I don’t feel like crap anymore!

Coming off the Democratic National Convention, I’m feeling hopeful. We have come a long way since I sent you that email last month about how I felt like crap!

You can feel the enthusiasm all over the country. Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz have everyone excited — and they have the Trump-Vance team worried.

Let’s hold on to this feeling but let’s also keep our eye on the prize. As former First Lady Michelle Obama said, “As we embrace this renewed sense of hope…let us not forget what we are up against.”

We have to leave it all on the field if we’re going to continue feeling this way after Election Day.

Michelle Obama told you to “do something.” Now, Al Franken is telling you to do something! (Yes, it’s come to this — I’m referring to myself in third person.)

Here’s something you can do right now: Contribute to help MVP help Democrats this November, from Vice President Harris at the top of the ticket, to the Senate, to the House, to governorships, to state legislatures.

Now is the time to step up. To beat Donald Trump. To keep the Senate blue. To take the majority in the House. 

Midwest Values PAC supports candidates & causes that share our values.

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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.