The people of Maryland’s first district are tired of being let down by the old political establishment. Dave Harden is running for Congress to build an economy and society that lifts all people up to reach their potential and leaves no one behind.

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  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Thank You

I want to congratulate Heather Mizeur on her victory yesterday. She now carries the torch of democracy forward in the First District against Andy Harris. Our democracy is at risk, and Harris is a fundamental threat to our nation. Good luck Heather! JOHN, I want to congratulate …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 19, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Primary Election Day

We have had an extraordinary journey together. Thank you for being a part of our campaign. Here is where we started in May 2021. Watch our launch video below. JOHN, We have had an extraordinary journey together. Thank you for being a part of our campaign. Here is where we star…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 18, 2022 at 4:54 PM

Tomorrow is Game Day

Here is where we started. Watch our launch video below. JOHN, Here is where we started. Watch our launch video below. Here is where we are now. With your vote tomorrow, here is where we are going. Thank you for joining us on this campaign to defend our democracy, build our e…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 17, 2022 at 9:21 PM

Please Vote on Tuesday

We started on this journey in May 2021 by launching our campaign video in Rock Hall. Watch our video below. JOHN, We started on this journey in May 2021 by launching our campaign video in Rock Hall. Watch our video below. Our campaign is from this district, of this district, a…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 16, 2022 at 7:39 PM

We’ve got this

Andy Harris knows that I will take his base in November. The watermen, farmers, and the working folks on the Eastern Shore and across this District support me. Dear JOHN, Andy Harris knows that I will take his base in November. The watermen, farmers, and the working folks on th…
  Marty Lostrom · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 9:49 PM

Fwd: Hold the Line

Dave asked if we could forward this important email to his top supporters. Please read his important message below. We're also counting down the days to the primary. Can you rush in a donation to help us in these final days leading up to July 18th? Thanks, Dave asked if we could f…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 9:45 PM

Hold the Line

Andy Harris is trying to break our democracy. Together, we will hold the line. This week, the January 6th Committee revealed that Andy Harris attended a December 21, 2020 meeting at the White House in a concerted effort to thwart the 2020 election and plot an attack on the Capitol. …
  Marty Lostrom · [email protected]
July 13, 2022 at 9:16 PM

Did you catch Dave's message?

Hey there JOHN. It's Marty, Dave's Campaign Manager here checking in with you about last evening's email about the January 6 hearings. As you heard yesterday in the hearing and from Dave, Andy Harris is a direct threat to our democracy. He conspired with Donald Trump and other GOP members of Congr…
  Team Harden · [email protected]
July 12, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Andy Harris’ Traitorous Role in the Insurrection

Dear JOHN, Andy Harris and other January 6th insurrectionists tried to break our democracy. Today, we learned of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election by galvanizing far-right militias to descend on Washington as Congress met to confirm his defeat. Andy Harris was party to this insu…
  Team Harden · [email protected]
July 11, 2022 at 10:00 PM

Our Signs are Going Like Hotcakes!

Folks love our yard signs. We are placing a rush order and we need your help. Can you chip in $45 for a pack of five yard signs? Remember, early voting ends July 14th and election day is July 19th. Please vote. Dear JOHN, Folks love our yard signs. We are placing a rush order…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 10, 2022 at 11:33 PM

Where I come from

Where I come from .... ...the fire department is everything, ...they host the carnivals and the crab feasts, ...then they save your mom. That's where I come from. Dear JOHN, Where I come from .... ...the fire department is everything, ...they host the carnivals and the crab f…
  Team Harden · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 10:55 PM

Early Voting

We are the campaign of courage. Marty Lostrom, a lifelong Democrat and fierce supporter of women’s rights, bucked the establishment and joined our team as its campaign manager. Marty gave up her quiet life, jumped into the political arena to run our insurgent campaign. Courage. Tarence Bailey has …
  Team Harden · [email protected]
July 8, 2022 at 7:36 PM

