Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) “is endorsing and cutting checks to a slate of candidates in early-voting states who could help him wage a long-shot bid for president in 2020,” Politico reports.
“Merkley’s Blue Wave Project PAC on Tuesday will issue its first wave of endorsements: Of the seven candidates he’s backing, two are congressional candidates in Iowa and one in Nevada. The next set of endorsements is expected to deliberately include candidates in New Hampshire.”

