Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D. MN) and Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaigns:
Republican strategists and their mega wealthy donors are huddling around the 2018 Senate election map to decide where they want to pour their money.
Their eyes keep coming back to one state: Minnesota.
Here’s why the 2018 election in Minnesota is special: Both Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith – two strong, progressive Democratic women – are up for re-election to the Senate this November. And that’s not it: Minnesota’s Democratic Governor, Mark Dayton, is also retiring at the end of his term in 2018.
That means Minnesota Democrats are defending both Senate seats and the governor’s seat this year. I’ll be honest, Samuel: It’s going to be tough to keep all three of these seats. Donald Trump barely lost Minnesota in 2016 – so now Republican operatives across the country are telling their billionaire donors the same thing: if we dump truckloads of money into Minnesota, this could be our chance to win.
We cannot afford to lose Amy or Tina in the Senate in 2018. We may not be able to write a few huge checks to match the powerful interests, but if this grassroots team chips in $5 – or whatever you can afford – we can keep Amy and Tina in the Senate, and fight for a Democratic majority in 2018.
Will you chip in whatever you can afford to support Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith? Even $5 could make a huge difference.
Minnesota has a history of being represented by progressive champions like my dear friend, the late Senator Paul Wellstone. In a typical election, we wouldn’t be so worried.
But in 2018, more than half of all Senate Democrats are up for reelection – and that includes 80% of the Democratic women in the Senate. The GOP is looking to expand their majority in the Senate – and they have Amy and Tina’s seats in mind.
We can’t afford to lose Amy and Tina’s powerful voices in the Senate. But if we don’t fight back as hard as we can, the GOP and their billionaire donors could steamroll through Minnesota with their blank checks and bottomless pockets.
We need Amy and Tina in the Senate so we can protect and expand affordable health care coverage, stand up to Wall Street, and fight for tax policies that don’t just give breaks to those at the very top. That’s why it’s so important we fight for them with all we’ve got.
Click here to chip in $5, $10, or whatever you can afford to support Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith. Even $5 could make a huge difference.
Thanks for being a part of this,
Elizabeth
Click here to donate to Klobuchar and Smith’s campaigns.