Tina Smith · [email protected]

November 12, 2022 at 3:21 PM

A look at what we accomplished together over the midterm elections

  john, This week’s midterm election results surprised many. The pundits, the pollsters, and especially, MAGA Republicans. But I’d wager that there was one group of people who weren’t surprised: Democrats like you who got involved. You ignored the polls, rejected Republicans' rhetoric…

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  Raphael Warnock · [email protected]

November 10, 2022 at 10:58 PM

We’re going to a runoff in Georgia

  john, It's Rev. Raphael Warnock. This can't wait: We're officially going to a runoff in Georgia's must-win Senate race, and I urgently need your help to win. If you’re in this fight with me, will you split a donation between me and Tina so we can defeat Herschel Walker and keep Geor…

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

November 8, 2022 at 7:32 PM

Election Day is here! Resources inside

  Happy Election Day, john! Right now, polls are open across the country, and millions of Americans are making their voices heard. We wanted to share a quick list of resources available to you today. You can also forward this message to anyone who you think might need help voting. If …

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

November 7, 2022 at 8:36 PM

A real-talk guide to fighting for abortion rights.

This is a longer email, but please stick it out to the end.   john, One election won’t magically fix the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protection for abortion rights. But this election is still hugely important, and we are not helpless. The mos…

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  Mandela Barnes · [email protected]

November 6, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Just talked to my team...

  john, It’s Mandela Barnes. I’m personally asking you to chip in $10 to my campaign to defeat Ron Johnson and expand our Senate Majority. Ron Johnson and Mitch McConnell’s SuperPACs are spending TENS OF MILLIONS of dollars to crush my grassroots campaign. And unfortunately, their inv…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

November 4, 2022 at 7:13 PM

Some personal advice

  I have some personal advice for this final weekend of the midterm elections, john: It’s time to go on what I call a polling diet and ignore them. Every poll has a margin of error of at least a few points. According to FiveThirtyEight, 8 Senate races and 51 House races fall within no…

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  Tim Ryan (via Tina Smith) · [email protected]

November 3, 2022 at 11:33 PM

ugh Donald Trump

  john — It’s Tim Ryan. I have an urgent update, and I need you to hear it from me first. Donald Trump is coming to Ohio on Monday to campaign for JD Vance in a last-ditch effort to buy back Republican Senate control. Just before Election Day, they’ll take the stage to rally their bas…

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  Stacey Abrams · [email protected]

November 2, 2022 at 10:23 PM

A personal story

My name is Stacey Yvonne Abrams and I’m running to be the next governor of the great state of Georgia.   The journey to this moment has been a long one, john. But before I tell you more, I need your help in the final stretch of this race. Election Day is in six days and my team can’t f…

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  Catherine Cortez Masto · [email protected]

November 1, 2022 at 10:49 PM

about to take the stage with Barack Obama

  john, It's Catherine Cortez Masto. President Barack Obama and I are about to take the stage at a grassroots rally to keep Nevada blue and defend our Senate majority, but first, I wanted to send you a quick message. I hope you’ll forgive me for being so blunt, but this rally is my be…

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  Peggy Flanagan · [email protected]

October 31, 2022 at 11:37 PM

It’s a very clear choice, john

  john, It’s Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor. Minnesotans have a very clear choice on November 8. Governor Walz and I are fighting for investments in paid family and medical leave, child care, and public education to build a brighter future for our state for generation…

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  Team Angie Craig · [email protected]

October 31, 2022 at 6:40 PM

The GOP’s America

Here’s a glimpse of what reproductive rights in Tyler Kistner’s America would look like.   john, It’s been four months since the Supreme Court made the devastating decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and Angie Craig’s “100% pro-life” opponent Tyler Kistner in Minnesota’s 2nd District agr…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Washington Post: “Senate shocker could be brewing”

  john, Did you see this? The MAGA Republican running against Patty Murray for the Washington state Senate seat raised nearly double what Patty raised in the last quarter – DOUBLE! You all know that we need to defend every single seat — and pick up a few more — in order to keep and ex…

