Cecilia Criddle · [email protected]

September 16, 2020 at 2:50 PM

One dollar for every week left

  Hey team, it's Cecilia again! Believe it or not, we’re now just seven (7!!) weeks out from Election Day, and tonight is our crucial mid-month fundraising deadline. Whether or not we meet this deadline will let us know if we’re on track to hit our September goal and outraise Confeder…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 15, 2020 at 7:45 PM

they’re afraid to say the word “Mississippi!"

  I’m a lifelong Mississippian and I love our state. But the unfortunate truth is that Mississippi is often overlooked by everyone else. By any normal standard, we’re running a successful and groundbreaking Senate campaign. But unlike many of the top 2020 Democratic targets, Mississip…

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  Cecilia Criddle · [email protected]

September 15, 2020 at 2:00 AM

Some numbers

  Hey team, it's Cecilia.  I know we’ve had a lot of updates lately, so I’ll keep this quick. We are: 50 days out from Election Day 2 days away from our September mid-month fundraising deadline 702 donations away from hitting 20,000 grassroots donations this election cycle Why is th…

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  Kendall W. · [email protected]

September 14, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

  Hey team, Kendall here. In case you missed it, our opponent, Confederate Cindy Hyde-Smith, had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week last week. Kind of like this children’s book you may recognize, but way worse. I’ll give you a summary, but before I do — Can you please pitch…

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  Mike Espy HQ · [email protected]

September 13, 2020 at 11:23 PM

What Mitch McConnell just said

  Hey, Our race to defeat Confederate Cindy Hyde-Smith and replace her with Mike Espy is more competitive than ever before — and it will help decide the future of Mississippi and the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, Democratic party elites have ignored our race for the U.S. Senate in Missi…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 13, 2020 at 1:09 AM

Gov. Tate Reeves just took a swing at me

  Folks, While Senator Hyde-Smith is still missing in action, she has trotted out yet another surrogate. This time, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves took a swing at me — but he missed.    Gov. Reeves said I would vote to shut down our economy again, when I’ve been on the record for mo…

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  Ayana Kinnel · [email protected]

September 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Cindy Hyde-Smith said she voted to extend CHIP. She didn’t.

  Hey, it’s Ayana. I’m Mike’s Press Secretary. Though Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has been hiding all summer while Mississippians (and our economy) suffer, she hasn’t stopped tweeting. Every day, she brags about her so-called accomplishments on Twitter. But as it turns out — much like Do…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 10, 2020 at 2:08 PM

WATCH: My new ad

  The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated our country in countless ways, and the situation is dire here in Mississippi. We’ve all made sacrifices to fight this pandemic — but Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has not. In March, Cindy Hyde-Smith said this crisis would be over in two weeks. She th…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 9, 2020 at 7:07 PM

Confederate Cindy won’t accept my debate invitation

  There are 55 days until Election Day. We are heading into the final stretch, and with your grassroots support, our campaign keeps growing.  Since the pandemic began, we’ve hosted over 50 events, taking questions from Mississippians on a number of issues and things that matter most …

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

September 9, 2020 at 5:18 PM

Don't count out the South

  Hey there, We’ll be frank: Unlike many of the top 2020 Democratic targets, Espy for Senate isn’t getting the national investment it should. By any normal standard, we’re running a successful and groundbreaking Senate campaign. In the past month alone, we: Outraised Confederate Cin…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 8, 2020 at 8:08 PM

“Suckers” and “losers”

  It’s time to hold Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith accountable.  As you know by now, multiple national news outlets have confirmed reporting that President Trump referred to armed servicemembers who were killed or captured in the line of duty as “suckers” and “losers.” Countless veterans a…

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

September 8, 2020 at 4:18 PM

The final stretch

  We’re now only eight weeks away from the general election and our opportunity to replace Confederate Cindy Hyde-Smith with a real leader in the U.S. Senate: Mike Espy. Each of these next eight weeks is absolutely critical to our movement for Mississippi. Despite the pandemic, we’re…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 7, 2020 at 2:06 PM

