Hello,

After he was stricken with COVID-19, Chuck Grassley’s 27-year streak of 8,927 consecutive votes came to an end. But when you look at what many of those 8,927 votes were… it kinda makes you wish he would have been absent more often.

For over 40 years in the Senate, Chuck Grassley has voted against expanding access to health care, against combatting the world’s climate crisis, against getting money out of politics, and against even the most common sense firearm responsibility issues supported by our police and members of his own party.

Grassley has taken millions from corporate PACs and special interests, including Wall Street, Big Pharma and insurance companies, and the NRA. It should be no surprise that he remains deaf to Iowa but a good listener of billionaires and their lobbyists.

I’m running for Senate against Chuck Grassley because after a lifetime in elected office, it’s time Iowans had someone actually representing them. You won’t find me taking money from corporate PACs.

Control of the Senate is on the line here in Iowa, so you know Mitch McConnell and his Super PACs are going to come after me with millions of dollars of false TV ads. If we’re going to take on Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and expand our Democratic majority in the Senate, I need grassroots donors like you to chip in now and become a Founding Donor to my campaign. Give me the tools so I can fight back.

Please, can you chip in $5, $25, or whatever you can afford now to become a Founding Donor and help me defeat Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and defend our Democratic majority?

We’re running our campaign the right way, but I’m counting on the support of people like you if we’re going to come out victorious.

Thank you for your support,

Mike Franken, VADM, U.S. Navy (ret.)