Lisa Kashinsky

National political reporter @POLITICO. Past lives covering Congress and writing Mass. Playbook. Let’s chat: [email protected]

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

NEWS: 2028 is already playing out in the phone logs of a new group of Dem power brokers who won last week.

Buttigieg, Pritzker, Moore, Emanuel, Kelly, Booker are among those who’ve reached out to winners in early primary states. Andrews, El-Sayed, Pappas, Haaland etc have gotten calls.

Some of these newcomers have priorities they want to see shape the primary, from Medicare for All to Israel to data centers to Indian tribes.

w/ @AlecAHernandez @erinpdoherty + @politico team https://t.co/t5yfUePcDc

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

BREAKING: The Kennedy family has filed for an injunction against President Trump's arch, saying it would destroy the solemn memorial to the Kennedy family at Arlington National Cemetery, disrupting sightlines and casting a shadow over JFK + RFK graves. https://t.co/lLJMoXsrEN

[Alec Hernández @AlecAHernandez]

New: New 2028 power brokers just dropped

Especially in SC, where their federal Dem delegation tripled overnight. Clyburn, Andrews & Lacore are set to meet for the first time as the new delegation tmrw on the Hill >>

w/@lisakashinsky + @erinpdoherty
https://t.co/hrKhA8bkCA

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

NEW in Playbook: In just 12 hours after launching, @Ready4AOC is already operational in all 50 states with organizers around the country:

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

New @TheWelcomeTeam memo on Dems’ expanded 2028 early primary lineup argues it’ll produce a “less predictable, and potentially more moderate” primary electorate with more independent and swing voters.

First in @politico’s Morning Score
https://t.co/z47LsinFHo

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

NEWS: 600,000-member Machinists union is urging Schumer not to seek another term as Senate Dem leader.

“We believe this is the right moment for a new generation to lead Senate Democrats,” IAM President Brian Bryant writes in a letter sent to the full caucus, obtained by @POLITICO w.@DashaBurns

MORE:https://t.co/2kCoM5pz4n

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

👀 Haley Stevens' DC office is locked.

POLITICO knocked and called, but no one is answering at the embattled Michigan Democrat's Rayburn office.

w/ @ktullymcmanus

https://t.co/IqAFbUY3hT

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

NEW: Josh Shapiro says Pennsylvania remains the "ultimate swing state" and "can be a model for our party" going forward.

— $15 min wage No. 1 legislative priority
— "Open" to national popular vote compact
— Looks forward to a "thoughtful conversation" w/ El-Sayed on Israel

more from our intv @politico https://t.co/Z7MIvPGR5D

[Ali Bianco @_alibianco]

NEW in @POLITICO: Gina Hinojosa’s win put Texas at the center of a political earthquake. It could bite Andy Beshear, the Kentucky governor who chairs the DGA.

At its heart is an intra-party bruise over a history of a lack of investment in Latino candidates and communities, especially in Texas. That sparked a standoff between Hinojosa’s Latino allies and the DGA in the campaign’s final stretch.

After Hinojosa’s victory her allies are vindicated. They’re also pointing their knives on the DGA, Beshear and his possible presidential ambitions — saying Texas isn’t his win to claim.

More from on the ground in Austin:
https://t.co/SYCSmt1hyS

[Glen Johnson @ByGlenJohnson]

Bill Weld and John Kerry commemorate their post-election beer at their epic 1996 US Senate campaign. At J.J. Foley’s in Boston’s South End since the original site - McGann’s on Portland Street - has since closed. Thirty years ago tonight.

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

Ossoff leads Crooked Con straw poll

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

Meanwhile, Sen. Mark Kelly tells reporters he’s backing Schumer for majority leader: “Chuck worked really hard to get this majority, so my plan is to support him.”

And more Senate leadership dynamics from @jordainc https://t.co/3X3nnNgkwM

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

Slotkin to me and @iriesentner: “Given what happened on election night, there’s a pretty clear mandate that people want a new generation [of leadership] … so one way or another, I want to see that.”

[POLITICO @politico]

Slotkin declines to rule out Senate leadership bid https://t.co/ld8qbOaud6

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

Sen. Mark Kelly asked at Crooked Con if he’s planning to run for president: “I am thinking about it.”

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

Shapiro dances around 2028 at Crooked Con: "I definitely intend to be part of that conversation about what our party looks like going forward."

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

NEW: Josh Shapiro’s the latest potential 2028er with a midterms memo. He flipped 11 counties that Trump won in 2024, poured $10M into down-ballot Dems’ campaign efforts, etc.

“There’s a lot that we're doing here in Pennsylvania … that can be a model for our party,” he tells me @politico

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

The memo: https://t.co/jxLhWfxAa6

@playbookdc: https://t.co/hpnvvlzd91

And read more of my interview with Shapiro soon @politico!

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

NEW: Josh Shapiro’s the latest potential 2028er with a midterms memo. He flipped 11 counties that Trump won in 2024, poured $10M into down-ballot Dems’ campaign efforts, etc.

“There’s a lot that we're doing here in Pennsylvania … that can be a model for our party,” he tells me @politico

[Owen Dahlkamp @Owen_Dahlkamp]

NEW: @POLITICO spoke with 10 prospective 2028 candidates and people in their orbit about how they’re thinking about AI and tech.

Here’s what they told us:

w/ @__gabbymiller
https://t.co/mFq49stpYx

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

New: CPC Chair Greg Casar insists progressives will still be power brokers next term in a Friday strategy memo obtained by POLITICO.

“While some in the press have speculated that a majority of this size undermines our influence within the caucus, they have it exactly backwards,” he wrote.

https://t.co/Pm0C88HMva

[POLITICO @politico]

The size of Democrats’ wave surprised even their top House super PAC https://t.co/1rsILIJ5nz