[1]Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate

John — earlier
than ever before for a U.S. Senate challenger in Missouri, working people
are uniting behind our movement to replace Josh Hawley.

In a moment, I’m going to tell you why the support of this
election-winning coalition matters in this race. But first, let me share a
little more about my background and why I’m running for this seat:

[ [link removed] ]Statement from the Missouri AFL-CIO explaining why they're proud to
stand with Lucas in Missouri's U.S. Senate race.

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I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Jeff City, right in the
middle of Missouri. Like most Missourians, my family lived
paycheck-to-paycheck — so when my little sister was born with a heart
condition, medical bills bankrupted us.

[ [link removed] ]Photos of Lucas, his siblings, and childhood friends in their old
neighborhood in Jefferson City.

But we weren’t alone. When my parents had to take my sister to get
surgeries at a hospital over 100 miles away, our neighbors and friends
took my siblings and me into their homes. And when we couldn’t afford
groceries, they brought more casserole and lasagna by the house than we
could ever hope to eat.

The support from our community motivated me to work hard, stay focused on
school, and run on the cross-country team. That all helped me get into
college, which I could afford thanks to a Pell Grant and scholarships from
people around town. I got to keep running there too.

[ [link removed] ]Photo of Lucas at his high school graduation from Jefferson City High
School. Photo of Lucas running cross country in college.

After college and law school, I joined the Marines to honor and serve the
community that had done so much for me. I was active duty for 13 years.
Deployed to Iraq once, Afghanistan twice. Then the Joint Staff at the
Pentagon, where I'd go on to help lead arms control negotiations with NATO
and Russia.

[ [link removed] ]Military photos of Lucas with disclaimer.

In the Marines, I learned what service for your country really means:
Doing the right thing — even when you’re far away from home — and never
forgetting the community you signed up to serve. But for every tour of
duty, I also learned just how little service meant to corrupt elites like
Josh Hawley.

I led a police training team in Iraq, running missions outside the wire
through Habbaniyah, Fallujah, and Ramadi. Near our camp, a burn pit bathed
us in toxic fumes for months. And when we came back home, politicians like
Hawley turned their backs on us.

[ [link removed] ]Headlines about Josh Hawley's failure to vote for funding for veterans'
health care.

Between deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, I was stationed at Camp
Pendleton. While our politicians let Wall Street banks gamble away our
economy, I fought to protect service members from predatory scams and
illegal foreclosures.

I deployed twice to Afghanistan. Learned Pashto. Investigated corruption.
I saw how lies from corrupt leaders in Washington cost us two decades, $2
trillion, and nearly 2,500 American lives.

Then at the Pentagon, I saw how Big Oil bought off our politicians so
dictators, war criminals, and a handful of corporate executives got to
decide how much Americans pay for energy — while authoritarian oligarchs
in China start to dominate renewable energy.

But between tours, one of the hardest things was coming back home and
seeing what was going on in my old neighborhood. The community I had
signed up to serve was stripped for parts. The corner store boarded up.
Our first family home even bulldozed down. Here’s all that’s left of it:

[ [link removed] ]An empty lot where Lucas' childhood home once stood.

The whole time politicians like Hawley kept voting to send Marines like me
overseas to fight pointless wars, they were letting their corporate
mega-donors gut our communities back home. And now they don’t just attack
our way of life, but also the democracy I swore to defend.

[ [link removed] ]Photos of Josh Hawley raising his fist outside the Capitol on January
6th and running out the back door just a few hours later.

On January 6, 2021, Josh Hawley showed us he’s a fraud and a coward who
will cut and run at the first sign of trouble.

I’m running for U.S. Senate because Missourians deserve a senator who’s
willing to stand and fight for them. They deserve a warrior for working
people — and I'm ready to serve.

Now we’ve united on-the-ground leaders, workers, and everyday people
across Missouri into a record-breaking movement to take on Josh Hawley.
This is the same coalition that defeated an anti-union “Right-to-Work”
scam statewide by 67.5%-32.5% in 2018.

[ [link removed] ]The Missouri AFL-CIO is an election-winning coalition in Missouri -
defeating 'Right-to-Work' in 2018 by more than 20 points.

The national GOP and corporate elites are afraid of the movement we're
building because this is our chance to defeat Josh Hawley — and they know
we’re not going to waste it. So I have to ask:

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now to help us flip this U.S. Senate seat and take back power for everyday
Missourians? I’m not taking a cent from corporate PACs in this race, which
means I’m relying on real people like you to power this campaign forward
every step of the way.

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Together, we can take back our power from corrupt politicians like Josh
Hawley and finally put real working people in charge of our country again.

Thanks for always having my back,
John.

Let’s get to work,

Lucas Kunce


 


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