Julián Castro drops out, the state of the race right now, new fundraising numbers are here, how a lack of polling data has collided with January’s DNC debate, the impeachment update, and Pete Buttigieg is no longer Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Links:

• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign (NYT)
• Castro Policy Proposals (Julián 2020)
• Election Ride Home, June 27, 2019: The Math, After (ERH)
• Castro video announcing his campaign suspension (Dropbox)
• FiveThirtyEight Latest Polls (FiveThirtyEight)
• Sanders Campaign Raises $34.5 Million in Fundraising Surge (WSJ)
• Sanders on 5 million donations (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
• Sanders on overall Q4 fundraising (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
• Sanders donors are not capped out (Twitter/Sean Sullivan)
• Buttigieg Campaign Says It Raised $24.7 Million in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• Andrew Yang Raised $16.5 Million in the Last 3 Months, His Campaign Says (NYT)
• Gabbard raises $3.4 million but lags behind 2020 frontrunners (Politico)
• Trump campaign credits impeachment for massive $46 million fundraising haul (Politico)
• Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? [historical comparison] (NYT)
• In Leaked Memo, Andrew Yang Asks DNC for More Debate Polls (The Daily Beast)
• Steyer agrees with Yang (Twitter/Tom Steyer)
• DNC responds to Yang (Twitter/Julia Jester)
• Why we don't really know who is ahead in Iowa right now (CNN)
• Comparison of polling in Nov/Dec 2015 vs 2019 (Twitter/Patrick Murray)
• Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion (NYT)
• He’s Not ‘Mayor Pete’ Anymore: Buttigieg’s Successor Is Sworn In (NYT)

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