Days until South Carolina Republican primary: 10. Days until South Carolina Democratic primary: 17.
Days until Nevada Democratic caucuses: 10. Days until Nevada Republican caucuses 13.
Days until SEC Primary: 20.
Texas:
A good deep dive by the Texas Tribune on the Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders fight in the Lone Star State, a diverse mega-state that should be Clinton's to lose, if not for Sanders' head start in organizing. (https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/09/democrats-eye-increasingly-competitive-texas-2016/)
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Austin Mayor Steve Adler is hosting a phone bank for Clinton on Wednesday. (Austin American-Statesman http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/austin-mayor-steve-adler-to-host-event-for-hillary/nqMfp/)
Alabama:
Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson raised the most money from Alabama so far this election cycle. (AL.com: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/alabamians_have_given_most_of.html#incart_river_index)
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Endorsement courting? Donald Trump was the first candidate to reply to U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions' five-part questionnaire about trade and immigration. (Breitbart News: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/08/exclusive-donald-j-trump-first-candidate-reply-sessions-test/)
Virginia:
The Hillary Clinton campaign is opening an office Wednesday in Alexandria, with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine the headliner. (Patch.com http://patch.com/virginia/kingstowne/sen-tim-kaine-supporters-open-hillary-virginia-office)
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Bernie Sanders' state director says the campaign has 15 paid staffers and 7,000 volunteers in Virginia, and plans to open its fourth and fifth offices in the state this week. (WUSA9 http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/virginia/2016/02/04/clinton-and-sanders-campaigns-dual-virginia-super-tuesday-nears/79855282/)
Arkansas:
The establishment muddle coming out of New Hampshire – with John Kasich rising and Marco Rubio falling – makes Gov. Asa Hutchinson more likely to delay an endorsement. (Arkansas Public Radio: http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/what-results-new-hampshire-primary-mean-arkansas)
Oklahoma:
New Sooner Poll: Donald Trump 30.4, Ted Cruz 25.4, Marco Rubio 21.0, Ben Carson 5.6 -- Trump lost some steam, while Rubio gained in the poll taken in the run-up to the New Hampshire vote. Hillary Clinton 43.9, Bernie Sanders 28.1 – Clinton's lead shrank by 9 percentage points in a week and a half. (Soonerpoll.com: http://soonerpoll.com/soonerpoll-trump-loses-steam-cruz-remains-steady-rubio-rockets-to-a-close-third/)
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