Dear MoveOn member,

For once, we agree with Mitch McConnell. Yes, Mitch McConnell.

McConnell told Fox News this month that control of the Senate "could go either way."¹ He said that there are several Senate races that are so close that he would compare them to "a knife fight in an alley."²

John, the candidates in those races need our help. Democrats Sara Gideon in Maine, Jaime Harrison in South Carolina, and Steve Bullock in Montana are locked in tight races to defeat three of the biggest Trump enablers, and most vulnerable Republicans, in the Senate—Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Steve Daines, respectively—and, if they win, together they could flip the Senate.

Will you rush a $3 donation to help them out? Your donation will be split between the Gideon, Harrison, and Bullock campaigns.

If we defeat Donald Trump on November 3 but McConnell and the GOP maintain control of the Senate, the prospects for a "better, fairer, stronger" future that President Obama allowed us to dream about this week will come to a grinding halt.³

There will be no legislation to help Americans recover from the coronavirus. No legislation to reform policing. No legislation to expand health care. And no Supreme Court vacancies filled.

That's why flipping control of the Senate is just as important as electing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris this fall.

And that's why billionaire GOP donors are pouring money into these three races as they scramble to hold on to their Senate majority—their "backstop."⁴

On the eve of the Republican National Convention, will you chip in $3 to help elect Democrats Sara Gideon, Jaime Harrison, and Steve Bullock and flip the Senate? 100% of your donation will be split between these three candidates.

Sara Gideon in Maine is the House speaker and built a reputation for standing up to Maine's own Trump-like former governor, Paul LePage—and winning.⁵ Gideon would be the first person of color ever elected to Congress from Maine.⁶

Jaime Harrison in South Carolina overcame grinding poverty to graduate from Yale and Georgetown Law and become the first Black chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party.⁷ And he's now tied—yes, tied!—in the polls with Lindsey Graham.⁸

And Steve Bullock in Montana is running to defeat right-wing Republican Steve Daines, who has worked "tirelessly to repeal Obamacare," defends Trump's tear-gassing of Black Lives Matter protesters, and applauds Trump's "bold" leadership on the coronavirus pandemic.^9,10,11 Meanwhile, Bullock expanded Medicaid coverage in the state and has fought to protect public lands and end the corrupting influence of money in politics.^12,13

This is our chance, and we have power. We can and must defeat Trump and flip the Senate. But it's going to take each and every one of us doing our part.

Please, chip in $3 to help flip the Senate in November. Your donation will be split between Sara Gideon, Jaime Harrison, and Steve Bullock.

Thanks for all you do.

–Allison, Jayne, Heather, Isbah, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "McConnell warns control of Senate 'could go either way' in November," The Hill, August 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142050?t=5&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

2. Ibid.

3. "Transcript: Barack Obama's DNC speech," CNN Politics, August 20, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142051?t=7&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

4. "As Trump Slumps, Republican Donors Look to Save the Senate," The New York Times, July 20, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/141434?t=9&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

5. "Gideon cruises to victory in Democratic primary, moves on to high-stakes race for Senate," Portland Press Herald, July 15, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142052?t=11&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

6. "Democrat Sara Gideon Is Officially Running For Susan Collins’ Senate Seat," HuffPost, June 24, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/141084?t=13&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

7. "Meet Jaime," Jaime Harrison for U.S. Senate, accessed August 22, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/141085?t=15&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

8. "South Carolina Senate Moves From Likely to Lean Republican," The Cook Political Report, August 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142053?t=17&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

9. "Daines Upholds Promise to Montanans to Repeal Obamacare," Steve Daines United States Senator For Montana, December 3, 2015
https://act.moveon.org/go/142045?t=19&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

10. "As protests continue, so does the coronavirus," NBC News, June 3, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142054?t=21&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

11. "Daines blindly follows Trump," Missoulian, August 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142046?t=23&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

12. "Governor signs Montana’s Medicaid expansion bill," Associated Press, May 9, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/142055?t=25&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

13. "Meet Steve Bullock," Bullock U.S. Senate 2020, accessed August 22, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/142056?t=27&akid=271988%2E40999114%2Er0NqVr

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