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Grandpa Joe had Midwest values

Later, I’ll be celebrating Father’s Day with my dad and our family, but first, I’m hoping you’ll help me make this Father’s Day extra special for my dad by contributing to Midwest Values PAC.

My dad set up Midwest Values PAC in 2006 to help elect candidates who share his dad’s — my Grandpa Joe’s — values. Here’s a picture of my dad and Grandpa Joe holding me after coming home from the hospital:

Grandpa Joe had Midwest values: Hard work. Fairness. Justice. 

So ever since my dad launched MVP, they’ve been working to elect candidates who believe that our country, economy, and democracy are stronger when all Americans have the opportunities and resources to succeed. They’ve given more than $3 million dollars to 235 candidates and 225 organizations!

It’s a really important time for the work MVP is doing. You might have noticed — our democracy is quite seriously on the line!

My dad and MVP are working to flip the House, hold the Senate, and win state legislatures and governorships. I hope you’ll make this Father’s Day one to remember by supporting their efforts.

Thank you!

Thomasin Franken

P.S. In my dad’s time-honored tradition of always including a P.S. to sneak in another ask, here goes: Contribute here to help MVP elect progressive Democrats across the country, up and down the ballot.

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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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