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Tommy Sowers

Just received some horrible news. One of my first and best supporters, Tony Viessman passed away yesterday. He was a founder of Rednecks for Sowers, a great travel companion and sign erector and just a fantastic friend. My thoughts and prayers are with Tony’s incredible family. He will be missed.

October 2008, in Jefferson City:

Tony Viessman (left) and Les Spencer (right) of “Rednecks for Obama” at the entrance to the Joe Biden campaign event in Memorial Park, Jefferson City.

I got the opportunity to meet and speak with Tony Viessman while waiting in the press queue for a Joe Biden campaign event in Jefferson City in 2008. He was one of those originals you run into when covering campaigns, a happy person, active and committed to the grassroots political process. And boy, did he know how to stay on message, better than most campaign pros. He was a nice man and a good Democrat.

When you run for any office you raise money and fight the fight from the day you announce your candidacy to the last minute that the polls are open on election day. You owe that to democracy and to the voters. Unless, of course, you’re part of the inside the beltway conventional wisdom cocktail weenie circuit:

Most Outrageous, Absurd Candidates of 2010

By Stuart Rothenberg

Roll Call Contributing Writer

Nov. 18, 2010, Midnight

….Tommy Sowers (Missouri). The Democrat raised just shy of $1.5 million through Oct. 13 and yet drew only 29 percent of the vote in a campaign that stands out for being about nothing but smoke and mirrors.

….Still, even I am stunned at the absurdity of the campaign.

….Another Feifs e-mail [from Sowers’ campaign], this one on Nov. 1, the day before the election, went further: “In thousands of conversations with undecided voters in the district, Republicans and Independents tell us that they’re voting for a Democrat for the first time.”

As with most direct mail, the assertions here are propaganda, exaggeration, distortion and fiction. Still, isn’t there something at least a little wrong with prying cash out of people by leading them to believe that you can win when you can’t? Or were the Sowers folks so politically inept that in late October they thought their candidate could win?….

[emphasis added in original]

“…by leading them to believe that you can win when you can’t?…” Says who? That’s why we have an “election day” where people “vote” for candidates.

What’s absurd is that the punditocracy thinks that incumbents anointed by conventional wisdom should be given a free pass or face token candidates who just go through the motions.

Asshole.

I’ll take a candidate like Tommy Sowers any day.

The Form 6 forty-eight hour campaign contribution reports filed by federal candidates with the Federal Election Commission always make for interesting reading. Sometimes there are fascinating distinctions between the donor bases for the candidates.

First, a few recent reports from the campaign of Tommy Sowers (D), the challenger in the 8th Congressional District race:

Committee: TOMMY SOWERS FOR CONGRESS

Tavy Dumont

San Jose, California

Employer: self-employed

Occupation: attorney

Date Contributed = 10/22/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

David Oliver

Arlington, Virginia

Employer: EADS North American

Occupation: Executive

Date Contributed = 10/22/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]2000.00

[emphasis added]

There are additional smilar reports in the past week from the Sowers campaign:

Committee: TOMMY SOWERS FOR CONGRESS

Thomas Bradley

Sikeston, Missouri

Employer: New Madrid County

Occupation: Treasurer

Date Contributed = 10/20/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Jeffrey Cunard

Washington, DC

Employer: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Occupation: Attorney

Date Contributed = 10/20/2010

Amount Contributed = 2400.00

Becky Draper

San Francisco, California

Employer: Self Employed

Occupation: Investments

Date Contributed = 10/19/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

John Woollam

Lincoln, Nebraska

Employer: University of NE – LIncoln

Occupation: Professor

Date Contributed = 10/20/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]5400.00

[emphasis added]

Committee: TOMMY SOWERS FOR CONGRESS

Theodore Roosevelt, IV

Brooklyn, New York

Employer: Barclays Capital

Occupation: Managing Director

Date Contributed = 10/18/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Kevin Wall

Los Angeles, California

Employer: Control Room

Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

Date Contributed = 10/18/2010

Amount Contributed = 2400.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]3400.00

[emphasis added]

That Theodore Roosevel, IV:?

Theodore Roosevelt IV Opts Out of G.O.P. Race for Senate

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

Published: November 24, 2009

Few people knew that he was thinking about it in the first place, but Theodore Roosevelt IV, a wealthy investment banker with serious credentials on environmental issues and in foreign policy – and of course, that famous name – now says he will not seek the Republican nomination for the Senate from New York in 2010.

