RE: This candidate will fight to protect and expand your Social Security.
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Nancy Altman, Social Security Works PAC
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We need to make sure Iowa’s next U.S. Senator is a Social Security champion like Tom Harkin.
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I wanted to make sure you saw Jon’s email about Josh Turek. Turek is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, and he’s running to carry on the legacy of Tom Harkin.
Harkin was the U.S. Senator from Iowa for 30 years and one of the Senate’s leading Social Security champions―introducing the original bill to expand benefits. He was also a relentless champion for disability rights.
Ever since Harkin left the Senate 12 years ago, Republican Joni Ernst has held his old seat, and disgraced his legacy by pushing to cut our hard-earned benefits. But now, Ernst is retiring and Josh Turek is running to replace her on a message of protecting and expanding Social Security.
We need to make sure Iowa’s next U.S. Senator is a Social Security champion like Tom Harkin.
In my twenty years of working on hundreds of elections, I’ve learned to trust my instincts. And my instinct is that the state most likely to flip completely on its head this cycle is…IOWA!!!
There’s no candidate in America quite like Iowa U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek. Josh is permanently disabled from birth, born with spina bifida as a result of his father’s exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. But Josh has never let his disability get him down. He’s a two-time Paralympian USA basketball gold medalist.
Josh has been a member of the Iowa State Assembly since 2022. He’s overcome obstacle after obstacle in his life, and now he’s going to fight for a Senate seat Republicans have held for the last 12 years. But it’s also a seat that was formerly held by Social Security champion Tom Harkin who introduced the original bill to protect and expand Social Security.
“We’re living today in a second gilded age, and I hope that (in reaction to it) will come a second New Deal, because out of the first gilded age came Social Security, the greatest safety net program in the history of the world.”
Josh will fight to protect and expand your Social Security. And he will be a key champion for Social Security Disability Insurance, a critical part of the program.
If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately, split evenly between Social Security Works and Josh Turek
Iowans know how critical Social Security is to seniors, surviving spouses and children, and people with disabilities. We need Josh’s leadership in the U.S. Senate and Iowa has a history of electing Social Security champions.
With your support, this is a seat we can flip this November.
Thanks,
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
Social Security Works PAC
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