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  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
August 1, 2022 at 1:01 PM

it ain’t over

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, It was Ben Franklin who, when asked what form of government the constitutional convention had produced, said: “A republic, if you can keep it.” Donald Trump’s elec…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 31, 2022 at 10:49 PM

please let me explain

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to my campaign against Chuck Grassley and help me protect our Democratic Senate majority. But before I do, let…
  Iowa Senate Update · [email protected]
July 31, 2022 at 4:30 PM

we're right on Grassley's heels

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, FIRST: Several polls showed Chuck Grassley’s approval rating at the lowest it’s EVER been among Iowa voters, with Admiral Mike Franken gaining ground and right on …
  FrankenForIowa.com · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 11:07 PM

did not want to send this email

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, This isn’t the email we wanted to send, but unfortunately it’s the one we have to: We’ve officially reduced our end-of-July fundraising goal from $750,000 to $700,…
  Franken for Iowa · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 6:01 PM

never had to do this before...

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Well, this has never happened before. We set a goal to raise $750,000 before our end-of-month deadline to help Admiral Mike Franken defeat Chuck Grassley – but wit…
  FrankenforIowa.com · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 1:01 PM

looking at ActBlue

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, After a new poll showed Chuck Grassley's approval ratings at the lowest they've ever been, we set a goal to raise another $750,000 before our end-of-month deadline…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 12:15 AM

it was treason

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, The January 6th insurrection and the GOP’s feckless decision to stand by Donald J. Trump is proof enough: There is a Cold War raging for the future of our democrac…
  Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 29, 2022 at 6:12 PM

one thing I learned when I decided to run for Senate

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Have you ever heard the term “tracker?” I know I hadn’t until I decided to run for office. “Trackers” are what political campaign staff call what are essentially p…
  Admiral Franken · [email protected]
July 29, 2022 at 12:50 PM

quick update

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, I’ve got 10 minutes before my next meeting, so I wanted to send you a quick email about the latest in my campaign against Chuck Grassley. Iowa was one of the close…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 11:00 PM

this burn pits bill is personal

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Last night, Senate Republicans blocked the PACT Act, which would have given more treatment options to veterans exposed to fallout from toxic burn pits and who now …
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 6:05 PM

gas prices, the stock market, and Social Security

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, I promise to always be honest with you. So here goes: We have fallen short of almost every single one of our fundraising goals this month. I know why. Gas prices a…
  Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Iowa

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello – I’m emailing to ask you for $5. Here’s why: The polls show me neck and neck with Chuck Grassley – and according to the latest Des Moines Register poll, Grassley i…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 12:00 AM

time for Chuck Grassley to come clean

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, The January 6th Committee will return with public hearings in September. One big question that still remains unanswered: What exactly was Chuck Grassley’s plan for…
  Iowa Senate Update · [email protected]
July 27, 2022 at 6:28 PM

Tucker Carlson in Iowa

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, This is urgent: Tucker Carlson just came to Iowa to campaign with Chuck Grassley! Tucker Carlson’s show is just Russian propaganda at this point, but he has millio…
  Defeat Chuck Grassley · [email protected]
July 27, 2022 at 12:46 PM

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, There is incredible news in the campaign against Chuck Grassley: FIRST: Three-star Admiral Mike Franken became the Democratic nominee for Senate against Chuck Gra…
  John Fetterman · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 11:02 PM

Sean Hannity

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hi there, it’s John Fetterman. It brings me *no* pleasure to ask, but are you familiar with the host of a little show on Fox News named Sean Hannity??? 🤡 I’m just asking …
  FiveThirtyEight update (via Franken for Iowa) · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 6:02 PM

Des Moines Register poll in Iowa

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, New polling in Iowa’s critical Senate race shows that Republican Chuck Grassley is in real danger. For the first time since 1980, Grassley is polling below 50%, an…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Grassley's attack on veterans

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Well, it didn’t take long. Less than an hour after I was declared the Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa, the attacks from Chuck Grassley began. “The most liber…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 1:19 AM

my mom, petite as she was

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, My mother worked alongside my dad in Lebanon Farm Shop well into their 70s. They refused assistance from their many children even after they lost their life saving…
  Admiral Franken · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 7:58 PM

Tucker Carlson

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, If you tune into Tucker Carlson these days, you’ll see a show that might as well have been written and produced by Russian state media. Fox News showcases the chas…
  Defeat Chuck Grassley · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 12:45 PM

$4,000,034

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, 27% That’s the percentage of Iowa voters that told the highly-respected Des Moines Register they wanted to reelect Republican Senator Chuck Grassley in their lates…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 12:01 AM

may I share a quick story with you?

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Thirty-six years in the Navy gave me a ton of memories. Most are good; some are complex; others are conflicted… It was early 2005, a stressful time. There were no …
  Mike · [email protected]
July 24, 2022 at 1:01 PM

checking ActBlue

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, My team just wrapped up an emergency fundraising meeting. Chuck Grassley has already started smearing me across the entire state with attack ads, and Mitch McConne…
  Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 23, 2022 at 6:54 PM

you won't hear this on Faux News

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, I was a three-star admiral, but when Donald Trump was elected, I voted with my feet and retired after 36 years in the U.S. Navy. Life is about choices, and I was n…
  Claire McCaskill Update (via Franken for Iowa) · [email protected]
July 23, 2022 at 1:15 PM

"playing right into Mitch McConnell's hands"

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Former Senator Claire McCaskill just issued a dire warning on MSNBC: Senate Democrats must URGENTLY act on voting rights – now. Republicans tried to steal the ele…
  Admiral Franken · [email protected]
July 23, 2022 at 12:30 AM

