Like many of you, I am still reeling from the results of last week’s election. We are all going through the five stages of grief - some of us are in denial, some of us are suffering depression; myself, I’m still very much in the anger stage of grief. I’m mad as all hell and I can’t wait to do all I can to clobber Republicans in 2018 and 2020. Part of that process is making sure that we have the very best candidates running for each office - I trust that each of you will do your very best in each of your states to ensure that progressive candidates have the support they need to get on the ballot and to win.
In Ohio, we need your help. Rich Cordray has been a tremendous public servant, being elected both Treasurer and Attorney General. As Attorney General, Rich went after banks that exploited and scammed the working class. By the end of his term, Rich had won more than $2 billion in damages for Ohioans. His work was noticed by then-Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren who drafted him to help create and establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray and Warren laid the groundwork for this revolutionary organization that would fight for the average American against the greed and overreach of big banks and in 2013, the Senate confirmed Cordray as the bureau’s first director.
He’s earned a lot of praise for his work with the CFPB - the organization has fielded nearly 1 million complaints from consumers, they’ve gotten almost $12 billion in damages for Americans harmed by big banks - and of course, opposing big banks earns you enemies, as well. His duty prevents him from openly campaigning for office or even from laying the groundwork for a potential run and so it falls to us to help prepare for a Cordray run for Governor. Progressive activists in Ohio have created Draft Rich Cordray, a grassroots organization designed to build excitement around a potential Cordray run and we need your help.
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