Dear Leslie:

The second round of our Building Blue contest is coming to a close. Today is your last chance to vote for your favorite Iowa Senate and Iowa House candidate. In the second round, thousands more Iowans have cast their votes to determine which candidates will win $2,000 for their campaigns and remain eligible to win $5,000 and a fundraising email.

You can still vote for your favorites by clicking here.

As you know, at midnight tonight the voting will close. Your votes will decide which 5 House and 5 Senate candidates will compete in the final round. As you support your favorite Iowa Democratic leaders, we are building the infrastructure to be ready for November.

Help your favorite candidate today by voting in the second round of Building Blue.

Voting ends tonight at midnight.

Thank you and good luck!


Senator Tom Harkin

done!

Thank you everyone. Thank you Sky.

Help me drink Soderberg's milkshake.

THE ANTICIPATION IS KILLING ME!!!!!!

I have not yet received an email from Harken.

I lost. I did not win. I'm not a very happy camper, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go freak out all over the place. Or maybe I'll just take the rest of the day off and paint the garage, and come back twice as hard tomorrow. We'll see what I decide.

sh*t!
So sorry Teej. Take as much time as you need or freak out as much as you want...

Dear Leslie:

After two rounds of voting and several thousands of votes cast, I am proud to announce the top 5 House and top 5 Senate candidates that you voted for to receive $2,000 and advance to the final round.

For the Iowa State House you voted for: Elesha Gayman D-84, Gretchen Lawyer D-36, Eric Palmer D-75, Mark Smith D-43, and Andrew Wenthe D-18.

For the Iowa State Senate you voted for: Jeff Danielson D-10, Swati Dandekar D-18, Mike Gronstal D-50, Tom Rielly D-38, and Sharon Savage D-40.

Congratulations!

Thanks to your strong support for progressive values, each of these outstanding candidates for the Iowa general assembly will receive a $2,000 contribution and are now eligible to win the grand prize of another $5,000 contribution and a fundraising email.

Make your voice heard by voting for one of these fine progressive candidates in our final round.

Voting for the final round will be open from now through June 17, so please remember to tell your friends and family and help build Iowa blue by voting for your favorite candidate today.

Thank you for supporting all of the candidates that have participated in our Building Blue contest so far and congratulations to our first money winners!

Sincerely,

Senator Tom Harkin

Sorry TJ, we sure did try.

I know. I really appreciate it.

And what remains unsaid:

I, Tom Harkin, am using an e-mail service which tracks when and how often you view this e-mail. This message contains a pointer to a 1x1 bit web image, a different pointer for each e-mail address I'm sending to. I and all my friends at cl.exct.net are watching you. There is also a link to their privacy policy here; it contains the same tracking info as the image so they'll know exactly who's checking up on them.

Sorry you didn't win, TJ.