Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

June 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Be yourself 🏳️‍🌈

Happy Pride Month, friend. Not a day goes by where I don’t feel humbled, and honored to serve openly and honestly as Illinois’ first out LGBTQ+ member of Congress. Because the truth is, no matter what title I hold today, it wasn't long that I was just a gay kid named Eric who never really believe…

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  eric sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM

Weather’s not the only thing heating up

Glad I caught you before you logged off for the night. I’ll cut right to it: with only a few hours until our May fundraising deadline, my finance team tells me we’re still coming up $2,434 short of our online fundraising goal. Will you rush in a donation before midnight to help us meet this month…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM

Here’s the key:

  Friend, You’re likely going to receive a LOT of emails this week, from candidates across the country, asking for money before the end of the month deadline. I’ll be frank: this is one of those emails! But before I ask, I want to explain why my campaign is different from the rest, an…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM

We can't leave anything to chance.

  Friend, I'm not the type of person to leave things up to chance. As a meteorologist, I had a responsibility to give folks the information they needed to prepare for the day ahead. Parents, teachers, businesses – even football coaches depended on our accurate information. If severe w…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Respectfully asking:

  Friend, Today I'm reaching out to respectfully ask if you would make a $3 contribution to my campaign before midnight. Let me briefly explain why: The end of May means there’s just one month until we will have to submit our next quarterly fundraising report to the FEC. Lots of peopl…

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  Eric Sorensen HQ · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM

We need more real people in Congress

  From day one, Eric has promised to work with anyone – regardless of party – who is interested in solving the real problems our community faces. But these cuts to vital services in the Republican budget aren’t serious solutions – they’re repeated attacks on working families, being do…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM

I lost a job for being gay. It made me a better person.

  Hi there, friend. I want to share something personal that’s been on my mind since my recent interview with LGBTQ Nation. Years ago, when I was just starting out as a meteorologist in East Texas, I lost my job for being gay. Management told me flat out that, “We can’t have a gay met…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM

Will you support my friend Kevin Morrison?

  Team, It’s Congressman Eric Sorensen. I’m in my second term representing the greatest state in the world – Illinois. Today, I’m so happy to offer my endorsement for my good friend Kevin Morrison, who is running for Congress in Illinois’ Eighth Congressional District. Kevin is the gr…

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  Caroline Stillian, Eric Sorensen for Congress · [email protected]

May 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM

A campaign update for you:

  Hi there, friend, I’m Caroline, the new finance director for Eric’s re-election campaign. I’m excited to meet you, and I’m ready to help raise the money we’ll need to win this competitive district once again. I’m reaching out today ahead of one of our last fundraising deadlines befo…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM

We’re halfway there

  Friend, I’ll keep this quick: I’m reaching out because we’re officially halfway through our second fundraising quarter of 2025, but we’re not quite halfway to our team’s fundraising goal. This isn’t one of those “hair on fire” email pleas, but we are pacing a bit behind and could us…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Working for us – not the elites

  Friend, Most folks don’t know this, but unlike a number of other members of Congress, I don’t come from big money. I’m okay with that. I don’t need the third house, or the fifth yacht. And neither do my neighbors. It’s the folks who sit around the kitchen table every week making sur…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Pictures from the district

  Friend, Sometimes, it’s nice to get away from Washington, and back to my home district around real people who just want to get to know each other and rally around each other’s challenges. Folks are fed up with the chaos in Washington, and just want to see results that actually benef…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Sign your name: Fight back against Trump’s tariffs

  Friend, For the first time since before I entered Congress, our economy shrank. That’s right, Trump’s first quarter in office was our worst economy in years. And the reason is pretty simple: Tariffs. Tariffs are a tax on you, me, and every other hardworking average American. In cer…

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  Eric Sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM

Hoping to touch base with you before our deadline.

I’m glad I caught you, friend. Tonight marks our April end-of-month fundraising deadline, and we’re still coming up $5,780 short of our online fundraising goal. As a reminder, our campaign relies on grassroots contributions to stay on track. Will you rush in a donation before midnight to help us …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM

100 days? Feels like 100 years

  Is it over yet, friend? I may not have agreed with the choice, but millions of Americans elected Donald Trump last November hoping for much-needed financial support, lowering the costs of everyday items. Well, Donald Trump has only been in office for 100 days, but we’ve already seen…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM

I won't feed into the panic

  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. In my opinion, Democr…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM

They’re coming for your voice

  Friend, I want to talk to you about an attack on your voice you may have missed. Yesterday, Donald Trump announced he was using the resources of his office to go after ActBlue, the largest grassroots donation system in Democratic politics. In both of my elections, I have faced heavy…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Sign On: Hegseth has to go

