I was inspired by the community I grew up in to run for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat

Please let me tell you why. [Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate] Hi {NAME}, it’s Lucas Kunce. I was inspired by the community I grew up in to run for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat. Please let me tell you why: [Photos of Lucas with family and friends in his old neighborhood.]( I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in mid-Missouri. It was one of those places where the curbs crumbled into the streets and the sidewalks were so tilted you couldn’t really walk on them — though they made a pretty good bike ramp for all of us kids. We all ran in and out of each other’s houses, everyone’s parents took care of everyone. It was a magical place to live. Like so many families, mine lived paycheck-to-paycheck — and when my littlest sister was born with a heart condition, we were bankrupted by medical bills. Our family got by thanks to the generosity of our community — most people had no more money than we did, but helped us anyway. Our neighbors and friends took the rest of us kids into their homes while my parents were with my sister at the hospital over 100 miles away. And when we were all home together, they brought more meals by the house than we could ever hope to eat. Their support helped me go to college, and after that I joined the Marines to honor everything our community did for me and my family growing up. But when I came home between tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, I found that old magical place picked for parts — our local corner store was boarded up, our family’s first home in the neighborhood was bulldozed to the ground. Now it’s an empty lot: [Photo of empty lot in Jefferson City where Lucas' childhood home once stood.]( While all of us were risking our lives to build up towns like Habbaniyah, Fallujah, and Herat, career politicians and corporate elites like Josh Hawley let our towns and neighborhoods at home waste away. And then, after spending 20 years and $6.4 trillion on pointless forever wars and defense contractors, they couldn’t figure out how to invest a fraction of that amount back into our own country. I’m running for U.S. Senate because it’s time everyday Missourians — people who know how to take care of each other, like the ones in my old neighborhood — called the shots in this country. [And today, I’m asking for your support to help me make it happen.]( [Photo of Lucas standing on the steps of the New Madrid County courthouse with local leaders.]( If you’re ready to take back power from the giant corporations and corrupt, career politicians who’ve waged economic warfare on our country, I need you on this team, {NAME}. [Will you add a $10 donation to my campaign right now so we’ll have the resources we need to get our message in front of voters and flip this U.S. Senate seat? I don’t take any money from corporate PACs, so I mean it when I say anything makes a big impact.]( If you've stored your info with ActBlue Express, we'll process your contribution instantly: [Contribute $10]( [Contribute $25]( [Contribute $30]( [Contribute $50]( [Contribute $100]( [Contribute $250]( [Give another amount]( I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you’re on this team, {NAME}. Together, we’ll take back power for working people and fundamentally change who calls the shots in our country this November. Thanks for being part of it, Lucas Kunce [Donate]( [Like on Facebook]( [Follow on Twitter]( [Follow on Instagram]( Paid for by Lucas Kunce for Missouri This email was sent to [{EMAIL}](#). Email is the most important way we keep in touch with people like you. But, if you'd like to receive fewer emails, [you can do so here](. If you need to remove yourself from our email list, [click here to unsubscribe](. Mail us: PO BOX 1240 Independence, MO 64050. Use of military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform do not imply endorsement by the Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense.