Mark Sanford drops out, a new poll shows Pete Buttigieg doing great in Iowa, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Tom Cotton’s Democratic opponent drops out hours after the filing period ends, who did and did not file for the Arkansas primary—and what that might mean, and the tentative schedule for the Senate impeachment trial is out.

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• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford has dropped out of presidential race (Post and Courier)
• Mark Sanford Ends His Long-shot Bid to Dethrone Donald Trump (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
• Silver tweet re: net favorability (Twitter/Nate Silver)
• Monmouth Iowa crosstabs (Monmouth University)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Wednesday (The Guardian)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Tuesday (The Guardian)
• Impeachment inquiry live stream (YouTube/CSPAN)
• Taylor clip on Ukraine and Russia (Twitter/Newsmax)
• Schiff tweet on next week’s testimony (Twitter/Adam Schiff)
• Two hours after filing period ends, Democrat Josh Mahony drops out of U.S. Senate race (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
• Democrat drops bid to challenge Sen. Tom Cotton in Arkansas (AP)
• RPA Press Release – Mahoney Lawsuit (Republican Party of Arkansas)
• Montellaro tweet listing who filed in Arkansas (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
• N.H. Primary Status In The Spotlight As Some Candidates Forgo Traditional Filing (NHPR)
• The Green Papers: 2020 Election [includes filing deadlines] (The Green Papers)

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