Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM

A drag queen in every library? Really?

  Hi friend, If you want to know how low MAGA extremists are willing to go, here’s a quote from one of our opponents: “Our Congressman is more focused on ensuring there is a drag queen in every library than on ensuring your family has a hot meal on every plate.” This isn’t just cultur…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM

The Constitution doesn’t get exceptions

  Friend, What happened in Minneapolis on the morning of January 24th wasn’t just another story in the headlines. It was different. And it was murder. We have a right in this country – not a privilege, a right – to speak, to protest, to film on the street, and to live without fear of …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM

This isn’t an email I wanted to send

  Hi friend, This isn’t an easy email to write. But it’s necessary. What’s happening in our neighborhoods — including reports of intimidation and warrantless raids — is unacceptable. Let me be clear: ICE is out of control. This isn’t about law and order.. If it were, people would be g…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM

Cost of living is up and Trump’s going on tour

  Friend, Donald Trump just announced plans to hit the road every week leading up to the midterms — starting right in our backyard — to boost Republicans' razor-thin House majority and launch a so-called “affordability blitz.” If there was ever a doubt that Trump and national Republic…

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  Kevin Morrison · [email protected]

January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM

Against all odds…

  Team, When I first ran for County Commissioner, I wasn’t supposed to win. I was a first-time candidate, I was young, and I was running against a twelve year incumbent who also happened to be the Chair of the Illinois Republican Party. They told me to wait my turn. They told me I did…

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  Jason Crow · [email protected]

January 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM

I won’t stand for this

Donald Trump is weaponizing the federal government to target his political opponents.   Friend,  After I reminded our servicemembers of their obligations to uphold their oaths to the Constitution, Donald Trump called for me to be arrested, tried for treason, and executed. Then the Pres…

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  Mary Peltola for U.S. Senate · [email protected]

January 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM

Need you to see this

Mary launched her campaign for U.S. Senate in Alaska to unrig the system that’s enriching billionaires while leaving the rest of us behind.   FIRST: Mary launched her campaign for U.S. Senate in Alaska to unrig the system that’s enriching billionaires while leaving the rest of us behi…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM

Better leadership in Washington

  Friend, I know in my heart that there are way more good people than bad. And that our best days as Americans are when we work together to solve problems, not rip each other apart over our differences. But right now, it’s our worst who have control of the White House and Congress, a…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM

Time to hold Kristi Noem accountable

  Hi team, I want to be clear about what’s happening in Washington right now, because it matters to working families across our district. After months of dangerous conduct and a tragic fatal shooting by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, Democratic Representatives in the Hous…

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  Eric Sorensen HQ · [email protected]

January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM

It starts with your signature

  Friend, We’re ten days into the election year, and just about two months away from the Illinois primary elections!  The race for IL-17 is the most competitive in the state, and it’s not a stretch to say that what happens in this election will have a major hand in the direction of ou…

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  Sharice Davids · [email protected]

January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM

They want to wipe me off the map

I’m a Democrat from a red state   Friend, I represent the last blue dot in Kansas. National Republicans want to wipe it off the map. I’ll tell you more in a moment, but I need you to know: our next gerrymandering battle is today, and we need to make sure this campaign is in a position…

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  Mark Kelly · [email protected]

January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM

They can threaten my rank and my pension — but they’re not going to shut me up

You swear an oath to the Constitution when you join the military — including the First Amendment right to free speech. We swore to defend the foundational principles of this country. I took that oath seriously 40 years ago, and I still do.   Team: Pete Hegseth decided he's going to cen…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

January 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM

Thank you for being part of this team

  Hi friend. I hope you enjoyed ringing in the new year with family and friends, and that your 2026 is starting off with hope. Thanks to your support, we closed the year with the groundswell of momentum -- over 6,000 of you donated -- that we need to keep IL-17 blue and ensure we fli…

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  Eric Sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Hoping to catch you before the new year

Hey, friend -- glad I could catch you before the ball drops. If you’d told me ten years ago that I’d one day serve in Congress, as an out gay man, as a scientist, as someone from a working-class community in the Midwest… I probably would’ve laughed. I loved being a meteorologist. I loved explaini…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Let me show you how we’re different

  Hi there, friend. You’re probably going to get a lot of emails this week from candidates all over the country asking you for money. And I won’t fake it: This is one of those emails. BUT… I promise, this is not like the others. Because here’s the thing: we’re not just trying to win a…

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  Shawn Sorensen · [email protected]

December 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Supporting my partner, Eric

  Hi friend, it’s Eric’s partner Shawn. As we wrap up 2025, I wanted to send you a note to tell you how much we appreciate all of your support over the past several years. I'm not here to scare you, or talk about what's wrong in Washington. Because there's one thing you have to under…

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  Tammy Duckworth · [email protected]

