IN-Sen: Sen. Joe Donnelly — who voted to confirm Trump's first SCOTUS pick — meets with president

Incumbent Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) met last week with President Donald Trump to discuss Trump's pick for the next Supreme Court justice.

Donnelly, who is running for re-election in Indiana, is “believed to be one of this election year’s most vulnerable Democrats,” according to a May 9 report in the New York Times.

In January, CNN noted that the Indiana Senate seat was one of 10 “most likely to flip in 2018.”

A May Republican poll revealed that Donnelly might not be in as much trouble as some have predicted in the race, and found that former state Rep. Mike Braun (R) leads Donnelly, 50 percent to 42 percent, in the 3rd Congressional District, according to a Roll Call report.

Despite being a Democrat, Donnelly has voted with the president more than 50 percent of the time.

What do we know about the meeting?

Donnelly, who was one of three Democrats who voted for Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Justice Neil Gorsuch, said that the meeting with Trump last week was a "good conversation with the president on a range of issues."

According to The Indianapolis Star's Maureen Groppe, Donnelly promised to "thoroughly review" the next Supreme Court justice nominee's qualifications and records, and will not base his assessment on the nominee's position on Roe v. Wade.

“It’s a vote that’s made after I determine what their qualifications are. What their record is. What court decisions they may have made if they’re a judge,” Donnelly said. “And I make that without a litmus test.”

Donnelly also reportedly spoke with Trump about trade and tariffs.

According to WTHR-TV, Donnelly was candid on his advice to the president regarding the SCOTUS pick.

"I told the president that I thought what was critical is to pick a judge in the mold, or a justice in the mold of Anthony Kennedy, which is moderate, common sense and isn't just making decisions on politics but on what's right for the country and the president seemed very interested in that," Donnelly said.

What else?

An Associated Press report Thursday noted that Trump had purportedly narrowed down his SCOTUS picks to three candidates — Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Raymond Kethledge.

The information was sourced from a person "familiar with Trump's thinking" and "who was not authorized to speak publicly."

According to the report, Trump has yet to publicly indicate that he has made a short list of candidates, and "could still consider others in the mix."

The president plans to announce his SCOTUS selection on Monday night.

You can read more about the process here.