Donate to These Democratic Statehouse Candidates

DesMoinesDem posted this pitch over at Bleeding Heartland, asking people to donate to their favorite Statehouse Democrat. The end of their first reporting period is on Wednesday and all of the candidates are working hard to reach their fundraising goals. Every little bit helps.

If you can spare some cash for a good Democrat, today or tomorrow would be an excellent time to donate.

May 14 is the last day of the current reporting period, and the media as well as the Republican Party will be scrutinizing those fundraising totals to figure out where the strong and weak candidates are.

So far during this reporting period, I've donated to five candidates for the Iowa legislature:

Jerry Sullivan

Eric Palmer

Elesha Gayman

McKinley Bailey

Nate Willems

Speaking of Nate, here is an update on his campaign that I received by e-mail recently:

Today I am putting online Natewillems.com. I am calling it a "1.0" because the site is still in its infancy. It covers the essentials, though, and should give you a sense as to what is motivating me to run to represent House District 29. Please take a moment to visit http://www.natewillems.com

May 14th is the last day this campaign's first reporting period. These early reporting periods are the most crucial to my campaign. Though this seat has been held by a Democrat for 12 years, the Republicans will look at any open seat as a potential opportunity to take a seat back. I need to raise as much money as possible in these early reporting periods to dissuade the Republicans from investing heavily in District 29.

We are very close to having raised $30,000 in the first two months of this campaign. Please consider making a contribution today through my ActBlue account:

https://secure.actblue.com/con...

Of course, we do still have a regular mailbox: Citizens for Willems, P.O. Box 213, Lisbon, IA 52253.

Many of you have already donated. I thank you again very much for your donation, but ask that you consider making another contribution to get us past this $30,000 goal.

Many of you are intending to donate at some point and I ask you to make your contribution now.

There are thousands of doors yet for me to knock on and countless people to meet. With your financial support, I can spend more time knocking on door and less time raising money. https://secure.actblue.com/con...

Don't forget, take a look at www.natewillems.com

Thank you very much. I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Nate

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(319) 929-4543

Please find a good Democrat and make a donation today.

I have added Jerry Sullivan and Nate Willems to the Iowa Blogs - Expanding the Majority ActBlue page. As well as Sullivan and Willems, Elesha Gayman, Eric Palmer, and McKinley Bailey are still listed from last month.

I strongly urge you to donate to any of these candidates or another Democrat running for the state legislature.