I’m not blowing smoke when I say that the 2026 Midterm cycle is one of the most important slate of elections of my lifetime.
With battlegrounds all across the country, you might be surprised to learn that I just can’t take my eyes off of Iowa. Seriously!
The National Journal said Rob Sand “might be the strongest Democrat running statewide anywhere in the country this cycle,” and listed Iowa on their list of 10 most flippable governor’s races.
My decades of experience are telling me the same thing.
While the field of partisan insiders clamoring to take on Rob is particularly messy, polls show that Rob and his team are in the driver’s seat.
In fact, a recent poll showed Rob leading one of his possible opponents by 2 points. And Cook Political Report just moved the race to a TOSS-UP.
I don’t need to tell you what a big deal this is.
The partisans running the show for the last decade have underfunded public schools, endangered folks’ health care, closed rural hospitals, and watched as jobs, opportunities, and people leave Iowa to go elsewhere.
Look, we’ve been burned by Iowa before, but polling and on-the-ground sentiment is that Iowans are ready for something better.
Rob Sand is the best candidate — and perhaps the only one — who can speak to the concerns of everyday Iowans, regardless of their political leanings.
Our country is at a crossroads, and your voice matters now more than ever.
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Poppy managed to score 3 bagels off the counter today while I was baking. While she’s in her carb coma, I’ve got a quick note for you.
We’re less than three weeks out from the June primary, ballots are already in mailboxes, and my opponents are spending millions trying to drown us out on the airwaves.
I’m up against a billionaire, a Big Oil-backed candidate, and MAGA Republicans who think if they spend enough money, they can buy their way onto November’s ballot.
I got into this race because Californians are getting crushed by costs. Housing is too expensive. Health care is too expensive. Child care is too expensive. College is too expensive.
I’m running to actually lower costs for working people.
And here’s what’s at stake: there’s a chance TWO MAGA Republicans advance to November with no Democrat on the general election ballot.
I don’t take corporate PAC money, and I’m not bankrolling my own campaign. I’m powered by people giving what they can because they want a governor who will fight for them—not for Big Oil, not for corporate lobbyists, and not for billionaires.
But that decision set me on the path I’m on today, running in the runoff election for Texas’ 33rd Congressional District, fighting for a chance to represent the community that raised me.
I was proud to join the AFL-CIO for its International Workers Day Celebration earlier this month! The fight for fair wages, safe workplaces, and the right to organize is far from over, and I’ll always be on the side of workers.
As you probably know already, I started out running for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat.
The campaign we built for that race was nothing short of extraordinary. We had the energy. We had the momentum. And while the path ahead was challenging, I was all in and ready to fight to the very end.
But last December, it became clear that Texas’ Senate race was headed for a bruising, costly Democratic primary – one that would make us collectively weaker in the fight against the MAGA Republicans in control of our state right now.
I thought long and hard about what that would look like and the impact it would have on Texans. I looked back on all the people I met traveling across the state: folks in union halls, churches, barbershops, and small businesses. And I paused on the honest conversations I had with those hardworking folks, the struggles they shared, and the trust they placed in me.
It was those people – people like you – who made me realize that I needed to go in a different direction. That’s when I made the tough decision to step back from Texas’ U.S. Senate race and instead run to represent TX-33.
Here’s the irony of it all: I ended my Senate campaign to avoid a messy Democratic primary runoff – but now I’m in a runoff of my own, here in Texas’ 33rd Congressional District.
I’m ready to fight like hell to make sure the people who live here are taken care of, and the reality is, I’m the best and only Democrat in this race who can get the job done.
Unlike my opponent, I’m building a grassroots movement and rejecting all corporate PAC donations – and when I was in Congress, I never traded a single stock.
She’s taken hundreds of thousands in PAC money.
She’s one of the top congressional stock traders in the entire country.
Yes, we’re both Democrats, but the contrast between us couldn’t be clearer.
If we want actual change in this country, we have to fix the system. Undo the status quo. Elect leaders who legislate based on the needs of their communities, not big corporations or their own stock portfolios.
That’s exactly what I promise to do, but right as folks are starting to cast their ballots, my opponent is dishing out baseless attacks left and right in an effort to undermine the work I’ve put into this campaign and this state.
You know how hard we’ve fought to build this movement into what it is today. And I hope that, with Election Day right around the corner, you’ll help me defend it.
👋🏾 Before you leave, please read this important message.
Colin Allred is running in Texas’ 33rd Congressional District to fight for the community that raised him. He’s a former civil rights lawyer, NFL linebacker, and Congressman who’s working to return to Washington this November.
Unlike his opponent, he doesn’t take any corporate PAC donations, so he’s truly relying on grassroots support from people like you to help him win next Tuesday.
If you want to elect a bold champion for working families and help flip the House blue, will you chip in $25 to Colin’s campaign today?
It seems impossible, but somehow Donald Trump has become more unhinged that ever before.
Just in the last few weeks, he has:
❌ Dropped an f-bomb on Easter ❌ Shared an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus ❌ Picked a fight with the Pope ❌ Proposed a UFC fight in his backyard ❌ Bulldozed part of the White House
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found 61% of Americans — including 3 in 10 Republicans — agree that Trump has "become erratic with age."