Mr. Roosevelt, the great-grandson of the 26th president, worked at Lehman Brothers and is now a managing director at Barclays Capital. He said he began studying a run against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Democrat, over the summer and was encouraged by talks with Republicans including former Gov. George E. Pataki, Representative Cynthia M. Lummis of Wyoming and Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the chairman of the party’s senatorial campaign committee.

Calling himself a “liberal Republican,” Mr. Roosevelt, 66, a former chairman of the League of Conservation Voters who lives in Brooklyn Heights, spoke harshly on Tuesday about the party’s conservative national leadership and lamented that the state Republican organization was a “series of fiefdoms,” though he said he was confident that he could have won the nomination…

Uh, yep.

Committee: TOMMY SOWERS FOR CONGRESS

Ken Maddox

Clarkton, Missouri

Employer: The MACO Companies

Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

Date Contributed = 10/14/2010

Amount Contributed = 1597.30

Jenny Tomkins

Sycamore, Illinois 601788808

Employer: Self Employed

Occupation: Inn Keeper

Date Contributed = 10/14/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]2597.30

[emphasis added]

Committee: TOMMY SOWERS FOR CONGRESS

Morris Ostin

Encino, California

Employer: Warner Bros

Occupation: Chairman

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Maureen Pettibone Ryan

San Jose, California

Employer: Quinn Emanuel

Occupation: Attorney

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1500.00

Joan Weatherly Ragsdell

Columbia, Missouri

Employer: N/A

Occupation: Retired

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]3500.00

[emphasis added]

Jo Ann Emerson (r), the incumbent, has a distinctly different donor base:

Committee: TEAM EMERSON FOR JO ANN EMERSON

Wayne Gott

Salem, Missouri

Employer: Town & Country Corp.

Occupation: Vice Chairman

Date Contributed = 10/23/2010

Amount Contributed = 2400.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]2400.00

[emphasis added]

Committee: TEAM EMERSON FOR JO ANN EMERSON

Diane Franco

New Orleans, Louisiana

Employer: none

Occupation: Homemaker

Date Contributed = 10/21/2010

Amount Contributed = 2400.00

Laura Law

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Employer: homemaker

Occupation: Homemaker

Date Contributed = 10/22/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

National Telecommunications Coop Assoc.

Telecommunications Education Com.

Arlington, Virginia

Date Contributed = 10/21/2010

Amount Contributed = 3000.00

NEMPAC

National Emergency Medicine PAC

Washington, DC

Occupation: Manager

Date Contributed = 10/21/2010

Amount Contributed = 1500.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]7900.00

[emphasis added]

PACs. It’s also interesting to see individuals show up from other locales who appear to be “go to” contributors for republican candidates across the country.

Committee: TEAM EMERSON FOR JO ANN EMERSON

American Sugar Cane League PAC

Thibodaux, Louisiana

Date Contributed = 10/20/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

DRS Technologies – Good Gov. Fund

Parsippany, New Jersey

Date Contributed = 10/20/2010

Amount Contributed = 3000.00

John Johnson

Nashville, Tennessee

Employer: Mid South Wire Company

Occupation: President

Date Contributed = 10/19/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

William McCoy

Springfield, Missouri

Employer: Xaxax Analytics

Occupation: Principal

Date Contributed = 10/19/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Steve Obermann

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Employer: SEMO Ready Mix

Occupation: President

Date Contributed = 10/20/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = 7000.00

[emphasis added]

PACs.

Committee: TEAM EMERSON FOR JO ANN EMERSON

AT&T PAC

Washington, DC

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 3000.00

Bryan Cave Political Fund PAC

Washington, DC

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Cargill PAC

Washington, DC

Occupation: Chairman

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Charter Communications, Inc. PAC

Washington, DC

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Edward Jones PAC

Saint Louis, Missouri

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 2000.00

FLUOR Corporation PAC

Washington, DC

Employer: FLUOR PAC

Occupation: Sr. VP Government Relations

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Great Lakes Sugarbeet Growers PAC

Bay City, Michigan

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Theodore Kettlewell

Columbia, Missouri

Employer: OCCI, Inc.