Courage

We are the campaign of courage. Marty Lostrom, a lifelong Democrat and fierce supporter of women’s rights, bucked the establishment and joined our team as its campaign manager. Marty gave up her quiet life, jumped into the political arena to run our insurgent campaign. Courage. Tarence Bailey has …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 7, 2022 at 9:49 PM

Harden Campaigns as a Centrist

Dear [ ], Early voting starts today, and the Baltimore Banner profiled our campaign. Here is what the Banner had to say: Harden said he’s building a campaign focused on economic solutions that will appeal to “Hogan Republicans.” “I’m running in rural communities for people who have been left behin…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 9:16 PM

Last Night in Snow Hill

Dear JOHN, Dave’s campaign is making national news as the new democrat with the vision, leadership, and message to win in our rural counties. Dave has the momentum to win the primary this July 19th and to take the fight to Andy Harris in November. Here is what Axios had to say this morning. …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 5, 2022 at 10:10 PM

National Momentum

Dear JOHN, Dave’s campaign is making national news as the new democrat with the vision, leadership, and message to win in our rural counties. Dave has the momentum to win the primary this July 19th and to take the fight to Andy Harris in November. Here is what Axios had to say this morning. …
  Team Harden · [email protected]
July 4, 2022 at 9:22 PM

In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which t…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 3, 2022 at 8:20 PM

The Democrat Who’s Flipping the Campaign Script

This July 4th weekend, the New York Times featured our campaign in its lead opinion: The Democrat Who’s Flipping the Campaign Script. Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Farah Stockman, and her photographer Matt Roth, spent four days with us on the Eastern Shore highlighting our rural community. Read…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 2, 2022 at 11:54 PM

Nov. 9, 2022: Heather Mizeur loses to Andy Harris in a Landslide

Dear JOHN, NOVEMBER 9, 2022: HEATHER MIZEUR LOSES TO ANDY HARRIS IN A LANDSLIDE Can you imagine that headline? We’ll have Andy Harris in Congress for another two years. Two more years of Q-Anon nonsense. Andy Harris defeated the last far-left candidate by 27% in 2020. He’ll crush Mizuer if she is …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Life on the Trail

We started on this journey in May 2021 by launching our campaign video in Rock Hall. Our campaign is from this district, of this district, and for this district. We are Maryland. Join us in the final sprint to the primary. Chip in today if you can. Ask for yard signs. Vote. Help us win the primary…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 9:32 PM

Fwd: We can’t afford to fall behind

Hey there JOHN, Dave Harden here. I wanted to check in and bring this email from my team back to the top of your inbox. We’ve got just a few hours left before the mid-month fundraising deadline passes, and I’m still a bit short on my goal. Andy Harris isn’t going to slow down, and we can’t either.…
  Maryland HQ · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 2:16 PM

Keeping pace

Friends, Today is the final FEC filing deadline of the primary campaign here in Maryland, and if we want to keep our momentum up, we’re going to need your help. Will you contribute $25 right now to help Dave close in on his end-of-quarter deadline goal? Andy Harris has the backing of high-profile …
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 29, 2022 at 9:33 PM

One day to finish strong

JOHN, At the end of this quarter, we will face the final public FEC report of the primary, and we want to show that our momentum can continue into July. That’s why it’s so important that Dave hits this fundraising goal of $8,000. Can you help us finish our second quarter fundraising on a strong no…
  DEADLINE ALERT via Harden for Congress Finance Team · [email protected]
June 28, 2022 at 9:22 PM

The quarter ends in TWO DAYS

⏰ DEADLINE ALERT: Q2 ENDS IN JUST TWO DAYS ⏰ The fundraising quarter ends in two days and Dave is still $900 away from his goal. That means we need to raise $450 per day before Thursday night ends! A few of Dave’s most generous donors have just offered to triple match all donations over the next 4…
  Harden HQ · [email protected]
June 27, 2022 at 8:49 PM

