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  • From the Desk of Al Franken

DON’T WANT YOUR FRIGGIN’ $

I want you to door-knock and vote. Or vote and then door-knock. Or make phone calls and vote. Or vote and then make phone calls.

You have every right to vomit when I remind you that I won my first race by 312 votes. But here goes: I won my first race by 312 votes! And we got the Affordable Care Act. Which we would not have gotten unless I had won by… how many? 312.

I know it’s Monday. “Al, I can’t possibly knock on 312 doors by tomorrow.” What? Are you an idiot?! Knock on 12 doors, you putz! Or better, 13!

Knock for a state legislative candidate. Or a congressional candidate. My former chief counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Josh Riley, is running in NY-19 and it’s a dead heat!

You know what’s at stake. Get off your ass! Or, if your ass has been removed, make some phone calls!

There. That’s it. I don’t want your friggin’ money!

Al

P.S. But if you want to donate…

P.P.S. That’s a joke. Door-knock. Call. Vote!

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Somehow, it’s been 20 years since I started Midwest Values PAC to help Democrats win elections — from progressive organizations to state legislatures to Congress to the White House — who share the values I grew up with in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Since 2006, Midwest Values PAC has invested more than $4 million in 341 candidates and organizations — and counting. 

Of course, none of this happens without you (or supporters like you) who care enough to pitch in.

As we mark our 20th anniversary, the work is more urgent than ever. This year, we have a big job: flip the House, take the Senate, and win up and down the ballot at the state and local level.

To mark our 20th year, we’ve set an ambitious goal: 26,000 contributions by Election Day 2026.

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Thanks for being part of this fight, and for sticking with us for 20 years (or for just joining — welcome!).

Al

P.S. Over the years, okay, decades, we’ve helped Democrats win tough races all across the country by investing early, intelligently, and strategically. That’s how you flip seats. That’s how you protect democracy. And that’s how you stop the worst impulses of a president who never should have been president in the first place.

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