  Friend, Again? A group chat leak on national security, again?!? Let’s start with the obvious: Pete Hegseth should be fired. Hegseth has now repeatedly used unsecured Signal chats to discuss classified military operations – and those chats could be accessed by anyone, including bad a…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Tiny swings, major impacts

  Friend, if you just listen to nature, you’ll learn a lot. Right now, it’s screaming for us to do something. Instead, we get this: “The president is celebrating Earth Day… too. In an impressive example of multi-tasking, he is curtailing federal climate science, defunding program…

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  Haley Stevens · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM

My announcement

My name is Haley Stevens, and I’m running for Senate.   Hi, friend – this is Congresswoman Haley Stevens writing to you with exciting news: Today, I’m launching my campaign for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat. Winning in Michigan is essential to regaining our Democratic Senate major…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM

My opponent is giving away guns

  Friend, FEC filings are pouring in first, and there’s usually not much to say, but something really caught my eye: As part of their fundraising, my opponent donated a firearm to be auctioned off to their most ardent supporters -- or whoever wants a gun. This is about as out-of-touc…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Getting our veterans the support they deserve

  Hi there, The other day, I visited an honor flight here in DC. (For those of you learning that phrase for the first time, it’s when our veterans are flown into the nation’s capitol, and toured around our most storied monuments, to be given thanks for their service.) One brave fellow…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Hell No to this GOP budget

  Friend, House Republicans just passed Donald Trump’s budget that will gut Medicaid from 152,483 of my neighbors in IL-17, including 66,000 children and 10,000 seniors, and strip health care away from millions more hard working American families, while giving huge new tax breaks to t…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Tariffs on penguins and seals

  It’s been 100 days of… excuse me, it’s only been 70 days of this Trump administration. It sure feels more than that. He’s attacked our allies. He’s cut tens of thousands of critical, highly-specialized public service officials, leaving us extremely vulnerable to even the slightest i…

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  Chris Pappas · [email protected]

April 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM

I’m running for Senate

I’ll always put New Hampshire first.   Friend, I’m Congressman Chris Pappas, and Eric Sorensen said I could reach out with some big news: I’m officially running to be New Hampshire’s next U.S. Senator. I’m going to share more about why I’m in this race, but if you’re already on board, …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM

A powerful reminder of our strength

  Friend, I don’t know about you, but I am FIRED UP from what just happened in Wisconsin. What a great week for the power of people over the people in power. I never remembered voting for the richest person in the world to run our government, and I certainly didn’t remember our state’…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

April 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM

Showing up in a big way

  Hi friend, I wanted to give my sincerest thank you to everyone who supported our campaign ahead of Monday’s FEC fundraising deadline. With each of you showing up in a big way, we were able to deliver a strong first quarter, and set us up for a cycle where we can protect our seat and…

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  Eric Sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM

In this challenging time

Friend, I’m glad I caught you before you log off for the night. I know we have been in touch quite a bit this week, so I’ll get right to the point. Tonight at midnight is our first FEC deadline since the Trump administration began, and the first full deadline since my opponent launched his campai…

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  Eric Sorensen HQ · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM

A first time for everything.

  Hi friend, With this being the first FEC deadline for Democrats to push back since Donald Trump took office, we wanted to share a couple more ‘firsts’ you may not be aware of: - Eric is the first trained meteorologist elected to Congress in almost 50 years (and only trained meteorol…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Humbly asking for your support.

  Friend, I'm not the type of person to leave things up to chance. As a meteorologist, I had a responsibility to give folks in my community information they needed to prepare for the week ahead. Local parents, teachers, and businesses all depended on it. If a severe storm hit, I knew …

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  Eric Sorensen HQ · [email protected]

March 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM

The reasons for you

  Hi there, friend. We’re writing to ask you to make a $3 contribution to Eric’s campaign before Monday’s FEC fundraising deadline. Before we do, here are a few reasons why this deadline is so important: 1. Whether we like it or not, this FEC report will be used to determine our campa…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM

I’m done waiting

  Hey friend, I hope that you are planning a nice weekend. I’m looking forward to a great weekend out in the Quad Cities. There’s nothing like time back home to help with perspective. Like you, I’ve felt a LOT of feelings since November: anger, frustration, fear, confusion, and even d…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Scared. Isolated. Ashamed

  Friend, Before I came home to Illinois, I was a meteorologist at a local station in Tyler, Texas. One morning, my boss approached me and said we needed to speak after the show. When I got to the conference room, I saw my employment contract laid out on the desk. Next to it was a pri…

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  Tammy Duckworth · [email protected]

