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🚨What We Need to Flip a MAGA Stronghold

I'm going to be straight with you because you deserve it.

Mike Cortese
Jul 13
 
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August 6th is the primary. We have weeks left. This race, the one everyone said couldn’t be won, against an incumbent who has held this seat for a 14 years, is real. It is competitive, and it is coming down to the wire.

Here is where we stand. We are going up against a man with a 15-year incumbent’s war chest, and have fought like hell to bring the odds over to us.

We have knocked doors across 9 counties. We have hired 24 interns who have been on the ground. We have been at diners, community events, Pride festivals, union halls, and living rooms in communities that a sitting congressman has not visited in over a decade. We have built this campaign the hard way; no corporate PAC money, no shortcuts, no favors owed to anyone except the working people of Tennessee’s 4th District.

We can win this. I believe that without hesitation. But the final push requires resources. Right now. This week. Before August 6th. What we can raise this week has double the impact! Can I count on you to match our contribution average of $30 ?

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Every dollar goes directly into reaching voters who deserve to know the truth about Scott DesJarlais’s record, and who deserve to know that there is a real alternative on that ballot.

That alternative is me, and I am not going anywhere until election day.

Chip in $20, $50, or whatever you can right now. The finish line is in sight. Let’s cross it together.

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