Days until South Carolina Republican primary: 8. Days until South Carolina Democratic primary: 15.
Days until Nevada Democratic caucuses: 8. Days until Nevada Republican caucuses 11.
Days until SEC Primary: 18.
SEC-wide:
At a Baton Rouge rally, Donald Trump exhorted the crowd to vote on "a big SEC day." Too bad Louisiana votes March 5. The Republican presidential front-runner also promised to keep it clean. From the Daily Mail:
'I'll never do it again, actually,' he told a crowd of more than 13,500 in Baton Rouge. 'And I'll never even copy somebody, what they ask me to say. Right?'
Texas:
Hillary Clinton rolled out 40 new endorsements as a show of force, including four state legislators. (Texas Tribune)
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Ted Cruz flexed his Texas muscle, touting his network including "seven congressmen, 11 state senators, 43 state representatives, 27 members of the state Republican Executive Committee, 57 campaign leaders at the district level and 462 campaign chairs and co-chairs at the county level." (Dallas Morning News)
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The Houston Chronicle has a deeper look at how Cruz has built his network over the years.
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Texans had pumped $88 million of donations into this campaign as of year's end. (San Antonio Express News)
Tennessee:
Bill Clinton fired up supporters for his wife in Memphis, but was met with stony silence when he said President Barack Obama was not a "change maker" like Hillary. (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Virginia:
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, who quit the Democratic race after a brief spell, announced at a speech in Dallas that his is not running for president as an Independent this fall. (Washington Post)
Gov. Terry McAuliffe will open Hillary Clinton's office in Richmond on Friday. That makes two for her in VA. Bernie Sanders will have five with a Hampton Roads office Friday. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Bernie Sanders' historically black college tour is expected to bring him to Virginia State University in Chesterfield next week, but there has not been a formal announcement yet. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Oklahoma:
Bernie Sanders has bought television ad time in Oklahoma and Texas.
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