Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀

{NAME}, Despite my name, I'm actually Irish American. My mother's maiden name was Sullivan, and I grew up eating corned beef and colcannon (mashed potatoes and cabbage) on St. Patrick's Day. Or at least, that was the meal as long as the 17th didn't fall on a Friday during Lent. In that case, corned beef was off the menu. (Catholics don't eat meat on Fridays during Lent.) My Irish ancestors came to America in the 19th century in search of a better life. They worked on building the railroad from the Atlantic Ocean to the Midwest and bought a plot of farmland in Nebraska from the railroad when they had earned enough to settle down. When the farm economy began to fall apart in the 1920's, my great-grandfather and his brother moved to Los Angeles where my grandfather worked with horses at a long-gone Culver City racetrack. In a very "Hollywood" side story, my great-uncle ran an ice business in Los Angeles and employed John Wayne during the summer months when he was in high school. After marrying, my grandparents moved around California while working for the State Geologic Survey before ending up in Woodland. My grandmother has a March 17th birthday, and I'm sure she's sick of "St. Patrick's Day birthday" jokes by now. I hope you've enjoyed that little bit of family history, and I hope you have a very LUCKY St. Patrick's Day! [Campaigns aren't won on luck though, and I have yet to find a pot of treasure at the end of a rainbow. I need all the support I can get to flip this district blue. If you can, send in a St. Patrick's Day donation today.]( Thanks, Max [Donate »]( Max Steiner is a combat veteran, foreign service officer, and Democrat running to flip California's 1st District from red to blue. Consider supporting Max's campaign by [making a grassroots contribution here.]( If you'd like to receive less email, add your name [here.]( We'd hate to see you go, but you can click here if you'd like to [unsubscribe](. Max Steiner is a combat veteran of the Iraq War and Sergeant First Class in the Army Reserves. Use of his military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of Defense. Max Steiner for Congress 2485 Notre Dame Blvd, Ste 370 #194 Chico, CA 95928 United States