Morning Digest: Prominent Democrat launches bid for bluest GOP-held House seat

_{The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from Daniel Donner, David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert and David Beard.}

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● NY-04: New York Democrat Laura Gillen announced on Wednesday that she would seek a rematch with freshman Republican Rep. Anthony D'Esposito in the 4th Congressional District, a Long Island constituency that's the bluest seat held by a Republican according to Daily Kos Elections' calculations of the results of the 2020 presidential election by congressional district.