Matthew 25:35

  Folks, Today is Labor Day, but it’s also the last day of Senate recess. For the last 25 days, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has left Mississippi’s families, teachers, students, workers, and businesses to their own devices, after failing to pass any additional relief. In the middle of a g…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 5, 2020 at 3:26 PM

Fwd: Help with Hurricane Laura relief

  Hey there, I wanted to make sure you saw Cecilia’s email. When Hurricane Katrina made landfall 15 years ago, my daughter Jamilla and I went to the Coast to help. We witnessed the devastation firsthand. Hundreds of Mississippians died, and thousands more were displaced — hurting Blac…

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  Joe O'Hern, Campaign Manager · [email protected]

September 4, 2020 at 11:30 PM

Keep Mike’s TV ad on air!

  Hey there, Joe here. Thanks to the outpouring of grassroots support for our campaign, not only did we host Mississippi’s first socially-distanced rally yesterday — we launched our very first TV ad, “Always.” We’re really proud of our new ad. Mike insisted that our first TV ad highli…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

September 3, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Our first TV ad

  I’m so proud, folks. We just launched our very first television ad in the race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi. This is a BIG moment for our campaign, and I want you to be one of the first ones to watch it. Our ad will be playing on TV all across the state, starting today. By now, p…

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

September 3, 2020 at 12:19 PM

We’ve got BIG news

  Hey, we have some big news for you, along with a big, heartfelt thank you. Thanks to an outpouring of grassroots support from folks like you, we not only hit our August end-of-month goal – we’ve now raised more in the past two months than we raised in the last filing period, beating…

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

August 31, 2020 at 9:10 PM

Real quick

  We're just hours away from our August fundraising deadline, so we’ll make this SUPER short. We need to raise another $3,182 if we’re going to hit our goal before midnight. This is our last chance: will you rush $10 or whatever you can to support Mike Espy for U.S. Senate and help us…

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  Mike Espy HQ · [email protected]

August 29, 2020 at 1:00 PM

How far we’ve come

  Here's the deal: FIRST: Mike Espy ran against Confederate Cindy Hyde-Smith in the 2018 special election for U.S. Senate, and lost by a single digit – coming closer than any other Democrat since 1985. THEN: After Mike launched his campaign for a 2020 rematch, we’ve since built a powe…

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  Tom Carper · [email protected]

August 29, 2020 at 1:17 AM

Send Mike to serve alongside me in the U.S. Senate

  Hi, this is Senator Tom Carper. Before serving the state of Delaware in the U.S. Senate, a duty I shared with then-Senator Joe Biden, I served in the U.S. House of Representatives. You meet a lot of people in Washington, but there is someone I could never forget: My friend Mike Espy…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 6:29 PM

Emmett Till

  On this day 65 years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. He was brutally beaten, shot and lynched. His body was later found in the Tallahatchie River – weighed down by a cotton gin fan wrapped in barbed wire. The reason? Emmett, visiting from Chi…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 3:28 AM

Jacob Blake

  Good evening, Earlier this week, a young Black man named Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times at close range by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It happened in front of his children. Jacob’s father now says his son is paralyzed from the waist down. This is the kind of unnecessa…

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  Marcus Williams · [email protected]

August 26, 2020 at 7:11 PM

Isn’t it ironic

  Hey, it's Marcus. I thought I’d share something interesting that Cindy Hyde-Smith wrote a couple years back. It’s funny, I agree with the Senator on this one. In troubled times like these — record unemployment, a recession, stressed hospitals, and a global pandemic that has killed …

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  Mike Espy HQ · [email protected]

August 25, 2020 at 10:18 PM

BREAKING: Mike accepts his first debate!

