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FIRST IN SCORE - DGA IE ADS SOUND DIFFERENT NOTES AGAINST BEAUPREZ, TANCREDO: Just as tea party candidate Tim Donnelly could have been a liability for Republicans in California, Democrats think their fortunes in Colorado are better if former Rep. Tom Tancredo wins the gubernatorial nomination there. That's why the Democratic Governors Association's independent-expenditure arm in the state, Protect Colorado Values, is up with a six-figure statewide ad buy going after both Tancredo and former Rep. Bob Beauprez. In the Tancredo ad, the candidate is deemed "too conservative for Colorado": "Even as it's starting to work, Republican Tom Tancredo is still one of the country's strongest opponents
of Obamacare," the ad says. "As governor, Tancredo would do everything in his power to undermine the law." The Beauprez ad suggests the candidate is a flip-flopping DC politician and points to his votes "for earmarks and spending bills while the national debt ballooned $2 trillion," and says he "supported the individual health care mandate that's the cornerstone of Obamacare." These ads sound a lot like what Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill did in 2012 to help influence the GOP primary in her race; POLITICO's Alex Isenstadt looked earlier this week at how Democrats have tried to meddle in GOP primaries this year as well (
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Latest polling out of Colorado: Speaking of the Colorado gubernatorial primary, Beauprez released an internal poll, conducted by Magellan Strategies, that put him and Tancredo neck-and-neck for first place. Tancredo takes 27 percent in the poll, followed by Beauprez at 25 percent, Secretary of State Scott Gessler at 13 percent and former Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp at 10 percent.
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VOTEVETS GEARS UP TO SPEND $5 MILLION IN SENATE RACES, via your Score correspondent: 'As veterans' issues and the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal put Democrats on the defensive, the outside group VoteVets will announce it's planning to spend $5 million in competitive Senate races this year - providing Democrats some much-needed cover. The effort begins Thursday with a $275,000 ad buy in Montana, boosting Democratic Sen. John Walsh, an Iraq war veteran. In an interview with POLITICO last week, VoteVets founder Jon Soltz said the next target will be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who's locked in a tight race with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. ... Soltz said they're likely
to get involved in the other races where red-state Democratic incumbents are fighting for reelection: Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina.'
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As Mississippi gears up for a three-week slugfest, Stewart Mills talks up his "hunting camp doctrine" and Annette Bosworth has basically the worst day ever, here's POLITICO's Morning Score: your daily guide to the 2014 midterms.

DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION: 152.

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RATINGS CHANGES THIS WEEK: Sabato moves MS-Sen from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican" for the general and to "Leans McDaniel" for the runoff. In House races, Sabato moves CA-26 from "Likely Democratic" to "Leans Democratic," CA-25 (where two Republicans finished atop the primary field) from "Leans Republican" to "Safe Republican," IA-04 from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican," IA-02 from "Safe Democratic" to "Likely Democratic," and NJ-03 from "Toss-up" to "Leans Republican" (
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COCHRAN ALLIES GIRD FOR A FIGHT: POLITICO's Alex Burns reports on the thinking in Sen. Thad Cochran's camp regarding their strategy for the June 24 Mississippi GOP Senate runoff: "Cochran advisers and outside operatives supporting the campaign spent Wednesday huddled in closed-door meetings, assessing the path forward and beginning to lay out a strategy for the one-on-one race against their tea party opponent. Acknowledging that they face a difficult fight against McDaniel, Cochran allies sketched out the beginnings of a plan to take on the 41-year-old litigator. Several advisers, speaking candidly and anonymously, said that competing in the June 24 runoff will likely require the campaign
to shift resources from television and radio advertising into pure get-out-the-vote operations. It will mean raising concerns about McDaniel's electability and delivering an issue-driven message about what McDaniel's policy views would really mean for Mississippi. Riskiest of all, it will involve reaching out to casual voters - including independents and Democrats - to swell the electorate with Mississippians who may not have participated in this week's first round of voting."
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-Mississippi money: Cochran and his allies didn't have much of a financial edge in the primary, per the Center for Public Integrity's Dave Levinthal: Cochran, between campaign dollars raised and outside money spent on his behalf, had $6.9 million, compared with $6.5 million for McDaniel.
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-McDaniel mischief?: Three people, including a 'high-ranking Chris McDaniel campaign official,' were found trapped in a courthouse where ballots were locked, prompting an investigation by the Hinds County Sheriff's Department.
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WRAPPING UP LOOSE ENDS FROM LAST NIGHT'S RACES: When Score went out Wednesday morning, there were still a small handful of races that had yet to be called. We got clarity on most of those races today, though the votes are still being counted in two California House races.

