Received this e-mail today from the great U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA):
One year from today is Election Day – which means that one year from tonight, we can take back the Democratic majority in the Senate.
I’m fighting my heart out to hold Wall Street accountable, lower the interest rate on student loans, expand Social Security, double our investment in medical research, and raise the minimum wage. But here’s the truth: When the Republicans set the agenda, we’re too often stuck spending time and energy trying to stop crazy right-wing schemes like defunding Planned Parenthood.
It’s time to get back on offense – and it will start on November 8, 2016. I wanted to recommend three 2016 Senate candidates that could use your help by midnight tonight:
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Catherine Cortez Masto (NV): Democratic Leader Harry Reid is retiring next year, and the Republicans are doing everything they can to win his open seat in Nevada. But not if Catherine Cortez Masto has her way. During her two terms as Nevada’s Attorney General, Catherine led fights to stop predatory lending, sex trafficking, and elderly, child, and domestic abuse. Catherine is a fighter for Nevada’s families, and we need to fight for Catherine.
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Russ Feingold (WI): Nobody fights for the values we share like Russ Feingold – and I couldn’t be happier that he’s running for the Senate in Wisconsin. Russ is up in the polls, but it won’t be easy for him to win one year from today. In 2010, Tea Party radical Ron Johnson spent $9 million of his own money to beat Russ – and Ron Johnson is one of the Koch brothers’ favorite senators. Let’s help Russ fight back.
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Maggie Hassan (NH): Right-wing Super PACs spent more than $2 million on attack ads against two-term New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan before she even announced her candidacy for the Senate. They know what we know: Maggie is tough, smart, and she knows how to win in New Hampshire. Senator Kelly Ayotte has a $5 million campaign war chest from Republicans scared to lose this seat, and Maggie needs our help to close the gap.
Catherine, Russ and Maggie have all stood up to the powerful interests. They’ve all spent their careers fighting for working families. Now they need our help for the next 365 days – so they work side-by-side with us to level the playing field for America’s middle class.
A year might sound like a long way away, but it will be here in the blink of an eye. And with the right-wing Super PACs already spending millions of dollars on attack ads against our Democratic Senate candidates across the country, we need to fight back now if we’re going to win in 2016.
You helped us build the biggest grassroots campaign in Senate history. Now let’s do it again. If you can, please donate to help send Catherine, Russ, and Maggie to the Senate – and help us take back the Democratic majority one year from today.
Thank you for being a part of this,
Elizabeth
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