The mad scramble of Democrats vying for that party’s 2020 nomination continues, and some are already working for an edge when it comes to making in-roads to get donations from monied Hollywood celebrity types. Pete Buttigieg’s already working that angle:

Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Whitford are among the co-hosts for Pete Buttigieg's next L.A. fundraising swing https://t.co/Q2HLcmtH7i — Variety (@Variety) April 24, 2019

New: @PeteButtigieg has lined up Gwyneth Paltrow to co-host an event on his next L.A. fundraising swing, set for May 9. https://t.co/xQhYJHRldM — Ted Johnson (@tedstew) April 24, 2019

Hollywood’s yet again preparing for their close-ups as another election season kicks off:

Hey, the “embrace Hollywood” approach worked for Hillary Clinton and Jon Ossoff. Wait, bad examples…

lol. Hollywood is running from Beto to Pete — Steve (@SFMoore) April 24, 2019

If you've won Gwyneth, you've won coastal Americahttps://t.co/ss7BNVyx17 — Nick Field (@nick_field90) April 24, 2019

Hopefully Pete convinces Paltrow to campaign with him in Iowa. That could be interesting.