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Mike Bloomberg 2020 Announces New Hampshire Leadership Team

MIKE BLOOMBERG 2020 ANNOUNCES NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM

While other Democratic campaigns prepare to leave the Granite State, Bloomberg campaign launches statewide general election effort to keep New Hampshire blue in November

MANCHESTER, NH — While many Democratic presidential campaigns prepare to leave the state of New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s campaign today announced a significant investment through November in ensuring the state remains blue in 2020. Bloomberg’s New Hampshire operation will be led by New Hampshire Democratic strategist Liz Purdy, who will serve as senior advisor, and State Director Ryan Mahoney, an experienced New Hampshire Democratic operative.

Over the coming months, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 New Hampshire team will engage with voters to highlight Bloomberg’s record of taking on tough fights — and delivering results — and the unprecedented threat another four years of a Trump presidency represents to our future.

Bloomberg’s New Hampshire team joins a nationwide operation working to Get Out The Vote for Mike Bloomberg and defeat Donald Trump. The campaign's 2,400 staff includes 2,000 staff based in 43 states and territories, including all Super Tuesday states and the critical battlegrounds that will decide the election in November. Mike Bloomberg 2020 has opened more than 150 offices across the country to date, and the campaign has engaged in more than 2 million conversations with voters in the past month alone.

“Democrats must have one goal - to defeat Donald Trump. I believe there is one candidate who is uniquely qualified to build an economy that works for allGranite Staters, and has a lifelong record of accomplishment on critical issues like gun violence prevention, climate change, education, women's rights and health care. Mike can bring together a coalition to win in November, and we know that Mike will have the resources to defeat Donald Trump and elect Democrats up and down the ticket. I am excited to get to work and help lead his campaign to victory here in November,” said Liz Purdy, Mike Bloomberg 2020 New Hampshire Senior Advisor.

“The people of New Hampshire know that our country faces an existential threat of our values and standing around the world if Trump is given another four years,” said Ryan Mahoney, Mike Bloomberg 2020 New Hampshire State Director. “I am proud to be joining Mike’s team because he has the vision to create the organization necessary to help Democrats succeed in some of the toughest states that often go ignored by presidential candidates between the primary and general election. We’re going to get to work immediately to make sure the people of New Hampshire know that Mike will fight for them and their futures every single day.”

“Liz and Ryan bring unmatched New Hampshire knowledge and experience to the campaign, and we are thrilled to have them lead our state team. In a state where Hillary Clinton won by less than 3,000 votes in 2016, this early investment in Democrats’ November success here is key to defeating Donald Trump and keeping New Hampshire blue,” said Dan Kanninen, Mike Bloomberg 2020 States Director.

The campaign has initial plans to hire nearly a dozen staffers on the ground and will open its first office in Concord in the coming week. The campaign is also investing heavily in paid advertising following the Democratic primary on Tuesday so that New Hampshire voters continue to know what’s at stake in November. This announcement aligns with Bloomberg’s effort to staff up across the country in critical areas that Democrats have often left behind because of resources between elections.

Ryan Mahoney - State Director
Ryan Mahoney has more than a decade of experience in New Hampshire politics. Ryan most recently served as Chief of Staff to Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig. He was previously the Chief of Staff to Speaker of the NH House of Representatives and the senior staff member for the NH State Senate Democrats. In addition, Ryan served as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party in 2012 and as Chair of the Manchester City Democratic Committee from 2015 to 2018.

Liz Purdy - Senior Advisor
Liz Purdy brings more than 15 years of New Hampshire political experience to the Bloomberg campaign. A principal at MEP Strategies (MEP), Liz is an experienced state and national campaign expert, skilled in strategic management of all aspects of organizational operations. Liz managed the first gubernatorial campaign of New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, when he defeated a self-funded incumbent governor. Liz also served as a Senior Political Advisor to the successful campaigns of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and to U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan’s first gubernatorial campaign. In 2008, as Senior Advisor, she helped Hillary Clinton’s campaign stage a stunning come-from-behind win in the New Hampshire Primary campaign. Liz has also worked on major policy campaigns. In 2011, she ran the successful effort to defend NewHampshire’s marriage equality law from repeal – building a bipartisan coalition to kill the bill in a House of Representatives where supporters held a supermajority. And, in 2016, she worked with Gabby Giffords and Americans for Responsible Solutions to build a New Hampshire campaign to fight gun violence.

