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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Today is the third quarter FEC filing deadline for candidates running for federal office, so I've got lots of fundraising numbers for your morning — plus the details on a fundraiser coming up next month.
EXCLUSIVE: KENNEDY RAISES $650K — Rep. Joe Kennedy raised $650,000 for his Senate campaign to unseat Sen. Ed Markey this quarter, and will report $4.2 million in cash on hand to the FEC. The fundraising quarter ended on Sept. 30, about a week after Kennedy jumped into the Senate race.
Kennedy's fundraising total is a way to size up his support in the closely-watched Democratic primary match-up against Markey. At the outset of the race, Kennedy and Markey were evenly matched — both reported a little more than $4 million in their campaign accounts last quarter. It's not yet clear how much Markey raised this quarter, but we'll find out by the end of the day.
The last time lawmakers reported their campaign cash totals was in July. In the months since, Kennedy poll tested his favorability against Markey, publicly weighed a campaign, filed a Senate campaign account while he tested the waters, and finally made his Senate challenge official in the middle of September. Kennedy has raised an average of $100,000 a week since he opened a campaign account in August, and brought in $400,000 in the last month alone, his campaign says.
Early polls show Kennedy ahead in the battle for Markey's seat, and it's shaping up to be an expensive contest. Also in the race is labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, who has $2.8 million in cash on hand and has loaned her campaign $3 million, according to the Boston Globe. A fourth Senate candidate, businessman Steve Pemberton, dropped out yesterday. Pemberton says he raised close to $500,000 this quarter, but blasted the "barriers placed before anyone attempting to take on entrenched power" as "too towering and too irremovable to overcome."
Kennedy has sworn off corporate PAC money for this race, which Markey and Liss-Riordan have also done, and Kennedy has called on his competitors to take a so-called People's Pledge to limit outside spending in the race.
EXCLUSIVE: MOULTON'S Q3 HAUL — Rep. Seth Moulton will report raising almost $355,000 for his congressional campaign when he files with the FEC today, according to his campaign. Combined with his Serve America PAC, Moulton's got around $700,000 in cash on hand as he heads into his reelection bid. The congressman is facing two Democratic primary challengers.
The bulk of Moulton's fundraising this quarter happened in mid-September. Moulton was running for president during the first two months of the third quarter, meaning he was not raising money for his congressional campaign. Moulton's congressional account will report $367,000 in cash on hand as of Sept. 30.
Donations to Moulton's reelection effort came from both new donors and donors who "proactively and specifically" designated their presidential campaign contributions to his congressional bid, according to spokesperson Matt Corridoni. This quarter's total sets Moulton up for a strong finish to the year, Corridoni says.
Moulton is also rebooting his Serve America PAC, which will report around $332,000 in cash on hand to the FEC. The PAC contributed $4.3 million to elect Democrats during the 2018 midterm, and supported 18 Democrats who flipped seats from red to blue that cycle.
EXCLUSIVE: KHAZEI'S CONGRESSIONAL CASH — Alan Khazei, a Democrat running for Congress, raised more than $500,000 in the first three weeks of his campaign. Khazei has also recruited 332 volunteers to his campaign to replace Rep. Joe Kennedy III in the House. He's calling the group the "Khazei Corps."
Khazei, who co-founded the nonprofit City Year, will report raising close to $367,000 through Sept. 30, the FEC filing deadline. In the two weeks since then, Khazei says he has raised around $135,000 — bringing his total to $502,000 through Oct. 14. Khazei officially entered the 4th District race in the last week of September, and has sworn off accepting corporate PAC money. Khazei also refused corporate cash when he ran for Senate in 2010 and 2012.
Khazei is one of five Democrats officially running for Kennedy's seat. He's also rolling out endorsements today from Colette Phillips, founder of Get Konnected of Brookline, and Hubie Jones, a civil rights leader and social justice activist from Newton.
