We got some alarming new information, John.
Over the weekend, every candidate running for federal office was required to submit the receipts for their first quarter fundraising numbers to the Federal Election Commission. Here’s what that looked like for Missouri’s Senate race:
We released our record-breaking number early — $1.1 million raised all thanks to real people like you. Lucas + our whole team are blown away by the support you’ve shown this campaign over the last three months and we’re proud to be a completely people-powered movement.
But here’s the bad news: On March 31st — the very last day of the quarter — GOP insiders controlling a joint fundraising committee for his campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee transferred $250,000 directly to Josh Hawley’s campaign.
We already knew that national Republicans view Lucas + the movement we’re building together as a threat, but this makes it real.
If these are the kind of resources they’re willing to spend in the off-year to make Josh Hawley look strong, it’s only a matter of time before they start spending even more to ramp up their attacks and put his campaign in the position to win.
That’s why we need your help today, John. Lucas launched this campaign early so we’d have time to raise the kind of money we need to mount a serious challenge to a corrupt, incumbent politician like Hawley — and the best way we’ll be able to do that is by keeping up our record-breaking grassroots momentum.
We don’t have to match dollar for dollar what the GOP insiders are dumping into our race to support Josh Hawley. But we do need the resources to get Lucas’ message in front of voters and continue building a winning campaign.
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This is our chance to defeat Josh Hawley and finally take Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat back for everyday people — and we can’t afford to waste it.
Thanks for being part of it,
— Team Lucas Kunce