Hi John,
Wow!
My email on Tuesday raised $805.74. Thank you. That leaves only $1,694.26 to reach the $2,500 we need to buy phone numbers for phone banking. Can you chip in to get us there?
We were the first congressional race in the country to suspend canvassing, which got us covered in
The Nation:
As the article says, a strong ground game was a key part of our plan to win. Now we’ve shifted to phone banking.
We have tens of thousands of calls to make, and our phone banking team is growing every day. It’s a lot of work, but the conversations are also encouraging: many people simply don’t know that Derek Kilmer is the 11th most conservative Democrat in the House, that he opposes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, and that he’s taken $3.2 million from corporate PACs.
When we tell them, people are happy to find out they have a progressive alternative who supports Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, and who rejects corporate PAC money.
We need to have many more of those calls to win, and that’s why I’m asking you again to donate to our Phone Number Fund.
Just $7 will buy us 700 phone numbers, so every donation counts. That’s 700 voters who hear about this campaign, thanks to you! Donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/rebeccaforwa-email
Your money will be put to good use. Thank you.
-Rebecca Parson
Democrat for Congress, WA-06
Tacoma, Kitsap County & the Olympic Peninsula
Vote July 17-August 4, 2020
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Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:04 AM
Subject: ☎️ We need $2,500 for phone numbers
To:
Hi John,
The WA Democratic Party denied me access to their voter contact software and voter file months ago. This means we need to spend $2,500 to buy phone numbers. Each number costs $0.01. Can you donate $7 and buy us 700 phone numbers?
One of the benefits of being an entrenched, corporate incumbent like Derek Kilmer is that the state party gives you their resources, including updated phone numbers to reach voters and the software to call them.
We had to spend $6,800 to get alternate software. Now we need to spend $2,500 to buy updated phone numbers, because we don’t know when we’ll be able to canvass again and we need to talk to tens of thousands of voters to win this race.
When you give $7, you’ll be buying 700 phone numbers for us. Can you give $7 now?
This is a difficult time for a lot of people, and I’m only asking for money because — until we overturn Citizens United and enact public financing of elections — I need to to win. And by winning, we progressives have a shot at changing the system that’s making life miserable for so many Americans right now.
If you can give, thank you so much. Here’s the link:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/rebeccaforwa-email
Stay safe,
-Rebecca Parson
Democrat for Congress, WA-06
Tacoma, Kitsap County & the Olympic Peninsula
Vote July 17-August 4, 2020
