Dear Friend,

Last week, we announced our goal of raising $25,000 to purchase electronic billboards so we can amplify our message to all corners of the state.

Freedom ain’t free: so I’m reaching out to personally ask you to consider chipping-in what you’re able, if you haven’t already.

The latest polls show that we are starting this race in a dead heat with most of the establishment candidates on the ballot. This is unheard of for a third-party campaign in California.

It’s the perfect illustration of what we already know: ordinary working people have had enough of the corporate-owned parties. Across the country, Republicans and Democrats are polling at all-time lows. 

This creates an unprecedented opportunity for us:

In California’s jungle primary, we don’t need to win the whole field. We just need to place second to create a one-on-one showdown for the November election. When we get to second, the corporate media won’t be able to silence this message and this movement. The whole state - the whole country - will have eyes fixed on our race. Victory is within reach. In 2022, the second-place finisher made the runoff with only 17.7% of the vote.

California has 7 million independent and third-party voters.

Along with all those disgruntled Democrats and Republicans, those unaligned voters are key to our victory. And that’s why we need your help.

We are up against special interests and corporate media that are working overtime to maintain the status quo. Team red and team blue are paying big bucks to make sure voters never hear about this movement. 

So it’s up to us – you and me – to cut through the noise and make sure voters know there’s another option outside the corporate-backed duopoly.

The numbers are on our side, and we’re poised to win this fight - but only if every member of this grassroots movement pitches-in. If you can, please make a donation right now to help push this campaign to all corners of the state. Every single dollar puts us one step closer to breaking the duopoly in California – then the nation – once and for all.

Peace and power,

Butch Ware

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