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May 14, 2019

Castro releases People First Education platform   May 14, 2019: Steve Bullock announced that he is running for president. Julián Castro released his education platform. Share the latest from the campaign trail.           How many electoral votes were up for grabs in the first presidential election in 1789? 13→ 51→ 69→ 81→ Click a choice to find out the answer! Notable Quote of the Day “Beto O’Rourke is really the canary in the coal mine here. What Beto is going through now is that he’s been surpassed by Mayor Pete [Buttigieg], maybe Elizabeth Warren, in terms of attention. It’s going to happen to everybody in the race … Joe Biden today is flying high in the polls. But Joe Biden’s not going to be able to go six months without explaining everything on policy.” – Mathew Littman, Democratic strategist and former Biden speechwriter Democrats Michael Bennet tweeted several calls for fundraising using quotes from Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign strategist James Carville. Joe Biden made his first campaign visit to New Hampshire Monday, where he discussed climate change and his environmental record. Cory Booker released a plan to reduce gun suicides. It includes his previously announced national gun licensing proposal, incentivizing intervention, safe storage requirements, expansion of suicide prevention education, and the appointment of a senior White House official working on gun violence. Steve Bullock announced that he was running for president Tuesday morning. In a video posted to social media, Bullock focused on his Montana roots, campaign finance, and working with both Democrats and Republicans as governor. Pete Buttigieg discussed his presidential campaign on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.   Julián Castro released his education platform, calling it a “People First Education” policy. His plan would provide universal pre-K education funded through grants to state and local governments, eliminate tuition at public universities and technical schools, and change interest rate rules for student loan debt. John Delaney and Beto O'Rourke appeared on The Trail: From New Hampshire to the White House, where they discussed trade and mandatory gun licensing. Tulsi Gabbard spoke at the Santa Monica Public Library in California Monday and appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. Mike Gravel celebrated his 89th birthday Monday. MSNBC will host a town hall with Kamala Harris in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on May 28. Yahoo! Finance interviewed John Hickenlooper and Tim Ryan as parts of its “Meet the Candidate” series. Jay Inslee hired Keith Presley to run his Iowa campaign. Presley previously worked as deputy campaign manager for Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Seth Moulton reintroduced legislation to change how the Department of Veterans Affairs handles medical marijuana use. Bernie Sanders wrote an op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer on the criminal justice system, the incarceration rate, and ending the cash bail system. Eric Swalwell met with gun violence educator Scott Charles. Elizabeth Warren campaigned in Philadelphia Monday, including a meeting with American Federation of Teachers. Marianne Williamson spoke at Detroit Unity Temple in Michigan Monday. Andrew Yang is holding a Humanity First rally in New York City Tuesday. Republicans Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Lycoming County in Pennsylvania on May 20. His visit will coincide with a special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District the following day. On the Cusp: Tracking Potential Candidates Bill de Blasio said he would announce whether he is running for president or not this week. What We’re Reading Cheddar: Polling History Can't Predict 2020 Race, Ipsos Director Says on Cheddar FiveThirtyEight: How Steve Bullock Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary The New Yorker: Confessions of a presidential candidate: How the political memoir evolved Flashback: May 14, 2015 John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under the second Bush administration, announced he was not running for president. Bolton later became national security adviser under the Trump administration in 2018.