Donald Trump Campaign Statement on New Hampshire Republican Primary

Donald Trump Campaign Statement on New Hampshire Republican Primary

“The enthusiasm for President Trump among Republicans is through the roof and record-breaking. The President received more New Hampshire primary votes than any incumbent president running for re-election - of either party - over the past four decades. His vote percentage will also show historic strength when the numbers are final, likely beating the last three incumbent presidents - Clinton, Bush, and Obama - who were successfully re-elected. The intensity of Trump supporters is incredible. On the Democrat side, the alleged excitement was overhyped, probably because their cast of candidates is so uninspiring. We still don’t know who the opponent will be in November, but we do know President Trump will crush whoever it is.”
- Brad Parscale, Trump 2020 campaign manager

Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire Primary

Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire Primary

Sen. Sanders Secures Another Primary Victory on the Path to the White House

MANCHESTER -- Tonight in Manchester, the working people of New Hampshire made their voices heard, voting to make Sen. Bernie Sanders the 2020 Democratic nominee for President.

Speaking to a crowd of supporters at the SNHU Field House in Manchester, Sen. Sanders thanked the Granite State for bringing home a victory for working people in New Hampshire and across the country.

“Tonight New Hampshire sent a message that working people are ready for a political revolution in this country. This is what it will take to defeat Donald Trump,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “This victory isn’t about me; it’s about us. Tonight is about what our supporters, volunteers and grassroots donors built in New Hampshire.”

Since the campaign launched, Sen. Sanders has spoken directly to well over 40,000 Granite Staters at nearly 70 events across all 10 counties. He garnered unprecedented grassroots support in New Hampshire, inspiring a broad coalition of volunteers that powered record-breaking organizing efforts. On his path to victory, Sen. Sanders mobilized 25,000 volunteers in New Hampshire, who put in over 100,000 hours and knocked 850,000 doors since the start of the campaign. More than 1,000 out of state volunteers traveled to the Granite State to help get out the vote for Sen. Sanders, ultimately helping to secure a victory against a well-financed multi-candidate field, showing a grassroots movement funded by millions of small dollar donors.

Looking ahead to the February 22 Nevada caucuses, Bernie 2020 has built the largest operation of any presidential candidate on the ground, with more than 200 staffers and thousands of active volunteers. As the primary season turns to Nevada, South Carolina and Super Tuesday, Sanders’ multi-racial working class coalition is powered by the most diverse coalition of any candidate in the race, with polling consistently showing Sanders’ strong base of support with Black and Latino voters in Nevada, particularly among women of color. National polling also shows Sanders leading with voters of color across the country.

Recent polling puts Sanders in the lead nationally ahead of Super Tuesday, where Bernie 2020 is making an aggressive $5.5 million television and digital ad buy and deploying new staff to direct and mobilize a huge base of grassroots supporters.

Michael Bennet Ends Presidential Campaign. Transcript of Remarks in New Hampshire on February 11, 2020

Michael Bennet Ends Presidential Campaign

“Tonight is not going to be our night, but let me say to New Hampshire, you may see me once again.”

CONCORD, NH — Michael Bennet today ended his presidential campaign. A transcript of his remarks is below.

Hello, New Hampshire. Thank you very much for all being here tonight and thank you very much for what you’ve done for this campaign.

I want to start by thanking Susan and the girls for their unbelievable efforts over this entire campaign. And for the sacrifices that they’ve made over the last 11 years that I’ve been in the Senate, and the years before that when I was Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools….