NEW THIS MORNING: WOMEN FOR MERMELL — Congressional candidate Jesse Mermell will hold a "Women for Jesse" campaign fundraiser next month. It's her first big fundraiser of the campaign, and an invitation shared with POLITICO shows some big names on the 74-member host committee. Mermell launched her campaign to fill Rep. Joe Kennedy III's seat at the beginning of October.
Names you may recognize on the host committee are Naomi Aberly, the former board chair of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Carol Fulp, former U.S. representative to the United Nations; Foley & Lardner partner Beth Boland; former Hillary for America deputy national finance director Kathy Gasperine, and BlueHub Capital CEO Elyse Cherry.
The Nov. 12 fundraiser will be held at the the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, according to the invitation. Suggested donations range from $125 to $2,800. With five Democrats already in the race — and at least one more likely candidate looking at the seat — fundraising will be crucial in the crowded contest.
Former Patrick administration and campaign alums on the host committee are Katie Joyce, who served as senior adviser to Patrick and chief of staff to the lieutenant governor; former chief legal counsel Kate Cook and former EEA Secretary Maeve Vallely Bartlett, among others.
"This group is a clear reflection of Jesse's 20 years of fighting for progressive policies, women's leadership and women's health alongside each of these inspiring women," Mermell campaign spokesperson David Guarino told me in a statement.
Have a tip, story, suggestion, birthday, anniversary, new job, or any other nugget for the Playbook? Get in touch: smurray@politico.com.
TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito host a school safety roundtable in Framingham. Baker attends a ribbon cutting for the Sanofi Digital Manufacturing Facility, a topping off for the Olympus Corporation's Westborough facility, and visits Carpe Diem Technologies in Franklin.
Polito co-chairs a meeting of the Economic Development Planning Council and attends a roundtable discussion at the Franklin Housing Authority's Central Park Terrace. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh presents a lifetime achievement award to former Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn. Walsh speaks at a celebration hosted by the Partnership to Renew the Shaw 54th Memorial. Rep. Seth Moulton hosts a roundtable with Kurdish American constituents in Salem.
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- "As Beacon Hill Investigates RMV After Fatal Crash, Top Transportation Lawmaker Charges Email Coverup," by Mike Deehan, WGBH News: "House Transportation Committee Co-Chairman Rep. William Straus says he has evidence that Gov. Charlie Baker's administration is withholding documents related to the Registry of Motor Vehicles' backlog of unprocessed out of state road violations like the one connected to the fatal crash in New Hampshire that claimed seven lives. A spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation disputes Straus' accusation and says the two emails in question were not formally requested by lawmakers."
- "To Reduce Plastic Waste, Mass. Lawmakers Weigh A Ban On Balloons," by Adrian Ma, WBUR: "Massachusetts lawmakers on Tuesday will consider a raft of bills aimed at increasing recycling and reducing plastic waste. Many of the proposals would require businesses to make some changes. One bill up for consideration by the Legislature's Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture would prohibit restaurants from giving out plastic straws unless a customer asks for them."
- "Ban on plastic straws weighed," by Christian M. Wade, The Salem News: "In a push to reduce use of shopping bags and other plastics, environmentalists are taking aim at a new enemy — disposable straws. On Beacon Hill, lawmakers are weighing several proposals to ban or restrict the use of plastic straws in bars and restaurants as part of a national campaign to cut the amount of plastic debris in the world's oceans. The bills will be heard Tuesday by the Legislature's Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture."
- "US attorney targets illegal immigrants' ID theft," by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune: "Daniel Polonia Morillo lived in the United States for years under someone else's identity, using stolen documents belonging to a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico to get food stamps, health care and other public benefits. Polonia Morillo, a 57-year-old Dominican national who was living in Lawrence, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in August to using a stolen U.S. passport to fraudulently obtain more than $45,000 worth of Medicaid benefits and food stamps. He was sentenced to a year in prison and will be subject to deportation when released, federal prosecutors say."
