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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 8:38 PM

an explanation

  Hello — I’m reaching out this afternoon to ask you to own a piece of our campaign by making a contribution today. But first, I need a moment to explain why your donation is so important. July is critical for our campaign. We’ve officially kicked off the general election, which means…
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  Team Hick · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 4:34 PM

The GOP’s playbook

  An inside look at the GOP’s playbook: STEP ONE: Major forecasters agree John Hickenlooper represents the Democrats’ best shot at flipping a Senate seat blue. He wins his primary and sends Republicans into a panic. STEP TWO: The GOP recognizes that Cory Gardner is the most vulnerable…
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  Team Hickenlooper · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 12:09 AM

This morning

  We’ve reached a turning point in this race, folks. This morning, Mitch McConnell and his right-wing donor network start $9 million in nasty attacks aimed at tearing this campaign down. Plus, Cory Gardner’s campaign has $10 million cash-on-hand. First, Republicans tried to meddle in …
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  Colorado Senate Update · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 8:15 PM

What happened yesterday

  Hello — Our mission is to defeat Cory Gardner and turn this Senate seat blue in November, so that Democrats can take back our government and end Mitch McConnell’s reign of terror in Washington. Yesterday, we won our primary — thanks to folks like you and a year’s work to build a div…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 4:09 PM

FWD: Thank you

  Hello, Moments ago, my team informed me that we reached our end-of-quarter goal — on top of winning our primary last night! Once again, thank you. I’m so grateful folks like you have joined our movement. Whether you pitch in $5 or $25, I’m proud to run a truly people-powered campaig…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 2:40 AM

Thank you

  We did it, folks! For years, I was a geologist. Then, I ran a brewpub in downtown Colorado. I wandered into politics because I believed I could make a difference in people’s lives. I’ve never quit believing that. Never more so than tonight. Moments ago — thanks to folks like you — I…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 9:57 PM

Appreciate

  Folks — I would really appreciate it if you would give a donation to my campaign before tonight’s deadline. The minute polls close tonight, Washington Republicans will hit the ground running with $9 million worth of ads attacking me to keep this seat red. I could really use your hel…
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  M.E. Smith for Team Hick · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Re: just got intel

  I had to make another tough call this morning so we could win this race. To be frank, we weren’t expecting the GOP to meddle in our primary as much as they are. The sheer number of attacks directed at our campaign these past couple of weeks has been alarming. We’ve had to rework our…
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  Hickenlooper.com · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 10:59 PM

Tomorrow

  Hello — Thank you for everything you’re doing to power our campaign during this difficult time. So many people have stepped up to give what they can, whether it’s $2 or $5 or even $25 to help us flip Colorado’s Senate seat blue. We’re grateful for your continued support. But to be h…
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  Hickenlooper for Colorado · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Mysterious and potentially illegal

  Here’s what you need to know — Cory Gardner is the most vulnerable Republican Senator in 2020. His approval ratings are plummeting, and the polls show John defeating him in November. But winning this race won’t be easy. Everything could change in the blink of an eye — especially sin…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 2:57 PM

This is difficult to admit

  Hello — I never imagined sending an email like this, but our country is facing an unprecedented series of crises that are impacting every inch of our society — including our campaign. We had to cancel our in-person fundraisers this quarter. Our average contribution has dropped as th…
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  [email protected] · [email protected]
June 28, 2020 at 11:58 PM

Re: projections

  We get it, folks — you’re probably sick of these emails. But they’re so incredibly important to the success of our campaign. As John’s finance team, it’s our job to make sure we hit every single fundraising goal so our projections stay on track to win this race. Ever since we cancel…
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  Hick 2020 · [email protected]
June 28, 2020 at 7:25 PM

John Hickenlooper needs you to donate just $4 today

  We’re asking you to pitch in just $4 today. Why? Well, Cory Gardner’s new ad explains it perfectly: Democrats only need to flip FOUR seats to take back the Senate majority this year. Polls show Democrats surging into the lead in FOUR battleground states like Arizona, Maine, North C…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 28, 2020 at 3:58 PM

Short note

  Hello — I’ll make this quick. Tuesday is our primary election, but it is also when we will close the books on the most important FEC fundraising deadline we’ve faced so far, which means we will have to report how much we’ve raised and from how many individual donors. As you likely k…
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  Team Hick · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 11:56 PM

Three photos

  Hey folks — See this guy? That’s John Hickenlooper (just a few years ago!). He’s a geologist-turned-brewer who is running for U.S. Senate because Coloradans are sick and tired of a failed leader who time and again stomps over Colorado to do President Trump’s bidding. Now, take a lo…
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  Hickenlooper HQ · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 7:58 PM

72 hours

  Team — In 72 hours, we’ll close the books on our end-of-quarter fundraising push. That’s a firm end date. We can’t make mistakes or extend our deadline. There’s no do-overs or second chances. Once the clock strikes midnight on June 30, we must report our numbers to the FEC — good or…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 4:00 PM