I’d like to thank my national campaign staff who ran through walls all across the country. There were never as many of them as some of the other campaigns, but they were a mighty force to be reckoned with.

I also want to thank my Senate staff for their incredible work and their leadership over the past decade.

There are so many people that I will thank over the coming days, but I wanted to mention tonight my predecessor Gary Hart, who is nothing but a source of inspiration, my friend and mentor Dick Celeste, who came out here and knocked doors for me, my pal James Carville, who I didn’t even know, but he endorsed me — and I don’t think anybody will ever be able to forget his contribution to this campaign.

I’d like to thank everybody here tonight who flew across the country to be with us in the last few days. ...

I’d like to thank Will Kanteres and Meryl Levin. We would have been lost without them, and because of their friendship, and because of their leadership and because of their efforts, we were able to introduce ourselves to the state of New Hampshire. And I just can’t tell you how much I appreciate it and I think we’ve made some lifelong friends.

Speaking of New Hampshire, I love you New Hampshire...whether you knew it or not, we were having a great time together. And I’ve said over and over again how much like Colorado New Hampshire is. It’s a complicated political state. It’s a swing state. It’s a state filled with thoughtful people who take incredibly seriously their responsibilities so seriously that today they were less decided than they were six weeks ago. But they decided tonight.

And tonight is not going to be our night, but let me say this to New Hampshire, you may see me once again.

I really want to say that I appreciate the fact that you gave me a chance here, and you’re giving all the other candidates a chance. I wish all those candidates well that are going beyond New Hampshire.

I think it’s fitting for us to end the campaign tonight. But I want to remind you of why I got in this race, why I stayed in this race, why we have to stay in this fight.

I love our country. I love America. I love the idea of democracy and I want to make sure that our generation passes this democracy intact — at least — if not in better shape, to the next generation of Americans.

And tonight as we stand here we can’t say that we’re in very good shape. Our democracy is at risk. The ability for people to work hard and live a middle-class life in this country is at risk. The opportunity for the kids, the students that I used to work for in the Denver Public Schools and kids just like them all across this country, the opportunity for their parents to get them out of poverty is at risk. America’s place in the world is at risk tonight. And the rest of the world desperately needs our leadership. As all of you know, our planet is at risk today from climate change. These are huge issues that we have to confront.

I’m really proud that together during the course of this campaign, we developed an agenda called the Real Deal that is the most coherent approach to addressing these issues that we’ve seen out of any of the campaigns.

I look forward to carrying that out of New Hampshire and carrying that into the future. What I know about that agenda, because it was written by a team of people who were working very hard to represent a swing state in this country, is that any Democrat in America, from the top of the ticket to the bottom of the ticket, can run on that agenda. I think that’s an agenda that can get us the White House and as James Carville would say, 55 seats in the Senate. That’s an agenda that’s worth fighting for.

So I feel nothing but joy tonight as we conclude this particular campaign and this particular chapter.

I’m going to do absolutely everything I can do as one human being to make sure Donald Trump is a one-term president. I will support the nominee of my party, no matter who it is, to make sure that we defeat Donald Trump. But we can’t stop there. As I’ve said all across this state, and I’ve said all across the country, it’s not just about who is in the White House—we've got to win a majority in the Senate. And I will campaign all over this country to make sure we win that majority.

I want to finish by saying what I’ve said particularly to college kids in the state... In 20 or 30 years from now, when people look back at this moment and they consider the fact that some time between now and then, 20 or 30 years from now we got the money out of our politics and put the people back in our politics; we’ve actually began the meaningful work to lead the world in working to address climate change; we rediscovered once again how in this country we can make the economy rise for everybody when it grows, not just for the people at the very top; that we discovered once again how to provide education in this country so we are liberating kids from their economic circumstances, rather than reinforcing the income inequality we have.

When people look back at and ask ‘How did that happen? How did they do it?’ they’re going to look back at this moment. And there’s going to be some college campus somewhere where they decided that every single person on that campus who was eligible to vote would cast their vote. And if universities all over the country looked at that and saw it could be done, then it would set a new standard to be a citizen in this republic. If this country starts to vote at 70%, instead of at 50%, there is no issue that we won’t be able to address together.

