Subject: What are you waiting for?
From: Brenda Kole <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:43:58 -0400

Friends,

This is a remarkable day. 

USAToday has released a poll of Iowa voters showing the Governor’s race at Branstad 47%, Hatch 35.5% – an 11.5% gap.  It comes on the heels of a PPP poll released Tuesday with a similar 13% margin: Branstad, 48%, Hatch, 35%. 

We can win this election with your help. Contribute $15, $30 or $50 today.

Of course we’d prefer to be ahead in the polls.  But take a minute to think about where things stand for Terry Branstad only 69 days before election day:  

served in office for 20 years;
longest-serving Governor in the nation;
trying to become the longest-serving Governor in history;
raised more than $8 million and counting;
traveling to get money from Jeb Bush, Donald Trump and Chris Christie;
spent more than $3.3 million on television so far this summer;
assembled the largest campaign operation he’s ever had
using false, misleading, negative campaign ads to attack Jack;

And what are the poll numbers for the Branstad campaign?  48% and 47%. 

After all the records broken, all the boasts about job creation, all the happy talk about Iowa doing well – Terry Branstad is still under 50% in the polls. 

That’s what’s remarkable. Help us keep the momentum going to push past Branstad with a contribution of $50, $30 or $15 today. 

It means fewer than half of Iowans are ready to say they will vote for him.  You’d be right to ask: “What are the rest of the voters waiting for?”

They’re waiting for a fresh start.  And Jack Hatch has all the momentum in this race right now.  He’s taken Branstad’s hardest punch.  He’s weathered a summer of lies.  He’s beaten Branstad in the first televised debate.  And many Iowans are still just getting to know him.

Branstad under 50 means the Governor’s race is far from over: for many Iowans, it's just beginning.  When our campaign has the resources to introduce Jack to every Iowan in every corner of the state, Branstad will not only continue to be under 50 percent, he’ll stay there right through election day. 

With your help, we can win this. Please contribute what you can today.

Yours,

Brenda Kole
Senior Advisor 

Contribute here: www.jackhatch.com/contribute

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