Yesterday afternoon, President Trump announced he would be selecting his Supreme Court nominee in early July — and he’s promised to appoint a judge who will overturn Roe v. Wade.
Now there are so many important issues facing our country at this moment in time — but none are more important than this one. Many fundamental rights hang in the balance with this Supreme Court pick, from marriage equality and voting rights to women’s health and the Affordable Care Act.
I promise you I am going to do everything in my power to stop Trump from appointing a right-wing ideologue to the Supreme Court. And I need your help to stay focused on this fight:
That means I need your help to ensure my re-election campaign is well-funded as we head into the midterms. At midnight tonight, we are facing our FEC fundraising deadline — and since I have had little time to fundraise this month, we are behind on our goals. So I am asking:
Can you make a donation of $10 or more to our campaign today? Every dollar you contribute in moments like this one helps me stay focused on doing the job you elected me to do. With a Supreme Court vacancy on the line, I hope you agree that this job has never been more important:
If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation to Senator Kamala Harris will go through immediately:
The fight over this Supreme Court seat is going to require each of us talking with our friends, families, and neighbors about the importance of the Court and the lasting impact it can have on our fundamental rights.
*** TJ Cox has been endorsed for CD-21 by the CDP ***
If you’re ever curious where David Valadao’s allegiances lie — just look to who’s bankrolling his campaign. So far, he’s been the beneficiary of:
⇒ A massive, $30,000 per plate fundraiser spearheaded by V.P. Mike Pence
. ⇒ A ritzy fundraiser held right here in Fresno, CA headlined by none other than Ivanka Trump
. ⇒ Over $200,000 from the oil and gas industry throughout his tenure in Congress
In contrast, TJ Cox’s is supported by grassroots activists across the country because TJ won’t sacrifice his principles of Medicare for All, a clean DREAM Act, or real legislative progress to protect the Central Valley’s environment.
*** Jessica Morse has been endorsed for CD-4 by the CDP ***
Campaign Overview:
Jessica Morse recently won her primary in Californa’s 4th Congressional district which includes Yosemite, Lake Tahoe and California’s Gold Country.
The current representative of CA-04, Tom McClintock, is a tea-party conservative and climate change denier whose proposals include commercializing Yosemite and clear-cutting Tahoe. McClintock doesn’t even live in the district.
A 5th-generation Northern Californian and a devoted public servant, Jessica spent a decade serving her country around the world as a national security strategist, working for the Defense Department, State Department, and USAID, including a year and a half in Baghdad at the height of the war. Having worked on the federal budget and with Congress, Jessica has a proven record of getting things done in Washington. She understands the needs of her community and our country. From a large Republican family in the district, Jessica has spent her life messaging effectively across the aisle. She is building a coalition of community leaders across the political spectrum who are eager for a representative in Congress who will champion solutions to community problems.
Our hard work, early organizing, and competitive fundraising are paying off. Jessica has raised over $1 million — out-raising the incumbent and making national headlines. Our race has been added to the DCCC’s target list, is one of OFA’s target districts, increased in Cook Report rating, is listed as one of LATimes’ top 10 flippable CA races. Jessica has secured the endorsement from the California Democratic Party and leaders like Reps. Brownley, DeSaulnier, Lofgren, Huffman, Khanna, and Swalwell and is one of the Arena candidates. Jessica mobilized volunteers to reach out to voters across all ten counties including a crew of students who knocked on doors and contacted voters throughout the district. Our volunteers have reached out to over 65,000 voters in the last two months. Jessica herself knocked on over 1,000 doors — she even ran into a bear while canvassing!
In the recent primary, McClintock’s vulnerability is apparent. With over 200,000 ballots cast, the district had a higher voter turnout than in previous mid-terms and one of the highest voter turnouts in the state. For the primary, Jessica’s campaign targeted Democrats who vote in primaries (not independents or republicans) and still, McClintock dropped from 63% to 51.8% of primary voters. Jessica beat McClintock outright in two of the ten counties. Jessica’s strong showing among the 5 challengers is due to her strength as a candidate, her strong campaign operations and her appeal across voters in the District.
Learn more about Jessica’s campaign here. Jessica is one of the ten Arena candidates — listen to her podcast interview here. See what the press is saying about her here.
*** TJ Cox has been endorsed for CD-21 by the CDP ***
Here’s a summary of what’s been going on in CA-21 over the last month:
FIRST: TJ Cox won his primary election and The New York Times called our race to unseat David Valadao one of the “top ten races to watch.”
. THEN: National Republicans started to PANIC. So they sent Ivanka Trump to our district to headline a huge fundraiser for incumbents like David Valadao (seriously).
. NOW:Our end-of-quarter FEC deadline is only two days away, but we are still $8,144 from hitting our grassroots fundraising target.
*** Tony Thurmond has been endorsed for State Superintendent of Public Instruction by the CDP ***
Friend,
In the June primary election, a small group of billionaires outspent our campaign3-to-1 in order to defeat Tony and advance the Betsy DeVos education agenda. But their plan to buy this election didn’t work. The billionaires’ candidate failed to receive over 50% of the vote. Now he and Tony are running neck and neck in the November runoff.
The billionaires will break the bank again to elect Tony’s opponent, so today we are launching our people-powered response: Ten for Tony – Beat the Billionaires.
Ten for Tony is a grassroots fundraising campaign to beat the billionaires and elect Tony Thurmond, the only candidate who will fight to keep public schools public. By signing up today to give $10 or more per month until November, you will contribute critical funds that allow Tony to get his message out to California voters.
$10 a month for five months = $50 for Tony. That might not seem like a lot compared to the billionaires, but our strength is in our numbers. Think about this:
If every Democratic delegate who voted for Tony to receive the Democratic Party endorsement gave $10 a month, we’d raise $121,950.
If every person who follows Tony on Facebook gave $20 a month, we’d raise over $1 million.
And that doesn’t even begin to cover the hundreds of thousands of educators, parents, students, and progressives who we can reach with your help.
Share Ten for Tony on Facebook, on Twitter, or forward this email to let your people know — we all have to step up to beat the billionaires and elect Tony Thurmond for California’s kids.
A few moments ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court.
As you well know, this Supreme Court vacancy puts issues that affect every single American in the balance — from a woman’s right to choose to equal rights under the law to privacy and our civil rights.
Given the high stakes of this seat, which I believe will determine the fate of many fundamentally protected constitutional rights, the American people should have a say in this decision.
The midterms are in just four months. We cannot and we should not vote on a nominee until after the American people have a chance to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
We’ve already seen the President’s list of potential SCOTUS nominees and they are non-starters. The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who will fight to protect your rights, not conservative ideologues.
I will not sit back and accept them to serve on the highest court in the land — and I hope you won’t either.
I know from personal experience — as a prosecutor and as a beneficiary of the landmark Brown vs. Board ruling desegregating our nation’s schools — that the decisions handed down by the court touch every aspect of our lives. The stakes don’t get any higher. Americans must be heard.
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