Please don’t tell Franni I’m writing this. I’m supposed to be straightening up my office while she goes through the living room. But if you ask me, the urgency of this election beats summer cleaning every time.

After all, we are just 84 days from our most important election since 1860! What are piles of unsorted paperwork compared to the future of our democracy?

Could you possibly take a few minutes from checking your emails to help Midwest Values PAC? So far this year, we’ve donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to candidates up and down the ballot — from state legislatures to Kamala Harris for President.

I think Franni’s coming up the stairs, so I better sign off.

Al

P.S. She went into our bedroom, so I have time for my mandatory P.S. ask. Here goes… please help MVP today!!!

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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.