The October debate will break a record for the number of candidates onstage at once, Cory Booker and Tom Steyer qualify for the November debate, ballot measures face an unexpected side-effect of the 2018 midterms, Marianne Williamson raises $3 million, Joe Sestak is gearing up to walk across New Hampshire, and Pete Buttigieg speaks at an NAACP fundraiser in Indianapolis.

Links:

• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Dems are grumbling about crowded debate stage (Politico)
• Podium order announced for the CNN/New York Times Democratic presidential debate (CNN)
• Fox News Poll: October 2019, South Carolina (Fox News)
• Montellaro tweets re Fox poll and debate ramifications (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
• 2020 Democratic polls (Google Sheets/Politico)
• Turnout boost of '18 will complicate a repeat ballot initiative surge in '20 (The Fulcrum)
• Marianne Williamson raises $3 million in third quarter, doubling her previous haul (CNN)
• Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? (NYT)
• Steve Bullock raised nearly $2.3 million in third fundraising quarter (CNN)
• Joe Sestak walked across Pa. in a failed Senate bid. Now he’s crossing New Hampshire in a run for president.(Philadelphia Inquirer)
• For Sestak, the path to Senate runs 422 miles (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Sestak tweet (including video) explaining his walk (Twitter/Joe Sestak)
• 4 takeaways from Buttigieg's NAACP fundraiser speech in Indianapolis (IndyStar)
• Buttigieg NAACP remark video (RTV6 Indianapolis)

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