Hi John, it’s Lucas Kunce reaching out with an important personal update.

On June 5th at 9:47AM, my wife Marilyn delivered our newborn son, Harvey.

7 weeks early. 3.3 lbs. An emergency c-section. I didn’t think I could be more amazed by Marilyn’s resilience -- she started working as a kid to help her family survive, came to a new country for opportunity with no money and no friends, and became a successful professional at an environmental non-profit -- but witnessing her strength, love, and fortitude during Harvey’s first couple of days in the NICU and her recovery has been incredible.

Marilyn is home from the hospital and, for the most part, Harvey is doing well. He still has some time to spend in the NICU, but he is proving to be just as feisty as his mom and getting stronger every day.

All of this has reminded me more than ever that the campaign we’re building here in Missouri isn’t about personal ambition or getting into office -- it’s about making sure families like yours and mine are ok.

It’s about making sure we have a health care system where mothers -- especially women of color like Marilyn -- in Missouri, a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, are safe in childbirth.

It’s about making sure people like me and you can have kids and afford to provide for our families afterwards without getting burdened by medical bills -- like the ones that forced my own family into bankruptcy growing up.

And it’s about fighting for a Missouri where we can raise our children to live and thrive for generations with strong communities, opportunities, and good pay.

So yes, I’m running for U.S. Senate. But for my family, I still need to be the most attentive father and husband I can be -- especially during this time.

That’s why I’m asking for your help, John.

Over the next couple weeks, I won’t be able to make as many calls as I usually would to raise our campaign money during this end-of-quarter push -- and there’s a real chance that if we don’t make up for it in online donations, our total fundraising number could take a serious hit.

I'm asking you to help me now so that I'm not in a position where I have to choose between spending time with Marilyn and Harvey when they need me and raising the resources to defeat Josh Hawley for all of us. With your help, we can do both.

Supporters like you have always had my back -- and now I’m counting on you to be there for me again. So please, will you help my campaign stay on track while I take some time to be a father by splitting a donation of $5, $10, or whatever you can afford between my campaign and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee today?

Josh Hawley hasn’t done a thing to make Missouri better for parents and our children -- from refusing to raise wages so we can take care of our families to voting against health care to even using his own position and power to control the lives of everyday people all across our state.

These issues are personal to me, just like they are to you. And I’m proud to be fighting for all of us in this race for U.S. Senate.

Thank you so much for having my back, John.

Talk soon,

-- Lucas

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