The minute

  Hello, The truth is it’s been a rough couple fundraising weeks for this campaign. The summer slump has hit us hard, and our fundraising has slowed down quite a bit. We’re getting hammered by attacks — Republicans have spent $2 million attacking me in the last three weeks alone. Our …
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  Hickenlooper HQ · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 8:21 PM

Attack blitz

  The next few days are extraordinarily critical to the success of our campaign. Whether or not we have what it takes to flip this seat and take back the Senate depends on how grassroots supporters like you respond today. Every major forecaster from The Hill to Politico to Nate Silver…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 2:53 PM

Our campaign is under attack

  Hello — Here’s an update on our race right now: Negative attacks against me have been poisoning Colorado’s airwaves and social media feeds — bankrolled by Mitch McConnell’s right-wing attack network and corporate special interests. Voters have been getting “mysterious” and likely …
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  [email protected] · [email protected]
June 25, 2020 at 9:35 PM

Re: Tuesday

  Hello — We’ve set two really important goals for our FEC deadline on Tuesday: Report as many individual donations as possible so everyone can see the strength of our campaign. Ensure we have the resources to respond to the current and future onslaught of GOP attacks as the general…
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  M.E. Smith for Team Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 25, 2020 at 5:15 PM

This will be hard to overcome

  Hello — I need to be brutally honest with you here: We set some ambitious online fundraising goals for June — enough, in our estimation, to win our primary and fight back against the GOP as we prepare for the general election. But the NRSC just launched a new vicious ad attacking Jo…
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  Team Hick · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 9:54 PM

Re: Tuesday’s primary election

  Hello — FIRST: This election became one of the Democrats most important races this year as John surged ahead in the polls against one of Mitch McConnell’s top allies in Washington, GOP Senator Cory Gardner. Great news! THEN: Republicans waged a brutal and dirty campaign to mislead v…
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  M.E., John, me (4) · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Looping you in

  Folks, Was just emailing with M.E. (see below) about Tuesday’s big day and wanted to loop you in. Not only is it our primary election, but we’ve got a huge FEC deadline to reach -- and we’re falling behind. Counting on you to come through here -- with $5, $10, whatever you feel comf…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 9:19 PM

Tuesday

  Hello — Next Tuesday is the most important day of our campaign so far and I want to explain exactly why: It’s our primary election, which means it’s the last day for Democrats across Colorado to select their nominee to face Republican Senator Cory Gardner. We’re in the lead, and I …
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  Hickenlooper 2020 · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 5:04 PM

Dirty tricks

  Here’s the deal — Cory Gardner is THE most vulnerable Republican up for re-election, which makes Colorado the Democrats’ best shot to pick up a Senate seat and end Mitch McConnell’s right-wing majority. But Republican groups are swooping into Colorado to try to save Gardner and atta…
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  Elizabeth Warren · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 11:23 PM

Colorado could decide who controls the Senate

  Democrats need to flip four seats to make sure we take back the U.S. Senate — and that starts right here in Colorado. I’m proud to endorse my friend John Hickenlooper because I know he’ll bring much-needed change to Washington. If you’re in a place to make a contribution, will you …
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 5:05 PM

As of 7:23 AM

  Today is just the Mondayest of Mondays, ain’t it? This morning, my team found a pretty big gap in our numbers just as we round the corner on our final deadline this quarter. Once our FEC report becomes public, everyone will see whether or not we have the resources to win this race. …
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  Colorado Senate Update · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 7:11 PM

Re: Republican tricks

  Hello — It feels like every other TV and digital ad in Colorado is a misleading attack designed to defeat John Hickenlooper and stop Democrats from flipping this Senate seat blue. We expected that. And thanks to your support, our campaign is on the air fighting back and telling the …
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Happy Father’s Day

  Father’s Day can be difficult for so many people. Please know that you are not alone. Happy Father’s Day, folks! I am the luckiest dad in the world and am so blessed to watch my son, Teddy, grow up into the man he is now. Father’s Day has always been bittersweet for me. My dad lost…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 4:58 PM

I have a question

  Hello, Since we launched this campaign, I have refused to accept a single cent from corporate PACs because I never want there to be a question of who I work for — that answer will always be you. Unlike my Republican opponent, I’m proud to run a truly people-powered campaign that rel…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM

Juneteenth

  Hello — In 1865, two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery, there were still about 250,000 enslaved people in Texas. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers came to Galveston, Texas with great news: The Civil War was over. All enslaved people…
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  Team Hick · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 10:50 PM

$11,065

  Uh oh — We just pulled our most recent fundraising numbers, and it’s not looking great. We’re still about $11,065 behind where we need to be to make up for our missed goal yesterday. We’re counting on grassroots supporters like you to help us fight back against all the Republican at…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 6:32 PM

$24,891

  Hello — This isn’t the news I had hoped to share this morning, but we fell short of our mid-month fundraising goal yesterday, which endangers our efforts to flip this Senate seat blue. So, I’m personally messaging you right now with an urgent, last-minute request to help us get back…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 12:36 AM

Short note

  Hello — Our mid-month fundraising deadline ends in just a few short hours. So, I’m going to make this short and sweet: This is your last chance to add a donation before the clock runs out — and the hard truth is we need your help to hit our goal. We’ve had a difficult start to the m…
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  Hickenlooper for Colorado · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 8:05 PM

Ugh

  Ugh — “Gardner, national Republicans tear into Hickenlooper in new TV ads” — Colorado Politics We’re falling behind our mid-month goal just as right-wing groups launch more misleading ads against John. If these ads go unanswered, we could lose. We cannot afford to miss this goal rig…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 4:03 PM

We’re only 36% to goal

  I’ll be honest, June has been a rough month for fundraising. Just take a look at these numbers my team sent me this morning — Our total raised for June is about 40% less than it was last month We’re only 36% of the way to our online email fundraising goal The number of people who g…
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  Team Hick · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Polls are narrowing in other states. Is Colorado next?

