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John, Abel Chavez here. I'm running for Congress in CA-41, and I want to share something with you that most politicians would never admit:
I almost didn't make it.
Growing up in Southern California, my family lived in a one-bedroom trailer. My dad struggled with addiction. There were weeks we couldn't afford electricity, nights we went hungry. I watched my mom work herself to the bone just to keep us afloat.
The system wasn't built for families like mine. Every step forward felt like climbing a mountain.
But here's what I learned: When you come from nothing, you fight for everything. And when you finally make it, you don't forget where you came from.
I became the first in my family to graduate from college. I became a teacher, then school board president. I've fought to fix the broken systems that nearly destroyed my family.
Now I'm running for Congress because those systems are still broken. And my opponent, Ken Calvert, has spent 32 years in Washington making them worse, taking money from corporations while working families fall further behind.
This race is winnable. Calvert won by just 3.4% last time. But I need your help to finish the job.
I'm not taking corporate PAC money, so I'm building this campaign one donation at a time, from people who understand that real change starts with real people.
If you're ready to send someone to Congress who remembers what it's like to struggle—and who will fight like hell to make sure no family has to go through what mine did—please chip in $5 between my campaign and Democratic Values today.
Together, we can flip CA-41 and take back the House.
¡Vamos!
– Abel
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