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Al Franken

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Last night, Democrats won the Miami mayoral race — flipping the seat blue. 
In an August New Yorker article, writer David Kirkpatrick tallied the profits to the Trump family this term so far. The number? $3.4 billion. That’s right. $3.4 BILLION!
When the Founders put the presidential pardon into the Constitution, they didn’t think it would one day be used to free rioters who stormed federal grounds or wealthy convicted felons who enriched the president by millions.
Here at the Midwest Values PAC Center for Innovation in Fundraising Emails, our scientists are working around the clock to develop new and exciting ways of asking you to donate some of your hard-earned cash to help us help Democrats win.

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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.

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.