So I want you to be optimistic tonight. You have to be optimistic. This is in our hands. It is in our hands. As James Baldwin wrote during the height of the Civil Rights movement, this is in our hands, we have no right to assume otherwise.

Thank you.

Andrew Yang Suspends Campaign for President.

Thank you for your incredible support

Thank you for your incredible support these past months. You all have uplifted me and inspired me and Evelyn and this campaign at every turn. Your passion and energy. Your donations and hundreds of thousands of hours of calling and volunteering. Your enthusiasm, dedication and commitment.

We have accomplished so much together. We have brought a message of Humanity First and a vision of an economy and society that works for us and our families to millions of our fellow Americans.

We went from a mailing list that started with just my Gmail contact list to receiving donations from over 430,000 people and support from millions more across the country.

One of the things I’m most proud of -- we gave $1,000 a month for a year to 13 families across the country.

We highlighted the real problems in our communities as our economy is being transformed before our eyes by technology and automation. We stood on the debate stage and shifted our national conversation to include the fourth industrial revolution, a topic no one wanted to touch.

Our signature proposal, Universal Basic Income, has become part of the mainstream conversation. We increased the popular support for Universal Basic Income to 66% of Democrats and 72% among voters 18-34.

And without a doubt, we accelerated the eradication of poverty in our society by years, perhaps even generations,

And that is thanks to all of YOU!

Though thousands of voters came out for our campaign tonight in New Hampshire, it is not the outcome we fought so hard for. It is bitterly disappointing for many of us.

But it should not be.

Every single day I’ve had supporters say to me:

“Your campaign helped me out of a depression. Thank you.”

“Working on this campaign has made me a better human being.”

“I met my significant other because of you.”

“Your campaign brought my family together. Your campaign got me excited about politics for the first time.”

These are all things that people have said to me in the past days. I’m incredibly proud of this campaign. We have touched and improved millions of lives and moved this country we love so much in the right direction.

And while there is great work left to be done, I am the MATH guy. And it is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race. I am not someone who wants to accept donations and support in a race that we will not win.

And so tonight, I am suspending my campaign for president.

This is not an easy decision. Endings are hard and I’ve always intended to stay in this race until the very end. But I have been convinced that the message of this campaign will not be strengthened by my staying in this race any longer.

Endings are hard. But this is not an ending.

This is a beginning.

This is the starting line. This campaign has awakened something fundamental in this country and ourselves.

We’ve outlasted over a dozen senators, governors, and members of Congress and become the most exciting force in this entire race.

The Yang Gang has fundamentally shifted the direction of this country and transformed our politics, and we are only continuing to grow.

My goal when I first started was always to solve the problems that got Donald Trump elected. And I know in order to do that, I will support whoever is the Democratic nominee. That said, I hope this campaign can be a message, and word of caution, to all of my Democratic colleagues.

Donald Trump is not the cause of all of our problems. He is a symptom. We must cure the disease that got him elected, and in order to do that we must address the real problems that affect our people and offer solutions to actually solve them.

Those solutions are bold, and many think they are crazy. But I hope my campaign has made it a little less crazy to think we can lead our country to eradicate poverty. In fact, five candidates in this field have already supported it or expressed openness to supporting Universal Basic Income.

I stand before you today and say that while we did not win this election, we are just getting started.

This is the beginning.

This movement is the future of American politics.

This movement is the future of the Democratic party.

This wave is just beginning and it will continue to build until we rewrite the rules of this economy to work for us, the people of this country.

Thank you to each and every person who made this campaign possible, I love and appreciate you. Being your candidate has been the privilege of my life. We will continue to do the work and move this country forward.

Thank you all. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.

