Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) told the Bergen Record that he expects the $2 million fundraising advantage he had over Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) at the end of March to have evaporated by the time the next campaign-finance disclosures in the U.S. Senate race are made public later this month.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) announced that he would seek a second term in office during a private fundraising event hosted by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the Lewiston Sun Journal reports.

“LePage was reticent about running last week after the Democratic majority in the state Legislature, with help from some Republican lawmakers, doled out a veto override on a state budget LePage rejected for tax increases.”

The chairman of the South Dakota Democratic Party abruptly resigned, announcing that he intends to manage a congressional campaign in Iowa, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports.

Ben Nesselhuf “said he decided to take the job of managing the congressional campaign of Jim Mowrer, a 27-year-old Army and Iraq War veteran who plans to challenge conservative Republican Rep. Steve King in a district that includes extreme northwestern Iowa. The move allows him to live with his wife, who resides in Sioux City.”

“Despite pledging to wage fights against establishment Republicans deemed guilty of ideological impurity, conservatives have had a rocky cycle so far, failing to front candidates in a number of top races,” The Hill reports.

“But a number of conservative groups insist that for them, the cycle is just beginning, and warn that a grassroots storm is brewing.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) re-election campaign released a very catchy, if bizarre ad, welcoming Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) into the Kentucky U.S. Senate race.

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