Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing - March 28, 2019

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Abrams denies early VP talks   March 28, 2019: Amy Klobuchar released a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal. Stacey Abrams said she wasn’t interested in being a vice presidential candidate...yet. Share the latest from the campaign trail.         Notable Quote of the Day “In a Democratic presidential field that reflects a diverse and female voting base, candidates who are white and male are grappling with issues of race and gender in new, and sometimes uncomfortable, ways.” —Arit John of Bloomberg Democrats Cory Booker appeared at a CNN town hall in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He said he would consider mass commutations and pardons for people who have been convicted of federal marijuana offenses and discussed his baby bonds program, among other topics. Kirsten Gillibrand told CNN she “didn’t do the right thing” when discussing her record on guns. She added that she should “have cared more about gun violence in other parts of my state or other parts of my country, I just didn't.” Kamala Harris announced three endorsements from South Carolina legislators: state Reps. Pat Henegan and JA Moore and state Sen. Darrell Jackson. She named each as a co-chair for her state campaign and also named former gubernatorial candidate Marguerite Willis and Berkeley County Democratic Chairwoman Melissa Watson as co-chairs. New York magazine published an interview with John Hickenlooper, where he discussed marijuana legalization, his experience being vetted as Hillary Clinton’s potential vice president, and cable news. Amy Klobuchar proposed a $1 trillion transportation infrastructure plan and said it would be her top budget priority if elected. She said she would use federal funds, tax subsidies, and loan guarantees to upgrade roads, highways, bridges, schools, airports, water systems, internet access, public transit, and energy systems. Wayne Messam told CNN that he was running for president and officially launching his campaign. In his message, he highlighted climate change and student debt as reasons for his campaign. Bernie Sanders told Chris Hayes of the Washington Examiner that he did not support the House Affordable Care Act expansion bill, and said that he only supported Medicare-for-all. Elizabeth Warren wrote on Medium that she would “appoint trustbusters to review — and reverse — anti-competitive mergers, including the recent Bayer-Monsanto merger.” She said that such mergers had harmed farmers and led the industry to be noncompetitive. The Service Employees International Union announced that Julián Castro, Harris, Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, and Warren would participate in a forum in Las Vegas on April 27. Join the authors behind Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing as they catch you up on what has happened so far this year. Find out who is running, who is on the fence, what the campaigns are doing, and more. Reserve your spot today! On the Cusp: Tracking Potential Candidates Stacey Abrams told The View that she was not interested in entering the 2020 Democratic primary as a vice presidential candidate (such as with Joe Biden), but was open to joining a ticket down the line. “Running in a primary to be the vice president is very different than someone who has been selected by the party to be the nominee asking you to serve as a partner,” she said. What We’re Reading NBC News: Battleground Wisconsin hosts warm-up race for 2020 The Week: Beto O'Rourke is 2020's John Edwards FiveThirtyEight: The Five Wings Of The Republican Party Flashback: March 28, 2015 Fortune published an article estimating how much money it would cost a candidate to run for president. It speculated that a run from startup costs through the first four primaries would cost in the region of $50 million. It used estimates from past campaigns in those states to average the cost per vote.