John,

Congress is in August recess right now. That means our opponent is traveling the country, courting high-dollar donors for his re-election campaign.

This is how Dan Lipinski does business. When he filed his last fundraising report with the FEC, just 1% of what he’d raised had come from people giving less than $200.

Think about that. To raise 99 cents out of every dollar from special interests, corporate PACs, and high-dollar donors is astoundingly un-grassroots.

From the start, Marie made a point of building her campaign in a way we can all be proud of -- starting by refusing to take a dime from corporate PACs. She’s counting on people like you to chip in what you can when you can. That’s why our average online donation is just $29.

While Dan Lipinski is spending his August raking in big checks, will you chip in $29 or whatever you can to help us counter his deep-pocketed donors?

The way Dan Lipinski campaigns explains a lot about why he’s so out of touch with his constituents and the Democratic Party. It’s his reliance on corporate PAC money that is the most troublesome. Those contributions aren’t accidents. Corporate interests are investing in a member of Congress for a reason -- because they like what they see and they know what they’ll get.

The people of the Third District deserve a lot better than Big Pharma, the fossil fuel industry, or any other corporate special interest trying to buy their seat in Congress.

We’re taking on these corporate PACs and the machine politics that are propping up Dan Lipinski with big checks. But we can’t do it without support from people like you.

Be a counterweight to the big money game in Congress -- chip in what you can to help elect Marie Newman today.

Thank you,

Team Marie