December 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM

Reaching out for my friend Eric Sorensen

  Hi friend, it’s Senator Tammy Duckworth. I have an important request today: I'm asking you to join me in supporting Eric Sorensen's campaign to keep Illinois' 17th Congressional District blue. I'll explain exactly why your support is so important in a moment, but if you already kno…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM

It’s important we show strength before the end of the year

  Hi there, friend. As we close in on the final FEC fundraising deadline of 2025, I wanted to share a quick update on where we stand, and how you can help us finish strong. We set a modest but meaningful goal: $25,000 raised before midnight on December 31. Right now, we’re sitting at …

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  Cheri Bustos · [email protected]

December 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Supporting my successor, Eric Sorensen

  Hi friend, it’s Cheri Bustos — IL-17's former Congresswoman who proudly represented this community for a decade.  As we look to turn the page to 2026, I wanted to reach out about why your continued support for Eric Sorensen - the Democrat I endorsed as my successor - is so importan…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Happy Holidays

  Thanks you, and Happy Holidays!! - Eric Donate      Eric Sorensen is a meteorologist born and raised in Rockford, IL representing IL-17 in Congress. He’s seen firsthand the importance of establishing trust with the community, and he’s determ…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Telling the NRCC to buzz off

  Friend, One of the first rules of propaganda is, “never allow the public to cool off.” It’s been barely 11 months since Donald Trump has been sworn in, and I can see the headline fatigue on everyone’s faces. Rest and self-care is so important to strong, united organizing and results…

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  Mark Kelly · [email protected]

December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM

I will not give up on our country.

It has given me too much, and I’ll never be able to repay that debt. I still believe in our democracy, our values, and our Constitution.   Folks, If you can believe it, things didn’t stop when Trump called for my hanging. It didn’t stop with the threat of a court-martial from Pete Heg…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Republicans want you to pay more for less

  Friend, It turns out that Republicans don’t have a plan at all. They’d rather gavel shut the day – and as we’ve seen, even shut down the government – than find a solution for extending affordable healthcare credits. Now, even as Mike Johnson has been forced into a vote on keeping he…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Giving it to you straight

  Hi friend, Before running for Congress, I remember my inbox getting flooded with desperate, hair-on-fire emails from other Democratic campaigns. To be honest, I hated them. The deadlines always seemed arbitrary, and they were often full of obnoxious scare tactics. Democratic donors …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM

The GUARD Act

  Friend, Everyone deserves to live independently and with dignity. But for too many of us, the very real fear of scammers who target our elderly and most vulnerable makes that right to live independently a challenge for many of us and our loved ones. That's especially true around the…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days

  Friend, when we tell you the election year is coming up fast – we mean it. We’re officially less than 100 days from the Illinois congressional primaries. This will be the first time I'm on the ballot this cycle. My team and I are working hard on the ground doing voter outreach and s…

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  Mark Kelly · [email protected]

December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM

The Department of Defense is coming after me

You can bet this was ordered by Donald Trump and carried out by Pete Hegseth. But right now, that's besides the point.   The Department of Defense is coming after me because they don’t like what I have to say. When I was 22 years old, I swore an oath to the Constitution. I've upheld t…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Big Pharma plays games. I’m fighting back.

  Friend, Ever found yourself standing at the medicine cabinet, counting pills? Not for health reasons, but because you're trying to stretch your prescription just a few more days? You’re not alone. I hear about it all the time, including from my local pharmacist at Jewel-Osco in Moli…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Add your name: Hegseth has to go

  Team, Pete Hegseth has to go. It's that simple. If this feels like an old story, that's because this isn't new -- despite every warning possible, Hegseth continues to arrogantly share highly classified military plans over unsecured chats. Every single post in these reckless group ch…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM

A quick note of gratitude, and a next step.

  Friend, I just wanted to say thanks. Whether you’ve chipped in, signed a petition, or simply stayed informed, your support makes a real difference in this work. This job can be intense sometimes. Just the other day, I witnessed Marjorie Taylor Greene shouting out her colleagues for …

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  Eric Sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM

What I’m doing, and how I hope you can help

I'm glad I caught you, friend. I know the last thing you want to think about is fundraising during the end of a holiday weekend. But midnight tonight marks an important fundraising deadline. At the moment, we’re still coming up $2,513 short of our online fundraising goal. Will you rush in a donat…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM

A fight powered by you

  Friend,  My roots run deep in IL-17— my parents met in Peoria, I grew up in Rockford, and now I’m proud to live in the Quad Cities with Shawn and our dogs, Petey and Oliver. It has been my life’s privilege to give folks here the support they needed to get ahead. The future of IL-17…

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  Eric Sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Before you log off for your holiday…