Make the right choice

Friends, Dave’s opponents just simply aren’t going to cut it in Washington. Andy Harris has been in Congress for a decade, and he has yet to do anything meaningful for our community. Heather Mizeur has been in the Maryland State Legislature, raising taxes and taking contributions from corporate do…
  Harden, D. · [email protected]
June 26, 2022 at 9:58 PM

We show up

This is how we win This is how we win as we sprint to the primary. We show up. We listen. This is how we win. This is how we win as we sprint to the primary. We show up. We listen. We have the guts and the vision. We are in the final sprint to the primary. We need your help …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 25, 2022 at 4:44 PM

A Perfect Storm

We are facing a perfect storm. Yesterday, the Supreme Court rolled back 50 years of precedent, placing big government in the middle of a woman’s most intimate health and reproductive decisions. We are facing a perfect storm. Yesterday, the Supreme Court rolled back 50 years of…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 4:02 PM

Elections have real consequences

Today, the Supreme Court reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, placing big government in the middle of one's most intimate health and reproductive decisions. Elections have real consequences. Today, the Supreme Court reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, placing big governmen…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 9:42 PM

There’s a name missing

I want you to take a look at this image below. It shows exactly what investments will be made in Maryland as a result of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and it shows which representatives are responsible for those investments. My friend, I want you to take a look at this ima…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 9:32 PM

January 6th Hearings

Yesterday the nation heard patriots tell their stories. Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R) resisted repeated overtures from President Donald Trump and his allies to change his state’s 2020 presidential election results because he saw no evidence supporting Trump’s claims of fraud and…
  Harden for Congress HQ · [email protected]
June 21, 2022 at 7:48 PM

Alt-Right Andy must be held accountable

JOHN, Andy Harris has some explaining to do... First: Andy Harris voted "NO" on certifying Pennsylvania and Arizona’s electoral votes on January 6th, right after violent insurrectionists attacked the Capitol. Then: Andy Harris tried to fight another member of Congress on the House floor, tried to …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 20, 2022 at 8:44 PM

We are 1 month away

JOHN, Early Voting for the Primary Election starts Thursday, July 7, 2022 and runs through Thursday, July 14, 2022, voting hours are 7 am until 8 pm. We need your support, and we need your early vote. Last night the January 6th Committee began its hearings. It’s clear, Andy Harris is a threat to o…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 20, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Another Harris Landslide? Oh no...

As the January 6th hearings demonstrate, Andy Harris is a fundamental risk to our district and our country. And yet, Harris is poised for another landslide victory in November if Heather Mizeur is the Democratic nominee. Harris has the “goods” on Mizeur. He knows: Mizeur voted to raise taxes 40 ti…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 19, 2022 at 3:21 PM

Father's Day

The steers broke through the fence early one morning last week. Dad jumped into the truck and started tracking them down. He taught me long ago to work hard, care about your job, and produce results. Dad’s 83 now - and he is still teaching me valuable lessons. A few hours later he corralled the st…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Juneteenth

I attended Mechanicsville Elementary, Westminster West Middle, and Westminster High School. I studied hard and learned the critical thinking skills necessary to compete with the best talent in our nation. Not bad for a small town country boy from Carroll County. While I am grateful for my public s…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Switching parties

JOHN, As I’ve campaigned across Maryland’s 1st Congressional District my focus on commonsense, kitchen-table issues and preservation of democracy has been well-received by Democrats, Independents, and even Republicans fed up with Andy Harris’s failure to deliver for the district and appalled by hi…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 16, 2022 at 10:46 PM

Fwd: We can’t afford to fall behind

Hey there JOHN, Dave Harden here. I wanted to check in and bring this email from my team back to the top of your inbox. We’ve got just a few hours left before the mid-month fundraising deadline passes, and I’m still a bit short on my goal. Andy Harris isn’t going to slow down, and we can’t either.…
  Harden Finance Team · [email protected]
June 16, 2022 at 5:33 PM