-In California's 33rd District, Democrat Wendy Greuel conceded the race, allowing Republican Elan Carr and state Sen. Ted Lieu to officially advance to the general election. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Carr was in first place with 22 percent of the vote, followed by Lieu at 19 percent and Greuel at 17 percent.

-In Mississippi's 4th District, GOP Rep. Steven Palazzo was officially ruled the winner in his primary race against former Rep. Gene Taylor - and the race will not advance to a runoff. Palazzo received 50.5 percent of the vote, while Taylor came in at just under 45 percent.

TODAY ON POLITICO - PETERS LAUDS FIRM AFTER STOCK BUY, via POLITICO's Byron Tau: 'Michigan Senate candidate Gary Peters heaped praise on the Dow Chemical corporation's work days after buying stock in the company, which has also donated to his campaign, according to financial information reviewed by POLITICO. Responding to an audience question on cap-and-trade legislation last week, the three-term Democratic congressman used the opportunity to single out the Michigan-based firm's efforts to develop renewable energy solutions.'
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EXCLUSIVE - MILLS TOUTS 'FIX-IT' ATTITUDE IN NEW MN-08 AD: Stewart Mills, the Republican businessman challenging Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.), is going up with another campaign ad on Friday, painting himself as a can-do candidate determined to fix Washington. "I guess I don't look like a typical politician, so people always ask me, why am I running for Congress?" asks Mills in the 30-second spot, shared first with POLITICO. Mills, 42, sports long blond hair that hits just below his jaw, and appears in the clip wearing hunting gear. "It starts with my family's hunting camp doctrine: If you complain about something, you get the job to fix it." The ad is the second installation in a
six-figure ad buy, and will play in both the Twin Cities and Duluth media markets, according to his campaign manager. Mills, who was named to the National Republican Congressional Committee's "Young Guns" program, which identifies competitive Republican midterm candidates, concludes that "this hunting camp could teach Washington a thing or two." Watch the ad:
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LIGHTER CLICK: The Michigan Democratic Party is out with a Seinfeld-themed web video parodying GOP Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land's campaign, which features a fictional Land at a diner with the Koch brothers saying her campaign is "about nothing":
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QUICK HITS ACROSS THE MAP -

-LA-Sen: Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy released his first ad of the cycle, focusing on his opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
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-IA-Sen: Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley released a TV ad hitting Republican rival Joni Ernst, saying her 'ads are hard to forget, but her record just doesn't cut it.'
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-OR-Sen: Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley released the first ad of his reelection campaign. The 30-second biographical spot emphasis his 'middle-class roots.'
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-VA-10 sneak peek: Democracy for America will endorse Democrat John Foust Thursday. Jim Dean, chairman of the group, said in a statement: 'Democracy for America members in Northern Virginia and across the country are looking forward to making the phone calls, knocking doors and doing whatever it takes to help John Foust defeat Barbara Comstock before she can bring her fringe-right views on a woman's right to choose and the Affordable Care Act to the halls of Congress.'

-MD-Gov: The pro-Anthony Brown One State, One Future PAC released an ad hitting state Attorney General Doug Gansler on two controversies from last fall, calling him "unfit to be governor." (
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-More MD-Gov: Meanwhile, Gansler released two ads hitting Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown on his role in the bungled Maryland health care exchange.
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CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Well, that's news to me. I didn't know that." - South Dakota Senate candidate Annette Bosworth, when Fox News's Megyn Kelly asked her to react to the news that she'd lost the Senate primary
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