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

October 30, 2022 at 7:00 PM

We’ve got some ground to make up

  john, We need to be honest with you. We’re one day from the last fundraising deadline before Election Day — one of the most important deadlines of the year — and unfortunately, we’ve got some ground to make up. If everyone reading this pitched in $3 we would knock our goal out of th…

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  Mandela Barnes · [email protected]

October 30, 2022 at 2:24 PM

This is personal to me

President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 is one of the reasons I got into public service.   john — Yesterday, I campaigned with President Obama at a rally in Milwaukee. This event was personal to me. Let me tell you why. Back in 2004, President Obama gave …

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

October 29, 2022 at 11:00 PM

The stakes are sky-high

  We’ll get straight to the point. We have to hit Monday’s critical end-of-month fundraising goal. There's just one toss-up seat between holding our slim Democratic majority and handing the gavel back to Mitch McConnell — the stakes are sky-high. This is the last monthly fundraising d…

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  Barnes for WI · [email protected]

October 29, 2022 at 7:03 PM

President Obama: "Control of the Senate is in your hands"

  john, President Obama will be campaigning with Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin later today, and we needed to deliver this important message from him: If you're ready to send Mandela Barnes to the Senate, defeat Ron Johnson, and expand the Senate majority, we hope you will answer Presid…

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  Maggie Hassan · [email protected]

October 28, 2022 at 11:02 PM

BREAKING: alarming new polling information

  john, it’s Senator Maggie Hassan. This news just broke – a brand new poll has just a fraction of a percentage point between me and my radical, right-wing opponent, Don Bolduc. Maggie Hassan: 47.6% Don Bolduc: 47.1% RUSH $10 To make matters worse, our fundraising has fallen off…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 28, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Big Oil profits, and shareholders benefit

  john — I wanted to share this headline I ran across yesterday: Shell announces $4 billion share buyback as profits double - CNN Business, 10/27/2022 Shell just announced a huge windfall in profits over this past quarter, double what they made in the same quarter of last year. Exxon …

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

October 27, 2022 at 10:42 PM

The last end-of-month deadline before the election

  john, Our last end-of-month fundraising deadline before Election Day is only four days away. Tina has been campaigning for Democrats in Minnesota up and down the ballot, and working hard to protect and expand our Democratic Senate majority. She’s fighting because this election will …

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  Mandela Barnes · [email protected]

October 25, 2022 at 9:56 PM

Your $10 contribution with early voting now open will make a big difference for our campaign

  Hi john, it's Mandela. I'm reaching out to ask you to do something important with early voting beginning in Wisconsin today. This U.S. Senate race is going to be one of the closest races in the whole country. A CNN poll that came out yesterday shows us trailing by one point, and Coo…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 25, 2022 at 6:19 PM

The antidote to unchecked Trumpism

  john — I boast a lot about the power of this grassroots team. I’m always proudly telling everyone our campaign is fueled by tens of thousands of individual donations from folks like you, with an average donation of just $18. We’ve done the hard work of building a broad coalition of …

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 24, 2022 at 7:10 PM

Keith Ellison

  john, Having worked closely with Keith during his 12 years in Congress and four years as Attorney General, I can tell you firsthand he has always been a tireless voice for justice and a fearless national leader on civil rights, human rights, workers' rights, consumer protection, env…

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  Cheri Beasley · [email protected]

October 23, 2022 at 10:40 PM

We cannot wake up on November 9 with any regrets

  john, This is Cheri Beasley, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. When I kicked off my campaign, I promised this team and North Carolina that we would work harder than we ever have to turn our state blue. I don’t want any of us to wake up on November 9 with regr…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 22, 2022 at 8:21 PM

It’s official: Louis DeJoy impeded vote-by-mail ahead of the 2020 election

  I’ve been keeping tabs on Trump’s hand-picked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy since he launched his unprecedented assault on one of America’s most important public goods — the United States Postal Service. Over the past several years, he’s enacted harmful policies and leveraged the P…

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  Raphael Warnock · [email protected]

October 21, 2022 at 2:03 PM

My debate with Herschel Walker

  john — This is Rev. Raphael Warnock. Herschel Walker and I wrapped up our first and only scheduled debate before Election Day. I was thrilled to share my pro-Georgia record and show the voters just how different Walker and I are, but we have a problem: With experts at FiveThirtyEigh…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 19, 2022 at 8:03 PM

Right now

  john — I want to keep this really quick. There are fewer than three weeks (just 20 days!) left until Election Day. Across the country, millions of ballots have already been cast. That means that this election is being decided right now. MAGA Republicans and their dark money super PA…

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  Mark Kelly · [email protected]

October 17, 2022 at 8:32 PM

My friends Catherine Cortez Masto, Maggie Hassan, and Reverend Raphael Warnock

  john — I’m writing to ask you to split a contribution — $10 or whatever you can afford — between Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Maggie Hassan, Reverend Raphael Warnock, Tina Smith, and me. Let me explain: Experts all over the country agree that these four races could determine con…

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

October 16, 2022 at 9:46 PM

Not an exaggeration

  We’re 23 days from the most important election of our lifetimes. That’s not an exaggeration, john. Making even more progress on issues like health care, inflation, and climate change, and stopping MAGA Republicans from working to rip away our reproductive freedoms — it all comes dow…

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  Val Demings · [email protected]

October 16, 2022 at 2:31 PM

We can't get ahead of ourselves

  john — I'll make this quick: I have some good news to share: Expert forecasters at FiveThirtyEight are now saying that Democrats are favored to win the Senate! But we can't get ahead of ourselves: Election forecasts can change on a dime. And I have to tell you, john, the GOP's Senat…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 15, 2022 at 10:30 PM

Tracking behind

  Hi john, my team just gave me some bad news and some good news. The bad news is we’re tracking behind on our critical mid-month fundraising goal, and this isn’t one we want to miss — it’s the last mid-month fundraising drive before Election Day. The good news is we have today to cat…

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

October 15, 2022 at 5:53 PM

They’re doubling down

  john — Mitch McConnell and his MAGA Republican allies are doubling down. Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, they’ve seen momentum building for Democrats across the country. They see us fighting like hell to protect our majority in the Senate to restore reproductive…

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  Mandela Barnes · [email protected]

October 14, 2022 at 4:16 PM

Ron Johnson and his dark-money groups are using fear and deception to try to defend this seat

  john — It’s Mandela Barnes. I gave it everything I had during last night's debate against Ron Johnson. Now early voting begins on October 25. That means our chance to reach persuadable voters is rapidly decreasing with each day that passes. I'm going to keep working as hard as I pos…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 13, 2022 at 11:15 PM

McConnell’s super PAC just raised $111 MILLION

  "The top Senate G.O.P. super PAC raised $111 million in the third quarter." — New York Times, Oct. 13, 2022 “The financial windfall is being used to pummel Democratic candidates.” We’ve got three weeks to stop Mitch McConnell and MAGA Republicans from taking control of ou…

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  Tim Ryan (via Tina Smith) · [email protected]

October 12, 2022 at 11:16 PM

I need your help to fund our Rapid Response effort

  john — after Monday night’s debate, I’ve never been more ready to flip Ohio blue! I went toe-to-toe with JD Vance and walked away feeling confident and proud of our Democratic campaign. I know we’ve got the energy, the strategy, and YOUR grassroots support on our side to win the ra…

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  Martin Sheen · [email protected]

October 11, 2022 at 11:02 PM

I had to reach out about Donald Trump's rally

  john – I write to you today, not as an actor or a former (fictional) president, but as an American concerned about losing our Democratic Senate majority: Donald Trump just left Nevada where he held a MAGA rally to defeat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) in the race that will decide …

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  Rev. Warnock · [email protected]

October 10, 2022 at 4:02 PM

I have amazing news

  john, it’s Raphael, and I have amazing news: As we enter the home stretch of our make-or-break race, recent polling shows me surging ahead of my GOP opponent, Herschel Walker. But with the entire GOP establishment behind Walker, I can't keep up this momentum and defend my critical s…

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  Mandela Barnes · [email protected]

October 9, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Bad news

  john — It’s Mandela Barnes. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you need to know this: At the end of this week, my campaign had a huge weekly fundraising deadline, and unfortunately, we came up short. Coming up short at this point in the election could have a catastrophic impac…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 8, 2022 at 9:08 PM