  Hello — We just learned that our Republican opponent launched another misleading attack ad against John today. This is on top of Mitch McConnell’s corporate donor network outspending us nearly 3:1 because they see our campaign ahead in the polls. The truth is, we didn’t expect them …
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 8:03 PM

Will you split a donation between these four Senate races so we can end Mitch McConnell’s majority?

  Here’s the truth: Democrats only need to flip four seats to take back the Senate majority and end Mitch McConnell’s reign of terror this November. As we speak, Mark Kelly in Arizona, Cal Cunningham in North Carolina, Sara Gideon in Maine, and our campaign here in Colorado lead in th…
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  Hickenlooper 2020 · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 4:12 PM

We don’t have enough money to fight back

  Folks — I am going to be as simple and direct as possible. We’re on pace to miss our mid-month fundraising goal tomorrow just as Republican groups launch their latest attack blitz against us. Moments ago, both Cory Gardner AND the NRSC went up with nasty attack ads vilifying John’s …
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  Colorado Senate Update · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 9:32 PM

Look:

  Colorado will decide Senate control, so the GOP is going all-out to defeat John and keep their majority red. Just look — Donald Trump has already visited Colorado multiple times to raise big bucks for our opponent and shore up his base. Now that he’s resuming campaign events, we’re…
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  M.E. Smith for Team Hick · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 6:47 PM

carefully selected

  Hello — Our quarterly FEC reporting deadline is fast approaching, and according to our team we’re a little behind on our goal. Actually, if I’m being honest with you, we’re a lot behind — we’re projected to fall short by about 30%. Terrible news, especially right now. Outside Republ…
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  Hickenlooper.com · [email protected]
June 14, 2020 at 11:03 PM

$7,843 short

  Hello — Wednesday is a big fundraising deadline for us, so we wanted to give you a quick rundown of where things stand: Our mid-month deadline is in three days and our FEC deadline is coming up in 16 days (when we report our numbers to the public). Our goal before midnight Wednesd…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 14, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Re: Wednesday’s big deadline

  Hello — I’m reaching out today because we have an important deadline coming up and I need your help. But before I ask you to contribute, let me explain why this request matters so much, especially today. Republican groups are planning to outspend our campaign nearly 3:1 in an attemp…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 10:34 PM

RE: our future

  Hello — This election is about far more than the petty, partisan politics that dominate Mitch McConnell’s Washington. This race is about what we will accomplish after we flip this Senate seat. The future of our country is at stake. Our government is rife with division and inaction w…
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  Hickenlooper 2020 · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 6:05 PM

The bottom line

  Folks, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and their slew of billionaire allies know that the entire Senate majority rests on Colorado. They’re desperately trying to save Cory Gardner’s seat to keep their grip on power. Gardner is vulnerable, so McConnell is calling in the cavalry from h…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 12, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Any day now

  I’ll be frank — My Republican opponent has the full backing of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and their right-wing billionaire network. Dark money groups and shady super PACs are cutting huge checks to fund attacks against me and secure my opponent another term. Everyone knows that …
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 6:40 PM

Can you answer a few questions?

  Hey there, My team is doing everything we can to build a campaign you can be proud of. So before we go over our priorities and strategy for the next phase of this race, it’s important to me that I hear directly from you. While Cory Gardner is too busy being Donald Trump’s favorite y…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 1:22 AM

If the GOP sees any weak spots in our report, they’ll be sure to send more attacks our way to tear down this campaign.

  Folks, In just a few hours, we’ll close the books on our most important FEC deadline to date. Once we file our report, everyone will see how much we’ve raised and from how many individual donors. Shortly after, our opponent, Mitch McConnell, and their right-wing corporate backers wi…
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  Team Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 9:41 PM

McConnell will stop at nothing to attack John

  Real quick — FIRST: Roll Call and The Hill ranked our opponent, Cory Gardner, as the most vulnerable Republican Senator up for re-election. Gardner’s approval rating is even lower than Trump’s! THEN: Mitch McConnell and his billionaire friends turned their attention to our race, dum…
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  John Hickenlooper · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 5:27 PM

I need a minute to explain

  I sent you an important message on Monday about today’s pre-primary FEC fundraising deadline — and we still have some work to do if we’re going to reach our goal and flip this Senate seat blue. The deadline is at midnight and we cannot afford to fall short or risk Mitch McConnell’s …
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