Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of former Governor Ted Strickland’s (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign:
Our 2012 campaign was tough. Really tough. We ended up spending $42 million – a crazy amount of money – to win in Massachusetts. It was the most expensive Senate race of 2012.
But that seems like a cakewalk compared to what Ted Strickland is facing right now in Ohio.
In Massachusetts, my opponent and I signed a pledge to keep super PAC attack ads off the air. But in Ohio, thanks to the Koch brothers, the NRA, and their allies, there’s been more dark money than any other Senate race in the nation.
Ted Strickland has been a darn tough fighter – even as he is facing an obscene $59 million in attacks from Republican Rob Portman and his billionaire backers.
That’s why I’m in Ohio right now standing with Ted. We’re traveling across Ohio this weekend, and you wouldn’t believe the energy we’re seeing at Ted’s events. Voters desperately want change in the Senate, and they want to give our friend Sherrod Brown a strong partner to fight for Ohio families.
Despite all the TV ads, the polls in Ohio are still close. And from everything I’m seeing here on the ground in Ohio, Ted can win with a strong grassroots finish. But he needs money to fight back against all these attacks. With less than eight weeks to go, let’s help Ted fight back.
At this point in my election, the polls were all over the place – the most recent one had us down by four points. But we rolled up our sleeves and got to work – knocking on more doors and making more phone calls than any campaign in Massachusetts’ history. Knowing that we won fair and square with the strongest grassroots army that Massachusetts had ever seen made our eight-point victory even sweeter.
Early voting here in the Buckeye State starts in just in just 25 days. And decisions about how many organizers to hire, how many offices to open – even how many stickers and yard signs to print – are being made right now. Your contribution will help one of my favorite Democratic Senate candidates finish his campaign strong, and give us the seats we need to take back the Democratic majority next year.
Grassroots supporters are how we won my Senate race in 2012 – and how Ted will win in 2016.