  Breaking news: Mike Espy just officially accepted his first debate invitation of the 2020 election. This fall, Mike will participate in a televised and streamed online debate, broadcast across the state. He encourages Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to join him. The question is, will she a…

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  Jacquie Amos · [email protected]

August 22, 2020 at 7:38 PM

re: Cindy Hyde-Smith’s record on health care

  Hi, Mike has been talking about health care since he launched his campaign, and for good reason: It will be his number one priority when we elect him to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate this November. Mike’s got a plan to tackle Mississippi’s health care crisis by building u…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 21, 2020 at 5:01 PM

re: The Postal Service

  Folks, there’s been a lot of news surrounding the United States Postal Service this week, and I wanted to give you an update on our fight to save this critical American institution. After a groundswell of citizens spoke out against the Trump administration’s sabotage of the USPS, Po…

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  Jamilla Espy · [email protected]

August 20, 2020 at 10:43 PM

Here’s a throwback!

  Hey, Before you tune in to another night of the Democratic National Convention, I wanted to share this throwback with you: My dad’s speech at the 1988 convention in Atlanta! Our team was able to dig up this old footage yesterday. I was too young to remember watching this live, but …

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 20, 2020 at 5:08 PM

Fannie Lou Hamer

  Folks, As I watch the 2020 Democratic National Convention this week, memories flood back to me of my time speaking at the 1988 convention in Atlanta, Georgia, back when I was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. That year, I introduced keynote speaker Ann Richards, a trail…

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 4:11 PM

Cindy Hyde-Smith took off for summer vacation while COVID-19 is still on the rise in Mississippi

  It’s official. Today is *checks calendar* exactly five months since Cindy Hyde-Smith told Mississippians that coronavirus would be under control in “a couple of weeks.” Well, Senator. It’s been a lot longer than “a couple of weeks.” COVID-19 is still on the rise in Mississippi. Our…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 9:08 PM

Save the Postal Service

  Folks, For 245 years, rain, snow, sleet, and hail haven’t stopped the U.S. mail. But our United States Postal Service has never faced sabotage like this before! As I’m sure you’ve heard, President Trump is blocking desperately-needed funding for the USPS — and now our postal service…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 2:35 PM

Our chance

  , Did you watch First Lady Michelle Obama's speech for the Democratic National Convention last night? I did, and I'm still thinking about it. It was a really powerful speech. The First Lady said we have to vote on November 3 "like our lives depend on it." “So if you take one thing f…

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  Cecilia Criddle · [email protected]

August 17, 2020 at 8:14 PM

just $1,297

  Hey, I just took a look at our online fundraising numbers, and we just narrowly fell short of our mid-quarter goal. I’m talking just $1,297. If 130 people gave $10 today, we’d easily close the gap! Will you be one of those people to help us get back on track by pitching in $10 or mo…

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  Mike Espy HQ · [email protected]

August 16, 2020 at 5:48 PM

$3,753

  We won’t take up too much of your time.  Just have three quick things to let you know: Our latest poll shows Mike Espy just five points behind Cindy Hyde-Smith in the general election.   Tonight at midnight is our mid-quarter fundraising deadline.   We’re $3,753 short of reaching o…

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  Jamilla Espy · [email protected]

August 15, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Mid-quarter deadline

  Hey , I can’t believe it, but we’re already halfway through the third quarter of 2020 and only 80 days out from Election Day. And our campaign is in a good place: According to our campaign’s first poll, my dad Mike Espy is now just five points down from our opponent, Cindy Hyde-Smit…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 14, 2020 at 3:30 PM

It’s Social Security’s 85th birthday!

  Folks, Today is the 85th birthday of our nation’s Social Security program! Since it was established 85 years ago today, Social Security has always been a promise to our nation’s seniors that they’ll be taken care of.  Today, 22 million people – nearly half of older Americans – are k…

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  Espy HQ · [email protected]

August 13, 2020 at 3:48 PM

5 points

  This race is close! We just got the results back from our first poll, and we’re pumped about the results: Mike Espy is now just 5 points away from Cindy Hyde-Smith in the race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi. That’s a 3-point gain for our campaign since the last statewide poll. Our r…

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

August 13, 2020 at 2:40 AM

A historic moment

  We’re in the middle of a historic moment, for real. This summer, Mississippians came together to take down the confederate state flag. All across the country, peaceful protesters are demanding the removal of confederate monuments and other symbols of hate. And just a few weeks ago, …

