Joni Ernst is a horrible Senator. That’s a cold hard fact. She continuously votes with the worst of her GOP colleagues and is pulling in a lot of money from the NRA as well as Big Ag. She’s their go-to girl for a smiling face to put on horrible policy.
But she is up for re-election this year and the tide is turning here in Iowa. We unseated two US Representatives in 2018 and JD Scholten came within a hair’s breadth of beating Steve King. Iowans are not happy and might have been able to flip the Governor’s seat with a more dynamic and progressive Democrat to vote for.
Enter Kimberly Graham, Democrat running for the US Senate. Bold, Fearless, Progressive. But she needs money. And I’m here to ask you for it.
If you don’t want to listen to me, check out her website, particularly her issues page. Here is a sample from that page.
- Voting Rights: Overturn Citizens United + Publicly Funded Elections
- Immigration: End Family Separation
- Agriculture: Clean Water + Investments in Sustainable Agriculture
- Healthcare: Single Payer
- Criminal Justice: End Private Prisons + Mandatory Minimums
- Environment: Green New Deal + Green Manufacturing Plan
- Indigenous Rights
- Disability Rights
- $15 Minimum Wage
- Paid Parental Leave
- Decriminalization of Cannabis + Federal Medical Cannabis
- March For Our Lives Peace Plan
Who is Kimberly Graham? Again from her website
Because our "By The People, For The People" campaign will be funded only by donors like you, and *never* by corporate PACS, the NRA or the Koch Brothers, I won't be influenced by lobbyists and companies whose only interest is increasing their wealth. Instead, I'll be representing the majority: you and Iowans who deserve better representation than you've been receiving.
What I've seen from Washington D.C. the last couple of years is the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer and the middle class shrinking. We need more people from working-class backgrounds serving in government, representing the majority of us and not mega-corporations. So I'm running for United States Senate.
I lived in rural Iowa longer than anyplace else, for 24 years. I chose to raise my son in Indianola.
I know that things are tight for most of you but here I am asking you to throw a few hard earned dollars to a truly progressive candidate that has the potential to speak to Iowans, rally our base, and flip a Senate seat. If you like what you see, please donate via ActBlue.