Occupation: Executive Vice President

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

R.o. Maly

Columbia, Missouri

Employer: self

Occupation: Developer

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Tatum Martin

Boonville, Missouri

Employer: Information Requested

Occupation: Information Requested

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

National Active and Retired Federal

Employees Association – NARFE

Alexandria, Virginia

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 2000.00

The National Postal Mail Handlers

c/o Laborers Political League

Washington, DC

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 2500.00

Jason VanEaton

Columbia, Missouri

Employer: Spectrum Consulting

Occupation: Consultant

Date Contributed = 10/15/2010

Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = [$]19500.00

[emphasis added]

PACs.

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it.

If there’s one thing you can say about Tommy Sowers (D) campaign style in the 8th Congressional District race – he obviously thrives on engaging with the people in the district:

From Tommy Sowers’ campaign:

…out on the ground with Tommy doing our third Boots on the Ground operation (BOTG III) and it’s been fantastic.  Tommy was waiting tables in St. James today and talking to voters about the need for new blood in Congress (and their lunch order, of course.)…

Tommy Sowers (D) is challenging long time incumbent Jo Ann Emerson (r) in the 8th Congressional District. The district has the highest poverty rate in the state:

Missouri 8 20.5% (124,990) [poverty rate] 30% (43,283) [child poverty rate]

* 72,661 women (22.54 percent) in the district live in poverty

* 9,177 African-Americans (36.19 percent) in the district live in poverty

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson

And the unemployment rate ain’t exactly stellar either.

You’d think that the sitting U.S. Representative would be looking out after working people.

Nope.

Jo Ann Emerson has a history of voting against legislation for fair pay for working people:

H.R.12 [2009]

Title: Paycheck Fairness Act

Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (200)

Related Bills: H.RES.5, S.182, S.3772

[….]

SUMMARY AS OF:

1/6/2009–Passed House without amendment.    

[….]

Paycheck Fairness Act – (Sec. 3) Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages.

Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience.

States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation; (2) is job-related with respect to the position in question; and (3) is consistent with business necessity. Avers that such defense shall not apply where the employee demonstrates that: (1) an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential; and (2) the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice.

Revises the prohibition against employer retaliation for employee complaints. Prohibits retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee or another employee in response to a complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or an investigation conducted by the employer.

Makes employers who violate sex discrimination prohibitions liable in a civil action for either compensatory or (except for the federal government) punitive damages.

States that any action brought to enforce the prohibition against sex discrimination may be maintained as a class action in which individuals may be joined as party plaintiffs without their written consent.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages in a sex discrimination action….

The vote:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 8

H R 12      RECORDED VOTE      9-Jan-2009      1:19 PM

QUESTION:  On Passage

BILL TITLE: Paycheck Fairness Act

—- AYES    256 —

Carnahan

Clay

Cleaver

Skelton

—- NOES    163 —

Akin

Blunt

Emerson

Luetkemeyer

—- NOT VOTING    14 —

Graves

[emphasis added]

Then there’s the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Again, Jo Ann Emerson is no friend of working people:

H.R.11 [2009]

Title: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rep Miller, George [CA-7] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (195)

Related Bills: H.RES.5, S.181

Latest Major Action: 2/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

[….]

SUMMARY AS OF:

1/9/2009–Passed House amended.

[….]

Title I: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 – Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 – (Sec. 3) Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when: (1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted; (2) an individual becomes subject to the decision or practice; or (3) an individual is affected by application of the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid. Allows liability to accrue, and allows an aggrieved person to obtain relief, including recovery of back pay, for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, where the unlawful employment practices that have occurred during the charge filing period are similar or related to practices that occurred outside the time for filing a charge. Applies the preceding provisions to claims of compensation discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(Sec. 4) Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that an unlawful practice occurs when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to the decision or other practice, or when a person is affected by the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid….

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 9

H R 11      YEA-AND-NAY      9-Jan-2009      1:28 PM

QUESTION:  On Passage

BILL TITLE: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

—- YEAS    247 —

Carnahan

Clay

Cleaver

Skelton

—- NAYS    171 —

Akin

Blunt

Emerson

Luetkemeyer

—- NOT VOTING    15 —

Graves

And that paycheck fairness issue? There’s a history of votes against it, in 2008:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 556

H R 1338      RECORDED VOTE      31-Jul-2008      7:33 PM

QUESTION:  On Passage

BILL TITLE: Paycheck Fairness Act

—- AYES    247 —

Carnahan

Clay

Cleaver

Skelton

—- NOES    178 —

Akin

Blunt

Emerson

Graves

—- NOT VOTING    9 —

Hulshof

[emphasis added]

And against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2007:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 768

H R 2831      YEA-AND-NAY      31-Jul-2007      2:40 PM

QUESTION:  On Passage

BILL TITLE: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

—- YEAS    225 —

Carnahan

Clay

Cleaver

Skelton

—- NAYS    199 —

Akin

Blunt

Emerson

Graves

Huslshof

—- NOT VOTING    9 —

[emphasis]

Yep, that’s consistency for you – looking out for anyone but working people.