-Andrew

Elizabeth Warren Delivers Remarks on New Hampshire Primary Night

Elizabeth Warren Delivers Remarks on New Hampshire Primary Night

Manchester, NH - Elizabeth Warren delivered remarks on the night of the New Hampshire FITN primary.

Her remarks are below as prepared for delivery:

Hello New Hampshire!

Results are still coming in from across the state, but right now it is clear that Senator Sanders and Mayor Buttigieg had strong nights. And I also want to congratulate my friend and colleague Amy Klobuchar for showing just how wrong the pundits can be when they count a woman out.

But since we’re here tonight among family and friends, I also want us to be honest with ourselves as Democrats: we might be headed for another one of those long primary fights that lasts for months. We’re two states in, with 55 states and territories to go. We still have 98% of the delegates for our nomination up for grabs, and Americans in every part of our country are going to make their voices heard.

The question for us, Democrats, is whether it will be a long, bitter rehash of the same old divides in our party, or whether we can find another way.

Senator Sanders and Mayor Buttigieg are both great people and either of them would be a far better president than Donald Trump. I respect them both.

But the fight between factions in our party has taken a sharp turn in recent weeks, with ads mocking other candidates and with supporters of some candidates shouting curses about other Democratic candidates.

These harsh tactics might work if you’re willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing. They might work if you don’t worry about leaving our party and our politics worse off than how you found it. They might work if you think only you have all the answers and only you are the solution to all our problems.

But if we’re going to beat Donald Trump in November, we are going to need huge turnout within our party, and to get that turnout, we will need a nominee that the broadest coalition of our party feels they can get behind. We can’t afford to fall into factions. We can’t afford to squander our collective power. We will win when we come together.

Reverend Jesse Jackson once said: It takes two wings to fly. And I think he’s right. Our campaign is best positioned to beat Donald Trump in November -- because we can unite our party.

We can unite this party and this country by mobilizing people behind ideas that are not only popular with huge majorities of the American people -- but that also accomplish structural change for our broken government and our rigged economy. We can unite people around a wealth tax on the very richest Americans so we can invest in education for all our children.

And we can unite people around ending corruption in Washington. Ending the corruption that has meant stagnant wages, rising costs, and a tighter and tighter squeeze on the middle class. Ending the corruption that leaves more and more working families with less and less hope for a better future -- and that has crushed people of color even harder. Ending the corruption that has shortchanged our kids, our schools, and the very survival of this planet they will inherit.

Families in America today are running out of time. We have faced decades of shrinking opportunity, decades of rising inequality, decades of a widening racial wealth gap.

Big business has captured and used government to serve its own interests at the expense of smaller businesses and at the expense of the American people. I believe in markets, but markets without rules are theft. Markets without rules perpetuate racial discrimination. And for too long, the rules have been rigged against people who just want a level playing field2020 is our time to change who makes the rules.

It was never my plan to run for any office of any kind. But I have been in this fight -- the fight for working families -- for decades. I fought the credit card companies as they tried to trick and trap consumers. I fought our own banking regulators to hold them accountable during the financial crash. I fought to build a new federal agency to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. I got in this fight -- I ran for office because I saw families were being squeezed harder than ever, and too many politicians not getting enough done. I’m here to get big things done.

Because that’s the thing about politicians: whether they’re offering vague platitudes or powerful rhetoric, they will ultimately face the same test: actually getting anything done in a Washington that is badly broken.

Americans from all political backgrounds don’t need a bunch of flowery words. They know deep down in their bones exactly why government doesn’t work for them: it’s corruption, and we need to call it out for what it is.

The corruption that gives lobbyists a louder voice than voters. The corruption that lets big companies pay nothing in taxes while small businesses pay full freight. The corruption that ensures that nothing ever changes on gun violence or climate policy or drug prices -- even though nearly everyone in America wants change.

And let’s be specific here: on a day when career prosecutors showed more backbone than almost every Republican Senator in standing up to this President, Americans of all political stripes are gravely concerned about the corruption of a Trump Justice Department that abandons the rule of law to give sweetheart deals to criminals who commit their crimes on behalf of Donald Trump. Yes Roger Stone, I’m looking at you.

