SEN MARK UDALL D CO has been endorsed by the LVC / League of Conservation voters for reelection. His challenger, rep cory gardner r tb CO, is the kind of congressman who has been paid for by the koch brothers and the big oil and gas lobbies. He is not representing the best interest of the people of Colorado as a representative in congress, instead he kow-tows to the demands of the corporate interest as payback for the $450,000+ he has already received from them. These are the same corporations and politicians who have weakened the EPA and state environmental regulatory agencies so that environmental disasters like the chemical spill in the Kanawah River and the coal ash spill in the Dan River were made not only possible but likely. cory gardner will do nothing to prevent a similar environmental disaster from occurring in your community. If you can please make a donation to LVC's Action Fund (no amount is too small, I donated $5.00) to provide the financial support Sen Mark Udall and those like him the means to defeat the koch brothers and the the big oil and gas industries.
Since we named climate change-denying Senate candidate Cory Gardner to the Dirty Dozen last week -- and LCV launched a TV ad highlighting his ties with Big Oil -- he has come back with a fierce attack on us and Senator Mark Udall. Gardner called us an “extreme organization” and issued a challenge to Senator Udall to return the campaign contributions we’ve given to him because they have “rewarded him for his unwavering loyalty” to his commitment to conservation. (Uh yeah, we know he’s been loyal -- Senator Udall has a 97% lifetime environmental score!)
Clearly we’ve made Congressman Gardner nervous and he thinks that attacking Senator Udall’s amazing record of standing up for our environment will win him points. Let’s show him he’s wrong -- that Senator Udall’s support for our
environment will help him win the support of Colorado voters, and that
Congressman Gardner’s history of denying climate change science, siding
with oil companies, and voting against our environment will be his
undoing.
BIG
NEWS: We’re going all in to defeat climate change denier Cory Gardner
in his race challenging our ally Senator Mark Udall in Colorado. But the
race is already really close! Donate to LCV Action Fund to help win
this critical race >>
What’s that we hear? A climate change denier is challenging one of our biggest allies in the Senate? And the race is already within just a few points?
We are so IN!
We’ve just added Congressman Cory Gardner to the Dirty Dozen -- that means we’re going to take on this polluter-funded Senate candidate and we’re not going to stop until he’s defeated.
We’re
putting everything we’ve got into this race to make sure that this
climate change denier can’t even get close to unseating our ally Senator
Mark Udall in his reelection campaign.
It’s
not going to be easy -- early polling shows that the race is
neck-and-neck. When it’s this close this early, the only way to win is
to start working immediately, but we need your help to do that.
We can’t wait to act on this. The Koch brothers certainly aren’t. Their front group, Freedom Partners, has just dumped $1.1 million into TV ads in Colorado and Iowa.
Gardner has gotten more than $450,000 in contributions from the oil and gas industry.
And it’s clear as day why they’re so invested in this race. Gardner has
repeatedly sided with Big Oil by voting against eliminating billions of
dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies to the nation’s most profitable
oil companies. He even signed a pledge on tax policy that would protect
these billions in Big Oil handouts!
And
Gardner isn’t just an ally of the dirty energy industry when it comes
to subsidies. He has also repeatedly denied the overwhelming scientific
consensus that humans are the driving force behind climate change. His
atrocious voting record across the board on the environment has earned
him a pitiful 9% lifetime score on our National Environmental Scorecard. Make a gift now to help us defeat him >>
Can
you imagine what damage it would do if this climate change denier
unseated Senator Mark Udall, who has earned an amazing 97% lifetime
environmental score?
We
CANNOT lose this race. We HAVE to get boots on the ground now to get
the word out about Cory Gardner’s extreme positions -- but it takes
resources to make sure we can knock on enough doors, make enough phone
calls, and get neighbors talking to neighbors so we can turn out an
environmental majority this election.
Our
Dirty Dozen program targets candidates for Congress -- regardless of
party affiliation -- who consistently side against the environment and
are running in races in which LCV has a serious chance to affect the
outcome. Last cycle, we defeated 11 of the 12 candidates on the Dirty
Dozen.
I
know we can have that same success this year. But with races starting
out as close as this one, we will have to fight tooth and nail to come
out on top.
So thanks for chipping in today to make sure we can start our first Senate Dirty Dozen campaign off strong.
Best,
 Gene Karpinski President LCV Action Fund
Paid for by League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, www.lcvactionfund.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
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