Look, I didn't get into politics because I like asking supporters for money.
In fact, this all started almost by accident.
I never thought I'd run for office. I planned to be a special education teacher. That was until I saw some problems in my community.
We needed someone from our community to represent us on the Minneapolis school board to fight for children and families. I tried to recruit someone, anyone else for the job — until a woman came up to me after another attempt to convince someone to step up and run, and told me I was the one for the job.
So, I stepped up. I wrote a campaign plan on a notepad in my car at 10:30pm on the side of the road. I never thought I was going to win, but I showed up in my community, built relationships, and offered up a vision for what we could get done to help our kids. I ended up getting the highest number of votes ever in a school board election in the district.
So, like I said, I’m not here because I like raising money. I’m in politics because I see problems around me, and I’m a natural born organizer. But the reality is, to win tough elections in our country, you need money.
A lot of politicians solve that problem by catering to special interests and corporate PACs. That's why, for too long, our politicians in Washington haven't been looking out for real folks, who know what it is to feel like the bottom can fall out at any moment.
That's not me. I know what it is to be one hospital bill away from bankruptcy, to be the kid with a different color lunch ticket. That's why I took on the challenge of running for office — because I believed I could help make people’s lives better. And it's why I'm refusing to take a cent of corporate PAC money — because I'm headed to Washington to represent you, not them.
But the problem still stands that we need to raise a lot of money to win a Senate race. We need to hire staff, run digital ads, host community events, and remind voters of the stakes of this election. It doesn't come cheap. That’s why I'm counting on you.
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💚 Peggy
Peggy Flanagan is running to be Minnesota’s next U.S. Senator. Our campaign doesn’t take corporate PAC money, so we rely on people like you to fund our campaign.
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