We can’t afford to fall behind

Dave needs your help before tonight ends. If we don’t raise an additional $725 by then, we’ll fall behind on our quarterly fundraising goal with just two weeks left in Q2. We can’t afford to fall behind now, especially after the hard work we’ve all put into this race. Can you rush in $25 now and g…
  Maryland HQ · [email protected]
June 15, 2022 at 9:25 PM

What Dave brings

JOHN, There is just over a month until the Maryland primary election, and Dave is locked in a tough race. And if he emerges victorious, there will be yet another tough race ahead against Tea Party banner boy Andy Harris in November. Can you chip in now to ensure Dave is prepared to win these tough…
  Harden HQ · [email protected]
June 14, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Andy Harris isn’t your friend

Andy Harris is no champion of the people, though he likes to pretend he is. And he is certainly not one of our braver members of Congress. While he hides behind the skirts of more vocal radicals in the Republican Party, Andy quietly reaps the benefits in fundraising and momentum. …
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 13, 2022 at 9:06 PM

Andy Harris’ transgressions

JOHN, Andy Harris has taken enough from his constituents without giving anything back. It’s time to fight back and replace him with a member of Congress who will actually listen to those he represents – regardless of their party affiliation. But to do that, we need your help. Dave has a mid-month …
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 13, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Thank you for your joining our movement!

JOHN, It's Dave here, I wanted to thank you so much for being a part of this campaign and this journey with me as I work to become your next Congressman for Maryland's First District. No doubt about it, this is going to be a long and difficult road. But the First District has …
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 12, 2022 at 6:04 PM

The June Harden Herald

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  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 11, 2022 at 3:12 PM

Clear choice

Dear friend, Early Voting for the Primary Election starts Thursday, July 7, 2022 and runs through Thursday, July 14, 2022, voting hours are 7 am until 8 pm. We need your support, and we need your early vote. Thursday night, the January 6th Committee began its hearings. It’s clear, Andy Harris is a…
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 10, 2022 at 9:15 PM

Profits over service

Heather Mizeur profits from politics. She TRANSFERRED $195,705.67 from her 2014 gubernatorial campaign to her non-profit corporation, Miz Maryland Inc, which does business as Soul Force Politics. But Heather Mizeur’s lobbying efforts WHILE serving as a Takoma Park Delegate in the Maryland General …
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 10, 2022 at 12:06 PM

The Battle for Democracy

Andy Harris and others January 6th insurrectionists are trying to break our democracy Not on our watch. The lines are drawn. Join us as we protect and defend democracy against the rise of authoritarianism. We need your help today. Friends, Andy Harris and other January 6th ins…
  Dave Harden · [email protected]
June 9, 2022 at 9:21 PM

Voters for Andy Harris

Some of you should vote for my opponent, CONGRESSMAN ANDY HARRIS! IF YOU THINK the January 6th insurrectionists were tourist, HE IS YOUR GUY IF YOU LIKE paying five bucks for a gallon of gas, HE IS YOUR GUY. IF YOU WANT a country where women can no longer make their own decisions about their bodie…
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 8:58 PM

Insider Self-Dealing

Let me tell you about my primary opponent Heather Mizeur. Mizeur worked as a federal lobbyist WHILE serving as a delegate for Takoma Park in Maryland’s General Assembly. Here is a listing of corporate clients and fees. She TRANSFERRED $195,705.67 from her 2014 gubernatorial campaign to her non-pro…
  Team Harden · [email protected]
June 7, 2022 at 9:08 PM

The Sprint

My friends, Early voting for the primary starts July 7th. Election day is July 19th. The game is on and we are with the people throughout Maryland’s First District. We met hundreds of voters at the First Friday street festival in Havre De Grace. Folks are worried about inflation, gas prices, a rol…
  Issue Survey -- via Harden for Congress HQ · [email protected]
June 6, 2022 at 8:50 PM

What are your thoughts??

Team, We are just over a month out from the primary election here in MD-01, and the support Dave and the team have received from all of you has been astounding. Now, as we head into the final month of quarter 2 and prepare for the primary election, we'd like to get your thoughts on the issues. Dav…