Tommy Sowers: I’m Tommy Sowers. This is my truck. And this is a ton of horse manure that’s been dumped on me by Jo Ann Emerson.

Emerson took money from special interests to make up lies about me because she doesn’t want to talk about bad trade deals that sent our jobs over to Mexico and China. She doesn’t want to talk about that she’s an insurance lobbyist that voted for the big bank bailouts. Jo Ann Emerson has been in Washington too long. She’s part of the problem.

I’m Tommy Sowers and I approved this message.

The Sowers campaign sent out the following release:

Tommy Sowers releases “Horse Manure” ad

“She can dump all the horse manure she wants.

The voters aren’t buying it.”

[….]

….Campaign Manager Jonathan Feifs issued the following statement:

“The ads that Congresswoman Emerson has been running are horse manure. Instead of making up lies to scare voters, Emerson should answer for her ties to lobbyists, her vote for the Wall Street bailout, and her continual support of foreign trade deals that have devastated the economy of Southeast Missouri.”

Tommy Sowers commented:

“Congresswoman Emerson has been in Washington too long. She’s part of the problem, not the solution. She can dump all the horse manure she wants. The voters aren’t buying it. They know it’s time for new blood and they’re ready to retire Congresswoman Emerson this November.”

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And there may be some movement in the polling, to boot:

…But those numbers aren’t quite as good as an April poll by the same firm that showed Emerson leading 71 percent to 18 percent, suggesting Sowers has made inroads…

Just asking.

Jo Ann Emerson (r), the incumbent in the 8th Congressional District, is running an ad attacking challenger Tommy Sowers (D) for his support of health care reform.

…Jo Ann Emerson fought the health care bill…

[Jo Ann Emerson Fought Obamacare]

…and is working for repeal…

[emphasis added]

That’s interesting.

On August 24th the Congressional Budget Office responded by letter [pdf] to a request for information from Senator Mike Crapo (R) concerning the effect on the deficit if health care reform legislation were to be repealed.

Their answer? Repealing health care reform legislation would increase the deficit by $455 billion:

…Health Care Savings under PPACA and the Reconciliation Act

Finally, you asked what the net deficit impact would be if certain provisions of PPACA and the Reconciliation Act that were estimated to generate net savings were eliminated specifically, those which were originally estimated to generate a net reduction in mandatory outlays of $455 billion over the 2010-2019 period. The estimate of $455 billion mentioned in your letter represents the net effects of many provisions. Some of those provisions generated savings for Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and some generated costs. If those provisions were repealed, CBO estimates that there would be an increase in deficits similar to its original estimate of $455 billion in net savings over that period.

[page]

CBO’s earlier estimate was based on the forecasts of economic conditions, health care spending, and other technical factors that CBO published in 2009. Since that time, CBO has prepared new baseline projections consistent with updated economic and technical information, and has also extended its baseline to include 2020. We have not updated the estimate of health-related savings reported in March, but CBO has no reason to believe that such an estimate would differ substantially from the original one.

I hope you find this information helpful…

“…I hope you find this information helpful…

Uh, I don’t think any republicans will. Just guessing. Do you think Jo Ann Emerson (r) will change her campaign ad? The answer to that is probably no. After all, republicans are getting a lot of mileage out of noise and distortion. Why should Jo Ann Emerson (r) be any different?

Previously: Tommy Sowers (D) in the 8th Congressonal District: clubbing Jo Ann Emerson (r) with the bailout

Tommy Sowers’ (D) campaign started airing a television ad and Jo Ann Emerson’s (r) campaign followed suit. The Sowers campaign issued the following statement in response to the Emerson ad:

“Emerson is trying to change the subject, because she doesn’t want to talk about her vote for the Wall St Bailout, her trade votes that have killed SE Missouri manufacturing, and […] the union pension bailout scheme she is sponsoring. All 3 are incredibly unpopular with voters in the district. This also serves as recognition of how threatened Emerson is by Tommy Sowers. She’s never mentioned any of her opponents by name in past TV ads, now she’s doing it more than 2 months before the election. She thinks her support in the district is a mile wide, but it’s an inch deep.”

