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 | | | | Hi Jeanne. | | Here's a photo of my grandparents, Arnfred and Christine, on their wedding day in 1905. That was seven years before they picked out a flat piece of grassland just outside Big Sandy to build their homestead. | .png) | | That patch of loamy, alkaline clay-soil is the same one where I grew up; and where Sharla and I raised our kids and still farm the land. | | Things weren't easy for Fred and Christine. They suffered devastating windstorms, bitter cold, shooting fire, poisonous snakes – pretty much everything but locusts. And in the late teens, the drought hit, wiping out the farm entirely. My grandparents were forced to leave. | | But they were determined to return to their homestead. They saved up enough to start all over again on the same little piece of land. They had a couple hundred acres to their name, a newly-built barn, a windmill, their healthy son and daughters (including newborn Helen, my mom), strong muscles, and the powerful work ethic that built rural America. | | I first ran for office to make sure our government was serving hardworking Americans like my grandparents a hundred years ago. Folks like our teachers, farmers, and construction workers deserve a government that works for them. | | But too many Washington politicians are deep in the pockets of right-wing special interests. They promise one thing when the camera is rolling, then make secret backroom deals with their wealthy megadonors. | | That's not how I operate, and it's why we're running this campaign differently. I'm counting on grassroots folks like you chipping in what you can, when you can, to build a team strong enough to take on the outside groups and Republican attacks. | | Can I count on you to split a contribution today between my campaign and Catherine's? Your donation (no matter the size) *sows the seeds* of our movement, ensuring we grow and build the resources we need to win. | | If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your split donation between Jon Tester and Catherine Cortez Masto will go through immediately: | | Thanks for your support. Together, we can keep me in Washington fighting for the little guy. | | Jon | | | |
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