Team, we all celebrated when Mitch McConnell announced his retirement from Senate leadership – after all, he’s the guy who helped pack the Supreme Court with extreme right-wingers and severely weakened our democracy.

We don’t know who will replace Mitch. But we do know that whoever it is will be even more extreme, anti-democratic, and pro-Trump…and we’re not the only ones:

This is yet another reason the Senate MUST stay in Democratic hands. Will you rush a donation to support our Battleground Democrats in the nation’s toughest races?

Get to know the contenders:

Florida Sen. Rick Scott:

• Got mega-rich running a healthcare company that was hit with the largest Medicare fraud fine in American history
• Laying the groundwork to defund Social Security and Medicare

South Dakota Sen. John Thune:

• Wants to get rid of the Affordable Care Act
• Opposes common sense gun policies to address mass shootings

Texas Sen. John Cornyn:

• Anti-choice extremist
• Thinks states should be able to ban same-sex marriage

Will you chip in $25 to help Democrats keep control of the Senate so that McConnell’s replacement doesn’t hold the gavel come next year?

— Blue Senate