Dear Lucas,
With your help, we're going to win in Wisconsin. Let me tell you how.
We recently told you about the five pro-choice Democratic women who are running for state Senate in Wisconsin. There are six Republican Senators being recalled because of their support for Governor Scott Walker's plan to strip state workers of their right to bargain for a fair wage and tearing apart Wisconsin's schools -- a direct attack on Wisconsin women and their families.
Now I want to tell you about our aggressive Wisconsin WOMEN VOTE! Project to help these five progressive champions win and turn the Wisconsin state senate from red to blue.
EMILY's List is working to create a targeted television and online ad campaign to build name recognition and support for our women, a detailed get-out-the-vote plan, and organizing the boots on the ground that will help us win. With Election Day in Wisconsin just weeks away, we need to move fast.
A generous donor has agreed to match every contribution to Wisconsin WOMEN VOTE! dollar-for-dollar. Click here to make a contribution on our ActBlue page and support our plan for victory in Wisconsin. Every dollar you give today is worth two!
Here's what's at stake in these special recall elections. Locally, it means repudiating the anti-worker, anti-family policies Governor Scott Walker and his Republican allies jammed through the process. It means changing the face of Wisconsin politics and turning the state Senate from Republican to Democratic control.
Nationally, there is even more at stake. We're already seeing corporate cash being poured into Wisconsin, trying to prop up the GOP candidates. All across the country, Republican governors and state legislatures are pushing a radical right-wing agenda, going after workers' rights, stripping funding for progressive priorities like health care and education, and -- do I even need to tell you? -- eradicating a woman's right to reproductive health and choices.
When we help these five women win in Wisconsin and turn the state Senate blue, we will send a powerful message to Republicans in all 50 states and here in Washington, D.C.: mess with women workers, and you will pay the price.
Most important, victories in these special recall elections, organized by activists outraged by GOP overreaching, will give the progressive Democratic movement the momentum we need in 2012 to win at every level, from the White House on down.
These five women, running to represent their local districts in the Wisconsin state Senate, have the opportunity to make a real impact on our nation. But they can't do it without your help.
We will win in Wisconsin, with your help. Thank you.
Take care,
Stephanie Schriock
President