- "Governor Baker is working overtime to thwart SJC ruling," by Yvonne Abraham, Boston Globe: "The judges giveth, and the governor taketh away. Or at least he's trying to. Hanging in the balance here: millions of dollars in overtime payments for thousands of people who sell cars, mattresses, furniture, and other products and work entirely for commission. In May, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that employers must pay overtime — on top of commissions — to salespeople who work more than 40 hours a week, and Sundays. Understandably, some retailers don't like that one bit, and they clearly have the ear of Governor Charlie Baker."
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- "Councilor: Heed Seaport Lessons at Suffolk Downs," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "A Boston City Council member is warning that lessons from development in the city's seaport area must be heeded as Suffolk Downs is redeveloped in East Boston, and calling for a major overhaul of the city's planning and development agency. "I fear that we're not going to learn certain lessons from the seaport," Councilor Lydia Edwards, who represents the North End, Charlestown and East Boston, told WCVB's "On The Record" on Sunday. The lessons, she said, include being "intentional about who is going to live there," requiring transit-oriented development, and planning for police, fire and schools."
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- "Kennedy still struggling to frame Senate run," by Michael Jonas, CommonWealthMagazine: "WITH THE TOUGH decision to give up his House seat and challenge an incumbent Democratic senator behind him, Joe Kennedy now faces an equally tough question: Why is he running? The scion of America's first family of politics is still struggling to frame a succinct answer. "Because our system is broken," he said at the start of an interview on Thursday night. For more than 20 minutes, Kennedy held forth amiably at a live recording of The Horse Race, the weekly podcast produced by the MassINC Polling Group. But when pressed several times with variations of the question asking why he's taking on incumbent liberal Ed Markey, the response from the 39-year-old congressman was more parry than punch."
- "Markey Challenger Steve Pemberton Ends Senate Campaign Citing 'Impenetrable Wall Of Legacy,'" The Associated Press: "A business executive who touted his experiences as a foster child when he announced a primary challenge to Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in July has ended his campaign. Steve Pemberton in his emailed announcement Monday said he couldn't overcome a system that favors incumbents. The 52-year-old Pemberton said while "inspired and energized" by the people he met during his campaign he "ran into an impenetrable wall of legacy and birthright — of incumbency and connections" that stifles many political voices."
- "Hearing Set In Suit Challenging State's Vaping Products Ban," The Associated Press: "A federal judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts' four-month ban on the sale of vaping products. The hearing Tuesday in Boston federal court is expected to focus on the vaping industry's request to temporarily lift the ban while the broader case is decided. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani last week denied the industry's request to lift the Sept. 24 ban until Tuesday's hearing."
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- "New poll has Warren leading Biden ahead of next Democratic debate," by Evan Semones, POLITICO: "A poll released the day before the Democrats' next presidential primary debate shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden jockeying for the top place among Democratic voters. Warren leads Biden by 30 percent to 27 percent among Democratic voters and independents who lean Democratic, according to a Quinnipiac University poll published Monday. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is expected to return to the campaign trail after recovering from a recent heart attack, came in at third with 11 percent."
- "Warren says she's 'with Bernie' on Medicare for All. In 2012, she wanted nothing to do with it." by Holly Otterbein, POLITICO: "Seven years before Elizabeth Warren said "I'm with Bernie on Medicare for All," she was campaigning for the Senate and didn't want to talk about single-payer health care. Running a tough race against Republican incumbent Scott Brown, the first-time candidate repeatedly distanced herself from the idea. In one interview, she was grilled by New England Cable News host Jim Braude: He wanted to know if she'd support single-payer if she were "the tsarina" — in other words, if politics weren't an obstacle."
- "Congresswoman stumps for Elizabeth Warren in Goffstown," by Andrew Sylvia, The Ink Link: "Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) hit the campaign trail for Elizabeth Warren on Sunday, sharing her thoughts on why Warren should be president to an assembled crowd at Apotheca on Main Street. In her statements, Clark contrasted a corrupt and out-of-touch Washington with a Warren that she sees as a champion of the people, specifically in regard to her work to protect health care access for working Americans."
