I'm the Campaign Manager for Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Senate Candidate Jennifer Brunner.
In two months Democratic voters will go to the polls in Ohio to choose a candidate for the U.S. Senate. They will have much to consider as they make their choice. They will think about critical bills like health care reform and clean energy legislation and banking regulation reform that have stalled in the Senate, despite the commanding majority held by the Democratic Party. They will think about the lifelong Democratic politicians in the Senate who have repeatedly backed down from their principles and compromised away the heart of the Democratic agenda, worried about their political careers and squeamish about displeasing the corporate interests who have bankrolled their campaigns. And reflecting on all of that, they will reach one conclusion:
The Democratic Caucus in the U.S. Senate needs a little more courage.
Fortunately Ohio Democrats have a candidate in this primary election who can fill that need, and you can help her win this primary.
Jennifer Brunner has cleaned up Ohio's elections as Secretary of State and won the John F. Kennedy Library Profile in Courage Award for her success in protecting our votes. She has taken courageous stands on the issues that matter most to the people of Ohio. She is determined to put people ahead of corporations. And she has pledged to do what she knows is right, every time, without regard to how it affects her chances for re-election.
Opportunities to elect a leader with Jennifer Brunner's vision and resolve are rare.
Time and again, Jennifer Brunner has taken a stand for the people of Ohio:
* She has called for
tough regulation of Wall Street banks and pledged never to take political contributions
from bailed-out banks or corporations that receive stimulus funds.
* She has fought to expand health care,
including a public option, and supports single payer healthcare as the ultimate goal of healthcare reform.
* She has put forward concrete plans to
promote green jobs and
revive our great cities.
* She has proposed legislation to
require full disclosure of corporation-funded election advertising and ban foreign-owned corporations from funding election ads.
* She has
championed marriage equality for decades as a matter of civil rights.
* She has called for helping the jobless by
allowing them to accept part-time work without terminating their unemployment benefits.
In two months, Ohio Democrats can choose someone who has the courage that the U.S. Senate needs. But we need your help to continue Jennifer Brunner's grassroots campaign to win this election. Please join our virtual phonebank or contribute what you can to keep our grassroots campaign going strong.