This was never part of my plan.

Will you please let me explain? ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [A Message From Lucas Kunce: Stop Senate Republicans]( {NAME}, I hope you’re having a good Friday. I wanted to take a moment this afternoon to tell you a little bit about where I come from and what got me into this race. Will you please let me explain? As a kid from a working class neighborhood right in the heart of Missouri, running for office was never part of my plan. [Family photo]( Like so many others, my family struggled to make ends meet. Maxed‑out credit cards. Living paycheck‑to‑paycheck. And when my little sister was born with a heart condition, we went bankrupt and times had never been tougher. But we weren’t alone — friends and neighbors came together to support us. They helped me go to college, and after that I joined the Marines to honor everything they gave to me. Between tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the hardest things was coming home and seeing what was happening in my old neighborhood. A community picked for parts — the corner store where my mom floated a check boarded up, my first family house bulldozed to the ground. Here’s all that’s left of it: [Old house]( While my buddies and I risked our lives building up towns like Habbaniyah, Fallujah, and Herat, career politicians and the corporate elites backing them let our country waste away. Even now, after spending 20 years and $6.4 trillion on pointless forever wars, defense contractors, and nation building abroad, they can’t figure out how to invest a fraction of that amount back into America. I’m running for U.S. Senate because it’s time everyday Missourians — people who know how to take care of each other — called the shots in this country. [And today, I’m asking for your support to make it happen.]( [Lucas Kunce with supporters]( If you’re ready to take back power from the giant corporations and corrupt, career politicians who’ve stripped our communities for parts, I need you on this team. [Can you add a $10 donation 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 saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [CONTRIBUTE $10 »]( [CONTRIBUTE $25 »]( [CONTRIBUTE $50 »]( [CONTRIBUTE $100 »]( [Or a custom donation »]( Thank you so much for all your support, Lucas Kunce Paid for by Stop Senate Republicans PAC ([www.stopsenaterepublicanspac.com](#)) Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. [499 S. Capitol St. SW, Ste 407, Washington, DC 20003](#) Stop Senate Republicans is a new political organization with two major objectives: To use sophisticated campaign tactics to oust every treasonous Republican in the Senate — like Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Josh Hawley — and to replace them with good strong Democrats. Our team is led by former staff of major Senate campaigns in 2020, when Democrats flipped the Senate for the first time in years. We have the experience and the skills to win our targeted races, and hope you'll help us STOP Senate Republicans. Please, consider making a [one-time contribution to beat Republican Senators by clicking here](. Or, to make the most powerful lasting impact and help us make Republicans pay for their extreme far-right agenda, make a [monthly sustaining contribution by clicking here](. [Click here]( to receive fewer emails. [Click here]( to update your information. Click here to [unsubscribe](. [{NAME}, Pitch In Once A Month To Stop Senate Republicans »]( [Donate Just One Time »](