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 4:07 PM

Your stories

  Folks, I’m truly touched by the stories you’ve shared with me over the past day about your health care experiences. This one from Marie on the Mississippi Coast really spoke to me: “I am a 78-year-old white female with exceptionally good health. But last year… I developed severe ed…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 11, 2020 at 9:36 PM

Kamala Harris

My friend and fellow Howard University alumnus, Kamala Harris, is officially joining the Democratic ticket as our candidate for Vice President! My friend and fellow Howard University alumnus, Kamala Harris, is officially joining the Democratic ticket as our candidate for Vice President! …

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 11, 2020 at 5:53 PM

My personal health care story

  Folks, Mississippi faces a health care crisis. Too many hardworking people are getting crushed by the rising cost of premiums, copays, and prescription drugs. Our rural hospitals are closing. Protections for people with pre-existing conditions are at risk. And new coronavirus cases …

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  Team Espy · [email protected]

August 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM

Need a mask?

  Every day, Mike is reminding folks in Mississippi and all over the country to mask up in the face of coronavirus. Wearing a mask is a simple yet effective way to better protect your loved ones, neighbors, and others in your community. Up until last week, our state did not have a ma…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 4:07 PM

The U.S. Postal Service should not be politicized

  Folks, Americans depend on the U.S. Postal Service for so much – letters, legal documents, government benefits, medication, and other packages.  Despite this, the USPS is being sabotaged. The Trump administration has made it clear from the beginning that they’d like to see the feder…

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  Cecilia Criddle · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 3:43 PM

Reaching out early

  Hi! It’s Cecilia, Team Espy’s finance director. I know you typically hear from me at the end of the month or quarter, when we’re coming up on a major fundraising deadline, but I’m reaching out to you today because August is a notoriously tough month for campaign fundraising. Even mo…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 3:05 PM

This is absolutely horrible

  Folks, Mississippi now has the highest positivity rate of new COVID-19 cases than any other state in the country. This is the last thing we want our state to be #1 in, but it comes as little surprise given we lead the country in lack of access to affordable health care and medical r…

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  Kendall W. · [email protected]

August 3, 2020 at 7:21 PM

re: COVID-19 and schools

  Hey, it's Kendall – communications and research director for Team Espy. After failing to pass additional relief for struggling families and unemployed workers (and then taking off for another three-day weekend), guess who Cindy Hyde-Smith was just spotted with? Betsy DeVos. That’s r…

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  Mike Espy HQ · [email protected]

August 1, 2020 at 1:06 AM

Cut to the chase

  There’s just hours left until our July fundraising deadline, so we’ll cut to the chase:  Can you chip in $10 or more to help our campaign hit $150,000 this month and give us the resources to elect Mike Espy as the next U.S. senator from Mississippi? We can only do this together, and…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 8:55 PM

Cindy Hyde-Smith is not the leader Mississippi needs or deserves

  Hey folks, I wanted to reach out one more time before the month ends and we close the books on July. Tonight at midnight is our next critical fundraising deadline, so I hope you’ll let me explain why your support matters more than ever before. We’re now 95 days out from the general …

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  Cecilia Criddle · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 2:44 PM

Happy deadline day!

  Happy deadline day! Wanted to give you a morning update. Our campaign to elect Mike Espy to the U.S. Senate has seen a surge of donations come in this month. We accomplished so much in July: From launching a new ad, to kicking off a new virtual event series, the energy behind our ra…

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  Jamilla Espy · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 12:27 AM

Putting in the work

  Hi! It's Jamilla. There are a lot of stories I could tell you about my dad. Some of them you may know, some of them you may not know. But when I think about the biggest lessons he’s taught me and my brothers throughout our lives, I think about how he taught us the importance of a go…

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  Mike Espy · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 3:53 PM

Let's secure a win for July

  Hey, It's the other Mike Espy again. My apologies if that is confusing. I promise one day that I will explain how we both go by the name Mike Espy, though neither of us are a Jr. or Sr. But right now we have more important issues to discuss. Our campaign is approaching our end-of-mo…

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