Hi friend, Whether you're still traveling or settled in, I hope you're finding moments of peace amid the Thanksgiving rush chaos! Before you sign off, I’m reaching out to ask you for a $3 donation to help reach our November fundraising goal. But first, I want to explain exactly why your support i…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Sharing my favorite holiday recipe (HINT: 🎃)

  Friend, As we near Thanksgiving, it's important to take stock of our situation and those around us. We are all in the same storm, but we are NOT all in the same boat. That's why, if there’s anything we need more of us in the world, it’s kindness and compassion. Some people in this w…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Affordable healthcare is a human right

  Friend, Whenever I’m moving through Central and Northwestern Illinois, I hear from dozens, if not hundreds, of constituents about the same thing: The importance of protecting access to affordable, high-quality health care.  People in our district -- including seniors on fixed income…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Sign your name: Demand the White House release the Epstein List

  Team, We are one step closer to justice. For far too long, the ultra-wealthy and well-connected have been able to commit some of the grossest sexual crimes imaginable hiding in plain sight. These bad actors have continued to walk among us scot-free while permanently scarring thousan…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM

What your support means to me

  Hey friend, it’s Eric.  I’m about to ask you for a donation of $3 or whatever you can afford to give, and here’s why: We are officially halfway to our final FEC quarterly deadline of the year. That means we’re halfway to our FINAL opportunity to show unified grassroots strength befo…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM

A provision you might have missed:

  This current Senate deal, as passed, is a travesty friend. And here’s one very obvious reason why: Senate Republicans have authorized their own special protections that would allow them to intimidate and enrich themselves simply by being investigated for treason. Ensuring their own…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Make it six months or a year?

  Friend, It’s that time of the year again. I recently received the renewal notice for my campaign’s PO Box, and my mind raced back to one of the toughest early decisions I had to make as a new, inexperienced candidate back in October 2021. Should I rent the PO Box for six months – en…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Leading the fight for our soybean farmers

  American agriculture is the pride of the agricultural world. And Illinois is the soybean farming capital of our country, friend. Over 43,000 strong soybean farmers call our state home. It is even our official state bean! Donald Trump doesn’t know that, but he should. Because his rec…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM

We are on the ballot! Here’s what’s next:

  Friend, It’s official: We’re in! For the past several weeks, Team Eric volunteers across the district have worked tirelessly to collect signatures, and I cannot thank them enough.  And now, I can say that we’ve submitted our petition signatures and we are officially on the ballot fo…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Justice for Adelita Grijalva

  Team, I’ll keep this brief: We HAVE to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Immediately. If that’s all you need to hear, sign your name to demand that Mike Johnson and Republican leadership swear in Adelita Grijalva as constitutionally demanded and allow her to do her job. Add Your Name …

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  Eric Sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Before your sugar rush:

Friend, I’m glad I could catch you around your Halloween plans. Tonight marks our October end-of-month fundraising deadline. We haven’t been fundraising much during Trump’s shutdown of the government, and at the moment, we’re hoping to make a late splash to keep our operation funded. Will you rus…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM

Electing an ally who shows up

  Friend, I want to talk about our neighbors across the river today, and why we should be paying attention to Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. This race is personal to me.  As a meteorologist trusted with people’s safety for decades, it was horrifying to see IA-01’s current represen…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM

A tradeoff that made plenty of sense:

  Friend,  Today I'm reaching out to respectfully ask if you would make a $3 contribution to my campaign before October ends. Let me briefly explain why: House Republicans are spreading lies and refusing to come to work. Their top priority is tax breaks for their billionaire donors, n…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM

Republicans are targeting our seniors

  413%.  That’s how much health insurance premiums could increase in districts like ours, friend -- hitting older Americans the hardest. And it’s not a hypothetical.  That’s the real math that Republicans -- who have control of the House, Senate, White House, and the Supreme Court -- …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Please support our organizing efforts

  Friend,  I’m reaching out today with a special request – one I don't make very often. I’m asking you to support our petition drive as our team collects signatures across the district to make sure we get on the ballot. Donate In a district as competitive as ours, a huge part o…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Yes, it is discrimination

  This past weekend, I heard something in a debate that even shocked me, friend. In the Virginia governor’s debate, the current Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Winsome Earle-Sears said that it wasn’t discrimination to ban gay couples from marriage. When my former House colleague Abiga…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM

This is not how democracy works.

  Hi friend,  I don’t usually write to you about television hosts – but this one’s different. Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – a former morning show host and Trump loyalist – told a crowd at a far-right conference that he sees himself as a future “Secretary of Offens…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

October 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM

We have No Kings in America

  Team, In America, we don’t have kings – that’s what our founding was all about! – and we certainly won’t bend to the knee for people trying to change that. Earlier this summer, I joined active, concerned Americans in my district to make clear that we don’t stand for kings here. And …

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