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- "'The Kennedy Who Changed the World,'" by Gwenn Friss, Cape Cod Times: "In decades of reporting, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eileen McNamara encountered various members of the storied Kennedy family. She was surprised to see a major newspaper misidentify Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics program for people with intellectual disabilities. Curious, McNamara started researching Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Finding no biography of her, McNamara spent seven years researching her and the influence she had on the world and on her politician brothers."
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— Herald: "SHE'S NO. 1," "WELD CUTS INTO TRUMP LEAD," — Globe: "Professors at Harvard, MIT share Nobel prize," "Syrian forces seize abandoned towns." |
| NO PLACE LIKE THE CITY OF HOMES |
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- "Chris Pohner's Online Commentariat," by Matt Szafranski, Western Mass Politics & Insight: "In 2016, after decades of trying, momentum was building to enforce the city's residency ordinance. Most of the city's bargaining units had accepted compliance. Applying it to public safety unions, however, was complicated by the right to interest arbitration. The rhetoric hit a boiling point. Some suggested, in comments posted to a Masslive story, that the district fire chiefs give back some salary to wave the residency requirement. One commenter suggested a 10% cut might merit a waiver. A reply comment, linked to a Springfield resident and now-Council candidate Chris Pohner, suggested an alternative figure with a flourish of colorful language."
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- "Fall River mayor plans to take a leave of absence and suspend campaign," by Michael Levenson, Boston Globe: "Jasiel F. Correia II, the twice-indicted mayor of Fall River, said he plans on Tuesday to take a leave of absence from office and suspend his reelection campaign as he fights federal charges of extortion, bribery, and tax evasion. In an interview, Correia, a 27-year-old Democrat first elected in 2015, continued to deny federal prosecutors' allegations that he extorted local vendors hoping to open marijuana businesses and defrauded investors in his technology startup. He said he plans to retain the title of mayor — and his $119,000 annual salary — until his term expires in January ."
- "'I had a way out of this.' Battling addiction in a county jail," by Maysoon Khan, Boston Globe: "Addiction and substance abuse, fueled largely by the opioid crisis, are rampant in the nation's prisons and jails. The Worcester County House of Correction is among the Massachusetts facilities that have embarked on varying approaches to help inmates battle the problem. A six-month initiative, to which inmates must apply for admission, offers classes that range from domestic violence awareness, anger management, victim impact, recovery management, and balancing life in sobriety."
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MAZEL! to Boston Globe reporters Maria Cramer and Michael Levenson, who are joining The New York Times. Link.
SPOTTED: Newton City Councilor and congressional candidate Jake Auchincloss speaking to the Franklin Democratic Town Committee last night. Pic.
WEEKEND WEDDING - Kelsey Perkins, district director to Rep. Katherine Clark , and Tim Depin, who works for Attorney General Maura Healey, were married Saturday night at the Liberty Hotel in Boston. Congresswoman Clark officiated. Pic.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY - to the Boston Globe's Victoria McGrane, who celebrated Monday, and to Saturday birthday-ers Mary Campbell and David Oleksak.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Rick Berke, founder and executive editor of Stat; Alexis Krieg of Elizabeth Warren's campaign, who turns 3-0; Darby Bukowski and Jim St. George.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? Yes! The Bruins beat the Ducks 4-2.
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A message from the American Heart Association:
Consuming sugary drinks, such as fruit drinks with added sugar, sports drinks, and soda, poses a real health risk to kids. Sugary drinks are a major contributor to the increasing rates of diabetes and heart disease. And with our country already spending $190 billion per year treating these preventable diseases, we need to address the problem. Every child deserves to grow up at a healthy weight, which means promoting healthy beverage options - like water and milk. Healthy drinks should be priced at an equal or lower cost than less healthy options. Learn more here. |
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