Hi John,
Thank you so much.
This past quarter, we beat our fundraising by $10,000 over the previous quarter — thanks to you! This brings the campaign’s total fundraising to over $122,000: more than all of Derek Kilmer’s challengers — Democratic, Republican, independent, and third party — in 2014, 2016, and 2018 combined.
Most importantly, this fundraising lets us invest in phone banking, hire more team members, and continue to build momentum to our win in August and November.
Here are a few of our other successes this past quarter:
⭐ Our campaign gained national attention with a feature article in Current Affairs. I was also covered in The Nation as the first congressional candidate in the country to suspend canvassing. My work as a tenants’ rights organizer was covered in Jewish Currents. And I was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, Our Revolution, and Matriarch PAC (the progressive alternative to EMILY’s List).
⭐ In just 24 hours, our campaign and West Sound DSA raised over $1,000 online for residents of the 6th District who needed assistance due to the coronavirus pandemic and immediately used the donations to deliver aid.
⭐ I held an online town hall with Matt Bruenig of the People’s Policy Project (3P) and Peter Gowan, a housing policy expert who advised on the Homes Guarantee and on Ilhan Omar’s housing bill.
⭐ I gained 8,000 Twitter followers — a 32% increase — in just 24 hours, bringing my following to 6,000 greater than my opponent Derek Kilmer’s, after tweeting the following info:
Derek Kilmer is the 11th most conservative Democrat in the House.
I rent. Kilmer takes real estate money.
I support the Green New Deal. Kilmer takes Big Oil money.
I support Medicare for All. Kilmer takes Big Pharma money.
⭐ My two videos on Twitter in the last week have gained over 75,000 views.
We’re the strongest challenge that Derek Kilmer has ever faced.
To paraphrase a recent headline: reality has endorsed progressive policies. We need Medicare for All, a Homes Guarantee, and a strong safety net more than ever. What we don’t need is conservative Democrats like Derek Kilmer, who has taken $3.2 million from corporate PACs and who opposes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. This seat has been Democratic for 55 years — there’s no excuse for it being held by someone who is so conservative.
We need leaders who will never sell out the people. Thanks to you, I’m going to win and fight for progressive policies in Congress.
Right now, the #1 thing you can do to help our campaign is to forward this email to a friend who you think will be interested in our campaign to flip this seat from corporate to progressive. Please ask them to join our email list here.
Thank you,
-Rebecca Parson
Democrat for Congress, WA-06
Tacoma, Kitsap County & the Olympic Peninsula
Vote July 17-August 4, 2020
