Jeanne's Cookies: One billionaire writing one giant check

Friday, September 4, 2026

One billionaire writing one giant check

Hi, $3.6 million goes far in Ohio.

That’s either 720,000 grassroots donors giving $5 each…

Or, that’s one tech billionaire – in this case, Peter Thiel – writing a giant check.

$3.6 million is how much Thiel just dumped into TV ads for Jon Husted, and over the past week alone, these ads have been shown to Ohio voters hundreds, if not thousands, of times.

Here’s the reality: If Thiel keeps spending this much every week until the election, we’ll be outspent and drowned out on the airwaves – and we can say goodbye to our chances of flipping this seat and the Senate.

So we need your help today. Sherrod is proud of the fact that he doesn’t rely on billionaires like Thiel to fund this campaign – he depends on folks like you chipping in $5 or just a few bucks at a time.

But more GOP money is on the way, and we urgently need to raise more resources to stay competitive with Husted and his billionaire buddies so we can reach Ohio voters with our message.

Will you give $5 or more today so we can meet our daily goal of $300,000 before midnight? Your donation will be put to work immediately to help us flip Ohio and take back the Senate.

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Thank you,

Team Sherrod

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When you love your country, you fight for the people who make it work.

Hey there! It's Sherrod Brown.

There's nobody fighting for Ohioans in the U.S. Senate right now, and I won't sit on the sidelines while working people get screwed over by large corporations and wealthy political donors.

If you work hard, you should be able to afford a decent life. But the reality is, life is too expensive. Costs are going up. Wages are staying stagnant. Working people are working harder than ever before, and they're not getting their share of the profit.

This campaign is all about changing that – and election analysts say we have a strong shot at winning in November.

But I'll need your help to pull it off: My opponent is a Washington insider being propped up by the Republican establishment, and he's got virtually unlimited resources.

That's not how our campaign works. We're a grassroots movement, and that means we rely on ordinary people chipping in a couple bucks. If you're able, please make a donation of any amount today. It could be what helps us flip Ohio and the Senate.

If you'd like to receive exclusive updates from my team, you can text "OHIO" to 64054.

Thank you.