There will be a Republican primary debate—kind of, the North Carolina special elections go Republican, you can listen to Tim Ryan’s new album on Spotify (yes, really), the Timesasks 2020 candidates to weigh in on executive power, Buttigieg and Klochubar share an awkward airplane moment, and yet another head-to-head poll makes waves but doesn’t mean much.

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• Long-shot GOP primary challengers to have their own debate this month – minus Trump (Fox News)
• Business Insider to host GOP debate with Trump challengers (The Hill)
• Republicans Won Both Elections In North Carolina — But It’s Not All Bad News For Democrats (FiveThirtyEight)
• The Latest: GOP’s Bishop wins NC special election (AP)
• Tim Ryan’s tweet re: his album (Twitter/Tim Ryan)
• We asked 2020 candidates how they would wield presidential power. Here is what they said. (NYT)
• Buttigieg airplane tweet (Twitter/Pete Buttigieg)
• United Airlines tweet response (Twitter/United Airlines)
• Tweet by another passenger explaining the whole thing (Twitter/L_B_TX)
• Sept. 2-5, 2019 Washington Post-ABC News poll (WaPo)
• Election Ride Home, August 16: Understanding Early Head-to-Head Polling (ERH)

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