Tip sheet: Tarkanian and Bennet
- Danny Tarkanian, who hopes to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in November, is boasting of recent polling numbers in an invitation to a fundraising luncheon at La Loma on the 19th. Tarkanian is part of a crowded field of Republicans challenging the Reid, who is widely seen as vulnerable thanks in large part to his championship of health care reform.
- Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who faces a primary challenge back home in Colorado from Andrew Romanoff (who was recently passed over as a possible candidate in the governor’s race) continues to show his D.C. fundraising power with a reception, featuring Education Secretary Arne Duncan, also on the 19th. Before being tapped for the Senate seat by now-retiring Governor Bill Ritter, Bennet served as Denver school superintendent. Bennet has raised 58 percent of his cash from out-of-state; after Denver, his top two contributing geographical areas are New York and Washington, D.C. The reception is at the home of Katherine and David Bradley; Bradley is publisher of The Atlantic Monthly Magazine, where Bennet’s brother, James, is editor-in-chief.
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