[1]Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate

Our latest TV ad hits hard, John.

We cannot afford to let another corrupt elite like Joe Manchin BUY their
way into a Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, just to lose by
double-digits in November.

[ [link removed] ]Watch our new ad here, then please let me tell you more about what’s
happening here in Missouri…

[ [link removed] ]Screengrab from Lucas' new ad.

[ [link removed] ]Watch now, then chip in to keep it on the air »

Two weeks ago, Trudy Busch Valentine’s team was sharing a poll that gave
her a double-digit lead after she skipped debates and dumped millions from
her family fortune into TV ads. But then we started running our own ads —
funded by our people-powered movement — and we cut that lead down to 3%.

When I say “people-powered,” I mean it. FEC filings from last quarter
showed our share of small-dollar donor support was among the highest in
the entire country. Meanwhile, Trudy’s campaign ranked alongside Joe
Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

[ [link removed] ]List of fundraising totals + small dollar percentages from U.S. Senate
candidates across the country in Q2 2022. Lucas Kunce is at the top of the
list with 54.93% of small-dollar donations. Trudy Busch Valentine is at
the bottom of the list at 2.27%, just above Alex Lasry, Kyrsten Sinema and
Joe Manchin.

And that’s not the only thing that my top primary opponent has in common
with Joe Manchin, either. Trudy and her estates have profited for decades
from the same forces tearing our country apart — defense contractors, Big
Pharma, Wall Street Banks, and even the NRA.

Thanks to our broken campaign finance rules, she’s now using those profits
to dump millions into her campaign during the final weeks of our primary
in a desperate attempt to buy the Democratic nomination.

Just last weekend, she wrote herself ANOTHER million-dollar check that’s
going straight into a barrage of false attack ads during the final week
before our August 2 primary — another desperate attempt to avoid scrutiny
and prevent our campaign from having the time we need to get the truth in
front of voters.

What makes all of this even worse? Trudy has no chance at winning what
should be a uniquely flippable seat for Democrats in November:

[ [link removed] ]LATEST GENERAL ELECTION POLLING: Eric Greitens (R) leads Lucas Kunce
(D) by <1% — The Trafalgar Group | March 2022. Eric Greitens (R) leads
Trudy Busch Valentine (D) by +9% — Remington Research | April 2022. Margin
of error for both polls is +/- 3%.

You don’t just have to take my word for it. Here’s how the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch summed up Trudy’s chances in this race: "Trudy Busch
Valentine came off as unprepared and unconvincing. She would not fare well
in a debate against the likes of Greitens or Schmitt — which might explain
why she refuses to appear in a television debate against Kunce."

The contrast in this race couldn’t be clearer — and that’s why our ad hits
so hard. In 6 days, Missouri voters have two options:

 1. A mega-rich, Joe Manchin-style politician who will lose in November.
 2. Or a 13-year Marine veteran who grew up bankrupted by medical bills,
is committed to ending the filibuster, and has a real chance to flip
Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat.

So here’s where we stand: Trudy is outspending us on TV ads by 4-1, but
our progress in the polls shows our message is cutting through. So our
goal isn't about matching her endless spending on false attack ads — we
just need to put our message in front of voters.

We’re about to make our last TV ad buy for the primary, and we need to put
up as much as possible to get our message past all the noise of Trudy's
false attack ads. So I’m asking:

[ [link removed] ]Will you please rush a donation of $10 or more to my
grassroots campaign today? Your support right now could be the difference
we need to win this primary and flip Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat in
November.

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Six days left, John.

I’m glad to have you on my team,

Lucas Kunce


 


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