Stacey Abrams is not running for Senate, early polling in Texas finds surprising results, a CNN poll finds voter enthusiasm is way up, Pete Buttigieg faces false attacks from the right wing, 2020 candidates begin signing a unity pledge, and Biden supports a public option—but not Medicare for All.

Links:

• Stacey Abrams rules out 2020 Senate bid (NBC News)
• Poll finds Trump in dead head-to-head heats with four Dems in Texas (The Hill)
• 2020 Texas: Biden and Beto in Dead Heat in Democratic Primary (Emerson Polling)
• Electoral Vote Map (Taegan Goddard)
• Ryan Struyk tweet (Twitter)
• CNN Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump (CNN)
• Raw CNN poll data (SSRS)
• There is no gender gap in our poll (CNN/Enten)
• Far-Right Smear Merchants Try to Slime Pete Buttigieg with Bogus Sex Assault Claim (The Daily Beast)
• 2020 Candidates Begin Signing Unity Pledge, With Sanders Taking the Lead (NY Mag)
• Candidate unity pledge (scroll down for visual indicator of who has said yes) (Indivisible)
• ‘Bring it on’: Biden and Sanders teams kick off debate over Medicare-for-all (WaPo)

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