[ [link removed] ]John Fetterman


True story, John: I legitimately
won my first election by a *single* vote.

([ [link removed] ]If there’s any chance you could please make your first $5 donation before
I tell the whole story, I'd be incredibly grateful.)

Serving as Mayor of Braddock for 15 years was the greatest honor of my
life. But the truth is that it almost didn’t happen at all.

Back in May 2005, the Democratic primary for Mayor of Braddock was locked
in a dead heat. Winning the primary meant everything, because no other
candidates were on the November ballot. Whoever won the primary became the
next mayor.

Unfortunately, Election Day didn't bring a clear winner. The unofficial
results showed a tie for the mayoral nomination between me and one other
opponent. The absentee ballots had all been counted, but the write-ins
were still outstanding. So we went into a recount.

It was a month before the results were finally certified. In the end, it
all came down to *three* provisional ballots cast in Braddock’s 2nd Ward.

The first ballot was rejected because the voter wasn't registered. The
second ballot only counted for countywide races, because the voter wasn't
registered in Braddock.

But the third voter was registered in Braddock — and ultimately, they cast
the single deciding vote that elected me Mayor of Braddock. The joke I
never get tired of is that I voted for myself. 😂 Here’s the actual
headline in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from 16 years ago:

[ [link removed] ]Pittsburgh Post-Gazette headline: Fetterman wins.

John, I’m telling you this
story to show you just how critical reaching every single voter in this
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate is. I may have won my first election by
a *single* vote, but we can’t afford to lose the Pennsylvania Senate seat
by a *single* vote.

In order to reach every voter in all 67 Pennsylvania counties in the
coming weeks, though, we must continue raising a lot of money online
through emails like this one. That’s why I am humbly asking:

[ [link removed] ]Will you please make your first
$5 donation to our campaign right
now, John? Every dollar helps
send me to the U.S. Senate where I'll fight like hell for your community
just like I fight for mine.



[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5



From me, Gisele, and our entire family, thank you so much for supporting
our campaign.

— John

John Fetterman
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania


 


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