics Podcast: 2020 Update: First Quarter Fundraising, What The Numbers Tell Us And What They Don't (NPR)
• Kamala Harris Is Latest 2020 Presidential Contender to Release Tax Returns (Time)

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