So tonight I have a message for our party and for this nation: Our best chance of beating Donald Trump is with a candidate who can do the work -- I mean the hard, disciplined work. A candidate who can build a campaign to unite our party. And a candidate who can build a movement that is ready to take on corruption in Washington and win.

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And the only way we can take on the corruption in Washington is if we’re not beholden to it. Let’s just check the facts. Amy and I are the only candidates in this race who are not billionaires or supported by Super PACs. And, unlike other candidates, I don’t fund my campaign by spending time behind closed doors sucking up to wealthy donors.

Our movement is powered by you -- it’s powered by the people.

And over the past year I’ve had the chance to shake hands or hug way over 100,000 people in more than 220 town halls in 29 states and Puerto Rico. Sure, there are lots of differences among us.

We come from different backgrounds. Different religions, languages, experiences. We have different dreams and different aspirations. We feel the urgency of this moment in different ways.

But, with all of those glorious differences, for the most part, we want the same things.

We want an America where decisions in Washington aren’t bought and paid for by lobbyists and big donors. We want an America where every person has a voice in our democracy.

An America where fossil fuel companies don’t have a vise grip on our planet, An America where we can breathe the air and drink the water.

An America where every child can dream big and actually have a chance to make it. Because no matter the color of your skin, who you love, how you worship, or what zip code you live in, you deserve an America where you are safe and your opportunities are as good as anyone’s.

I can see that America. That America is within our reach. And if you can imagine that America, if you think it’s worth fighting for, then join us. Go to Elizabeth Warren DOT COM right now. Pitch in a few bucks, sign up to volunteer, get involved with our campaign. This moment will not come our way again.

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Tonight I want to say thank you -- thank you to every volunteer, every organizer, every door knocker, every phone banker, every five-dollar donor.

Thank you for helping to build a movement to take back our democracy and rebuild it from the grassroots up.

And while I’m thanking everyone. I want to take a moment to thank my sweetie, Bruce. I also want to thank the good boy who posed for one selfie after another -- our Bailey.

This fight we’re in -- the fight to save our democracy -- is an uphill battle. But our campaign is built for the long haul. And we are just getting started.

I’m grateful down to my toes for what our campaign has been able to accomplish so far.

My plans for this country have been influenced by letters pressed into my palm by little girls.

My will to fight has been strengthened by the people who have whispered their dreams into my ear.

My determination to lead a movement has been forged by the tens of thousands of people who have said they are ready to fight for the America they know we can be.

Because if we have the hope that comes with dreaming big, if we have the courage to fight hard, we are going to win!

Thank you.

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Jill and Joe Biden to Travel to South Carolina, Join Cedric Richmond for Launch Party on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Jill and Joe Biden to Travel to South Carolina, Join Cedric Richmond for Launch Party on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

This evening, on Tuesday, February 11, Jill and Joe Biden will travel to Columbia, South Carolina and join Campaign Co-Chair and Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana for a South Carolina launch party.

Later this evening, Jill and Joe Biden will address their New Hampshire supporters via livestream while Valerie Biden Owens will thank supporters in person for the hard work they poured into the campaign.

“I have enjoyed traveling across New Hampshire, speaking to countless Granite Staters who understand we are in a battle for the soul of this nation and I have relished fighting for each and every one of their votes” said Vice President Joe Biden. “I am looking forward to traveling to South Carolina this evening and Nevada later this week to carry our campaign forward and hear from the diverse voters whose voices must be heard in this process to select the Democratic nominee who will unite this country to defeat Donald Trump.”

Details are subject to change
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11
South Carolina Launch Party with Jill and Joe Biden and Cedric Richmond in Columbia, SC
Doors Open: 8:00 PM ET
Event Start Time: 9:00 PM ET

Where: 701 Whaley, 701 Whaley St, Columbia, SC 29201

Event Attendance: Members of the public who wish to attend can RSVP HERE.