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.
Watch our new ad here, then please let me tell you more about what’s happening here in Missouri…
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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.
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:
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:
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:
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Six days left, John.
I’m glad to have you on my team,
Lucas Kunce