Steve Bannon

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Donald Trump’s lackey, Steve Bannon, was convicted after refusing to comply with a subpoena and testify in front of the January 6th Committee. Meanwhile, Bannon’s …
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 6:35 PM

perhaps Grassley has forgotten

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Fox News and my opponent Chuck Grassley are hot to paint me as “liberal.” They’re already calling me a radical socialist who is the most liberal person to ever run…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 1:00 PM

urgently asking

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, After I won the Democratic nomination for Senate against Chuck Grassley here in Iowa, my campaign saw an incredible surge of donations. But since then, our online …
  Lt. Col. Vindman Update (via Franken For Iowa) · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 1:15 AM

"We need to elect Admiral Mike Franken"

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, We have incredible news: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman has endorsed Admiral Mike Franken to help him defeat Chuck Grassley and turn Iowa blue! You know Lt.…
  Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 21, 2022 at 7:23 PM

Faux News' first hit piece

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Fox “News” published its first hit piece on me. Apparently, never having held elected office, I am somehow responsible for inflation and gas prices… What a laugh. …
  Admiral Franken · [email protected]
July 21, 2022 at 1:01 PM

attacked for serving in the Navy

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, When Donald Trump was elected, I submitted my request to retire from the U.S. Navy after nearly 4 decades of military service. I never expected I’d one day run for…
  FrankenforIowa.com · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 11:32 PM

looked at ActBlue

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, After a new poll showed Chuck Grassley's approval ratings at the lowest they've ever been, we set a goal to raise another $20,000 before our daily midnight fundrai…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 6:14 PM

time to call it treason

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, The January 6th insurrection and the GOP’s feckless decision to stand by Donald J. Trump is proof enough: There is a Cold War raging for the future of our democrac…
  Admiral Franken · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Ben Franklin

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, It was Ben Franklin who, when asked what form of government the constitutional convention had produced, said: “A republic, if you can keep it.” Donald Trump’s elec…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 19, 2022 at 6:03 PM

Facebook ads

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Facebook took down some of Chuck Grassley’s ads against us – but not before they were seen by tens of thousands of people and targeted over one million: This is w…
  Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 19, 2022 at 1:01 PM

essentially my professional stalker

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Have you ever heard the term “tracker?” I know I hadn’t until I decided to run for office. “Trackers” are what political campaign staff call what are essentially p…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 18, 2022 at 11:30 PM

I have one big question...

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, The January 6th Committee is holding another prime time public hearing this week. One big question that still remains unanswered: What exactly was Chuck Grassley’s…
  Jordan · [email protected]
July 18, 2022 at 6:30 PM

my husband Michael and I

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello everyone, My husband Michael and I had the privilege of serving our nation together for almost three decades. Different schools, new doctors, different commute, pa…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 18, 2022 at 1:00 PM

I need to explain

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to my campaign against Chuck Grassley and help me protect our Democratic Senate majority. But before I do, let…
  Defeat Chuck Grassley · [email protected]
July 17, 2022 at 11:30 PM

Alexander Vindman

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, There is incredible news in the campaign against Chuck Grassley: FIRST: Three-star Admiral Mike Franken became the Democratic nominee for Senate against Chuck Gra…
  FiveThirtyEight update (via Franken for Iowa) · [email protected]
July 17, 2022 at 6:00 PM

the Des Moines Register's poll in Iowa

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Brand-new polling in Iowa’s critical Senate race shows that Republican Chuck Grassley is in real danger. For the first time since 1980, Grassley is polling below 5…
  POLLING UPDATE (via Franken for Iowa) · [email protected]
July 17, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Ann Selzer

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight calls Ann Selzer “the best pollster in politics.” Why? She knows Iowa better than anyone, overseeing almost every one of the Des Moin…
  Admiral Franken · [email protected]
July 16, 2022 at 11:30 PM

Grassley attacked me for being a vet

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Well, it didn’t take long. Less than an hour after I was declared the Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa, the attacks from Chuck Grassley began. “The most liber…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 16, 2022 at 6:05 PM

it took me some time to understand why

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, My mother worked alongside my dad in Lebanon Farm Shop well into their 70s. They refused assistance from their many children even after they lost their life saving…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 16, 2022 at 1:02 PM

Tucker Carlson

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, If you tune into Tucker Carlson these days, you’ll see a show that might as well have been written and produced by Russian state media. Fox News showcases the chas…
  Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 11:16 PM

6 hours

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, Fundraising is the worst part of running for elected office. But if we’re going to go up against Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell’s Super PACs and actually win, …
  Defeat Chuck Grassley · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 6:00 PM

$4,320,715

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, 27% That’s the percentage of Iowa voters that told the highly-respected Des Moines Register they wanted to reelect Republican Senator Chuck Grassley in their lates…
  Mike · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 1:00 PM

emergency meeting

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, My team just wrapped up an emergency fundraising meeting. Chuck Grassley has already started smearing me across the entire state with attack ads, and Mitch McConne…
  Iowa Senate Update · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 11:30 PM

Tucker Carlson coming tomorrow

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, This is urgent: Tucker Carlson is coming to Iowa tomorrow! Tucker Carlson’s show is just Russian propaganda at this point, but he has millions and millions of loya…
  Admiral Mike Franken · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 6:31 PM

the first campaign EVER

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe. Hello, This is going to be a longer email, but I promise it’s important. My campaign just announced that we raised over $2.8 million last quarter to defeat Chuck Grassley…