Announcer: Where do they stand? On health care Tommy Sowers wants government in charge.

[Tommy Sowers, Government Run Health Care]

Sowers supports keeping the Obama health care takeover.

[Tommy Sowers, Southeast Missourian, 11,8/09, “Sowers Said He Would Vote For It.”]

Higher taxes, more spending, less control of your care.

[Tommy Sowers, Higher Taxes, More Spending, Less Control]

Missouri needs a leader…

[Missouri needs a Leader]

…not an Obama Pelosi yes man.

[Tommy Sowers, Obama-Pelosi, Yes Man]

Jo Ann Emerson fought the health care bill…

[Jo Ann Emerson Fought Obamacare]

…and is working for repeal so doctors make decisions, not bureaucrats. Putting people before politics…

[People Before Politics]

…Jo Ann Emerson for Congress.

[Paid For By Team Emerson. Approved By Jo Ann Emerson.]

Jo Ann Emerson:  I’m Jo Ann Emerson and I approved this message.

Okay. Let’s deconstruct this just a little bit. To advocate that the health care reform bill is destroying a health care system that’s working you should probably point out the stuff you think works.

Let’s see, universal access to affordable health care? Nope. People without health insurance get their medical care late and in hospital emergency departments where the care is most expensive. Who pays for that? Uh, the hospitals recoup those costs by charging those with insurance more.

“…Jo Ann Emerson fought the health care bill and is working for repeal…”

Prohibitions against restricting coverage of preexisting conditions? Prohibitions against denying people the insurance coverage they paid for because the actually got sick (rescission)? Really, Jo Ann Emerson thinks those provisions of the health care bill need to be repealed?

“…so doctors make decisions, not bureaucrats…”

Uh, what color is the sky in Jo Ann Emerson’s world? Insurance company bureaucrats don’t make our health care decisions for us now? Really?

“…Obama Pelosi…”

Uh, Jo Ann Emerson is not running against Nancy Pelosi, she’s running against Tommy Sowers, who also happens to be a veteran. That’s a nice touch by Jo Ann Emerson, by the way, having veterans surround her at the end of the commercial. I wonder if this comment came up while they were filming that scene for her commercial? Just asking.

“…Putting people before politics…”

Her campaign can’t be serious in using that cliche phrase in a political commercial – unless they’re delusional or think everyone else in the world is too stupid to compare her words with her record.

Uh, by the way, as a member of Congress didn’t Jo Ann Emerson have access to government health insurance before the health care bill was signed into law? Just asking.  

Tommy Sowers‘ (D) campaign is airing this latest ad:

Tommy Sowers: When I served in Iraq I wasn’t alone. I had my fellow soldiers and this combat Bible. I’m Tommy Sowers, a veteran running to bring new blood to Congress.

Announcer: Jo Ann Emerson sold us out.

[Jo Ann Emerson]

Voted for job killing trade deals and the Wall Street bailout.

[Bad Trade Deals, Wall Street Bailouts]

Now Emerson is backing another one hundred sixty-five billion dollar bailout scheme and taking money from big city special interests in return.

Vote Sowers and stop Emerson’s latest bailout.

[Shotgun]

Tommy Sowers: I’m Tommy Sowers and I approved this message.

[Sowers, SowersForCongress.com

Aaproved by Tommy Sowers, Paid For By Sowers For Congress]

Heh. The shotgun is a nice touch.

The airwaves campaign in the 8th Congressional District race has started:

When I served in Iraq, I wasn’t alone. I had my fellow soldiers and this combat bible. I’m Tommy Sowers, a veteran running to bring new blood to Congress. Jo Ann Emerson killed our jobs with bad trade deals and bank bailouts. She’s just been there too long. I will force Congress to fix the bad trade deals, and I won’t vote for bailouts like Emerson. I’m Tommy Sowers, and I approve this message. Together, you and I can bring new blood to Congress.

[Sowers Congress

Sowersforcongress.com

Approved by Tommy Sowers. Paid for by Sowers for Congress.]