March 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM

My friend, Eric Sorensen

  Hi friend, it’s Senator Tammy Duckworth. I'm asking you to join me in supporting Eric Sorensen's campaign to keep Illinois's 17th Congressional District blue. I'll explain exactly why your support is so important in a moment, but if you already know what's at stake, please contrib…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM

Truth, safety, and doing what’s right

  Friend, folks love to ask me: “Eric, what was your inspiration for becoming a meteorologist?” The truth is, I love chasing tornadoes and lightning now. But when I was younger, I was terrified of storms. I remember being nine watching the Delta Air Lines Flight 191 plane crash on th…

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  Cheri Bustos · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM

We must protect our hometown representative

  Hi friend, it’s Cheri Bustos -- former Congresswoman in IL-17 who proudly represented this community for a decade. I wanted to reach out about why your continued support for Eric Sorensen - the Democrat I endorsed as my successor - is so important. Eric’s roots in our district run …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM

My first FEC deadline of 2025:

  Friend, One of the first rules of propaganda is, “never allow the public to cool off.” It’s been one week since Donald Trump has been sworn in, and I can already 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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  Oliver and Petey Sorensen (spokespups) · [email protected]

March 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Our hooman, Eric

  Hiya fren! It’s Oliver and Petey, spokes-pups for our dad -- Eric. We saw that today was National Puppy Day (that means treats!) so we decided to reach out. Our dad is so focused on chasing this big, mean orange ball with a yellow fluff on top that he’s not been able to play as much…

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  Maxwell Frost · [email protected]

March 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM

Eric is the fighter and ally we need

  Hi friend, it’s Maxwell Frost - the first Gen-Z Democrat elected to Congress, proudly representing Florida’s 10th District. Right now, we’re at a breaking point in the Trump era. Public servants and public services are under attack. Trump and Musk are waging an all-out war on worki…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Now is the time to act

  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 the microphone, and they’re trying to make …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM

At the Jewel-Osco deli counter

  Friend, Let me tell you a story: I was at my local Jewel-Osco, and had just walked up to the meat counter. A kind lady came up and asked if I was hosting a town hall soon. I said, “Yes, I am. This weekend, actually.” She told me she was so thankful that I was listening to them. At w…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM

I’m being attacked.

  Friend, Now is not the time for appeasement. National Republicans are forcing a spending bill that cuts the lifeblood of IL-17 with nothing in return but tax cuts for Elon Musk. I have and will continue to hold strong, on behalf of protecting services and shielding Illinoisans from …

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  Mark Kelly · [email protected]

March 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM

Drop the tough guy act, Elon

  Elon Musk called me a traitor. He tweeted that in response to my visit to Ukraine and Poland. “You are a traitor,” for having dinner with American soldiers deployed to Poland. “You are a traitor” for meeting with Ukrainians defending their country from a Russian invasion. “You are …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM

An instructive story:

  Friend, Here’s a story I recently encountered that might be instructive: A local, family-owned lumber company in IL-17 reached out to me in deep concern, because for the first time in over 40 years, their next shipment of 2x4’s from Canada is labeled “Cost TBD.” They have made clear…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM

Re: NWS layoffs

  I'm fuming. The reckless decision to fire NOAA and National Weather Service employees puts American lives at risk, friend. As a meteorologist for more than two decades, I depended on their work to provide accurate, life-saving weather reports for my neighbors. Our community stayed …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM

A face of Trump’s war on veterans

  Friend, Every day for over a month, there seems to be a new story about DOGE cuts, and entire government departments going up in smoke. With all of the other chaos this administration is unleashing, it’s easy to lose sight of the real people being affected. But we must keep our focu…

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  eric sorensen (personal) · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Are you still around this evening, friend?

TGIF! It’s already the start of your weekend, so in the spirit of the shortest month of the year I want to keep this note short and sweet, my friend. I’m reaching out one last time before February comes to a close to let you know that we’re still just short of our monthly fundraising goal. As it …

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM

I completely understand your frustration, friend

  Hey friend, I’ve heard from a lot of folks in my district about how frustrated they are right now. I completely understand that feeling. I really do. Just recently, I was on my way to present federal funding we secured for mental health services at a local nonprofit. We planned a pr…

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  Eric Sorensen HQ · [email protected]

February 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM

We have a MAGA opponent. He was just at CPAC

  We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this, friend: A MAGA-loving Republican candidate recently launched their campaign to unseat Eric. And they were already spotted at CPAC courting anti-Democratic billionaires to try and purchase this district. Over the past decade, IL-17 has bee…

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  Eric Sorensen · [email protected]

February 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Focus on the ones doing the work

  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 the microphone, and they’re trying to make …

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