We’ve got one month

  I’ll give it to you straight, john. We’ve got one month to out-organize Republicans who are trying to take away our freedoms, obstruct our progress, and threaten our democracy. We’ve got to give it our all to protect the Senate majority by re-electing Mark Kelly in Arizona, Raphael …

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 7, 2022 at 11:39 PM

Legalize it.

  john, Yesterday, President Biden pardoned ALL prior federal offenses for simple marijuana possession — helping thousands of Americans who have been denied jobs, housing, and federal benefits because of their non-violent marijuana convictions. It’s an important step, but much more ne…

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  Tim Ryan (via Tina Smith) · [email protected]

October 4, 2022 at 9:27 PM

Don Jr. is coming to Ohio

  john — When Donald Trump Jr. announced his plans to visit Ohio tomorrow to campaign for JD Vance, my incredible grassroots team stepped up like never before, and our online fundraising numbers soared. But yesterday, grassroots donations completely fell off a cliff. Now look, I'm not…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

October 1, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Thank you for your support

  john, Thanks to a big surge in grassroots support last night, we hit our end-of-quarter fundraising goal! This is great news, folks. Thanks to the efforts of this grassroots team, we are in a stronger position to spend the next 38 days educating and mobilizing voters in Minnesota an…

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  Tim Walz · [email protected]

October 1, 2022 at 1:02 AM

This is a very, very close race

  john, This is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. I don’t want to scare you, but I need to be transparent. Fundraising numbers from the last public reporting period are out, and we were outraised by our Republican opponents, Scott Jensen and Matt Birk. Even though Jensen and Birk’s priorit…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

September 30, 2022 at 8:26 PM

Our choice this Election Day

  Hi john, I have a personal request: Will you chip in towards our end-of-quarter goal before the deadline expires at midnight tonight? I’ll explain more in a moment. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: CHI…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

September 30, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Did you see Angie’s email?

  Hi john, I wanted to make sure you saw Rep. Angie Craig’s email about the upcoming FEC deadline. She’s working hard to represent Minnesota values — and is facing relentless attacks from Republicans. Since emailing you on Wednesday, we learned that they now plan to blanket the airwav…

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  Raphael Warnock · [email protected]

September 29, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Please Don’t Scroll Away

  john — I’ll keep this short: It’s Raphael Warnock. With less than 50 days to go until the election, experts at FiveThirtyEight just confirmed what we've already known: Senate control will once again come down to our race in Georgia. That's why Donald Trump has visited our state mult…

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  Angie Craig · [email protected]

September 28, 2022 at 9:36 PM

humbly asking

  Hey john, it’s Rep. Angie Craig — Tina said I could reach out before the FEC deadline expires on Friday. This Election Day, congressional districts across the country — including my district, MN-02 — will look a little different than they did two years ago when I was re-elected. Aft…

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  Cheri Beasley · [email protected]

September 27, 2022 at 10:59 PM

About Friday night

  john — This is North Carolina Senate candidate Cheri Beasley. Donald Trump and Ted Budd just shared the stage in North Carolina where they riled up the far-right base with smears and fear mongering. But they didn’t stop there. Trump directly attacked me. He pushed the same lies abou…

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  Tina Smith · [email protected]

September 27, 2022 at 4:35 PM

$6 for 6 weeks

  john — Sorry to be so abrupt, but can you pitch in $6 to help me do everything I can to defend and expand our Senate majority in these final 6 weeks before Election Day? The truth is, millions of people will be casting their ballots well before that — in multiple battleground states…

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  Team Tina · [email protected]

September 26, 2022 at 11:06 PM

The most important fundraising deadline of 2022.

  “Trump to unleash millions in the midterms in possible prelude to 2024” - POLITICO, 9/23/22 john, our upcoming FEC deadline is the most important fundraising deadline of the entire midterm election. Let us explain why: Every three months, we have to submit our fundraising report to …

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  Val Demings · [email protected]

September 25, 2022 at 2:31 PM

thank you for dreaming with me

  john, this is Val Demings, Democratic nominee for Senate in Florida. I wanted to take a moment to personally say thank you. Thank you for dreaming of a better Senate with me – one that works for the people, not just for the corporate elites. Thank you for fighting by my side every …

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