Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D. MI) in support of former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:
Ted Strickland will make or break our fight to turn the Senate blue in 2016. That's no exaggeration -- his race could turn the tide for the rest of the nation.
That's why I'm throwing my full support behind Ted.
Ted is the man for the job. He is a passionate, effective progressive leader -- and a good friend. But his primary was yesterday, and we need to get serious. It's official, Ted is the nominee and millions (and millions!) of dollars in dark money ads already being run against him. So Ted has set an aggressive goal to raise $150,000 today, in his biggest single-day Moneybomb ever, from a groundswell of grassroots support across America.
Will you join Ted's moneybomb and prove that corporations can't buy Senate seats?
I truly believe in Ted. He's devoted to standing up for middle class families, for autoworkers, for making college affordable for every student, and for protecting retirement security for seniors. He'll bring values like equality and inclusion to the Senate -- values Washington desperately needs.
But to make sure Ted wins, and to make sure the billionaire class doesn't buy themselves a permanent friend in the Senate, there's no time to wait. We need to make sure Ted has the resources he needs now -- before the wealthy special interests spend any more money attacking him.
