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Jimmy Carter

I had the great honor of meeting Former President Jimmy Carter on a number of occasions. My favorite was hammering nails with him on the northside of Minneapolis at a Habitat for Humanity Project. A trained carpenter from his youth, Jimmy knew how to swing a hammer. He knew how to do a lot of things. Run a farm and a business. And nuclear subs. He negotiated the Camp David Accords. Created the Departments of Energy and Education. And the modern Vice Presidency with my friend Walter Mondale.

I remember when it was announced that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize, Rush Limbaugh went nuts in his usual way – with an angry screed that was breathtakingly inaccurate. “What did Carter ever do?! Did he actually broker any peace!? Did he even go to Africa!? Did he ever help cure any disease?!” Yeah. The Carter Center helped eradicate death from river blindness on the African continent.

We heard this past weekend that President Carter is going into hospice care at home, so we know we will lose him soon. Americans and the citizens of the world were fortunate to have had Jimmy Carter for 98 years.

He has been America’s greatest ex-president. By far!

Al

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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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