March 2, 2018, 10:18 a.m.
Democrats took a 15-point lead in a generic ballot test, leading Republicans 47 percent to 32 percent in a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll (Feb. 20-24; 1,000 RVs; +/- 3%). Independents broke for Democrats 39-21 percent. “By close to 2-1, 58%-32%, those surveyed say they want to elect a Congress that mostly stands up to the president, not one that mostly cooperates with him.” (USA Today)
ENDORSEMENTS. End Citizens United, a campaign-finance reform group, endorsed a slate of new candidates who reject corporate PAC money. The list: Former State Department adviser Lauren Baer (D) in FL-18; attorney Liz Watson (D) in IN-09; retired Marine Lt. Col. Matt Morgan (D) in MI-01; former immigration attorney Kathy Manning (D) in NC-13; former State Department official Tom Malinowski (D) in NJ-07; and former aid worker Rick Neal (D) in OH-15. (release)
Meanwhile, NARAL Pro-Choice also announced several new endorsements: ex-Navy helicopter pilot Mikie Sherrill (D), former Obama administration official Andy Kim (D), 2016 nominee Angie Craig (D) in MN-02; former Army Ranger Jason Crow (D) in CO-06; and former state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown (D) in WA-05. (releases)