A close governor’s race in Louisiana stays blue, Michael Bloomberg apologizes for his stop-and-frisk policy, a giant pile of new polling data arrives, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Barack Obama tells Democrats to chill out just a bit, there’s a rumor that yet another Republican might jump into the primary or something, and a brief reminder that there is a DNC debate in two days.

Links:

• Debate Bingo! (Election Ride Home)
• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• President Trump Bet Big This Election Year. Here’s Why He Lost. (NYT)
• More Red-State Alarms for Trump in Louisiana Governor’s Race (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• Michael Bloomberg Pushed ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policing. Now He’s Apologizing. (NYT)
• Democrats Need High Black Turnout In 2020. How Can They Get It? (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• CBS News Battleground Tracker: Buttigieg rises in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden back atop delegate hunt (CBS News)
• Iowa Poll: Pete Buttigieg rockets to the top of the 2020 field as a clear front-runner (Des Moines Register)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Monday (The Guardian)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Friday (The Guardian)
• Rough transcript of call shows Ukraine leader wanted Trump to attend inauguration (WaPo)
• Trump ignored aides' advice to raise corruption in first Zelensky call, source says (Politico)
• Mueller grand-jury material urgently needed for impeachment inquiry, Congress tells court (WaPo)
• Impeachment Public Hearings Week 2 — Who Is Testifying And What Happens Next (NPR)
• Obama tells Democratic candidates to ease off talk of revolution (WaPo)
• Obama Tells His Party’s Elites to Relax (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• Weigel tweet re Hurd (Twitter/Dave Weigel)
• Mayberry tweet re Hurd (Twitter/Matt Mayberry)

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