Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) and former Governor Phil Bredesen’s (D. TN) U.S. Senate campaigns:
Beto O’Rourke (D. TX)
It's official: two Senate races in deep red territory are on the verge of turning blue. The fight is on and our Blue Wave Project is coming to Texas and Tennessee!
In Texas, Beto O'Rourke is neck and neck with Senator Ted Cruz. Beto's barnstorming style has taken the state by storm and is making national news.
In Tennessee, popularformer Democratic Governor Phil Bredesenhas been leading his Tea Party opponent in poll after poll.
This is where you come in. Beto O'Rourke and Phil Bredesen need your help to put them over the top.
Here's what's at stake: health care, civil rights, jobs, Social Security and Medicare, and future Supreme Court appointments. Not to mention keeping a check on a runaway, lawless president.
For the sake of our democracy. We can andmustdo everything we can to try and win these two seats.