Looking at ActBlue early this morning before heading out to meet voters at a train station in suburban Oak Lawn, I noticed that, in the wee hours of the night, the contributions were still flying in from across the country. It’s great to know that when the campaign closes up shop for a few hours every night, our supporters are still hard at work, drumming up more contributions and spreading the word about our campaign for change here in Illinois’ Third U.S. Congressional District.
As of this morning, our campaign has received a total of 1,029 new contributions for almost $35,000.
We couldn’t have accomplished what we have so far without you.
We’re approaching the half-way mark of the “5,000 for Pera” challenge. With another 1,700 or so contributions, we’ll hit our mark. If you haven’t sent us a contribution already, please give today. If you’ve given, I hope you consider giving again.
Your contributions are well spent on direct mail, cable TV advertising and, of course, the important GOTV phase of the campaign.
I don’t know how many of you have seen this piece by Chicago Sun-Times reporter Carol Marin. The column (“Lipinski inherits ethical questions”)appeared in yesterday’s edition.
I know you have read about the differences between myself and the current Congressman on issues such as Iraq, choice, embryonic stem cell research, FISA and energy and the environment, but I think this story highlights another important difference between our campaigns and I hope you take time to read it.
Thank you all very much for your help. Please get in touch with our campaign at (708) 579-2834 if you have any questions. We’re here night and day.
For more information, please visit www.PERA08.com.
Sincerely,
Mark
— cross posted at PrairieStateBlue, DailyKos, MyDD and OpenLeft.