standing out to me in my inbox's flood of quarter-end money appeals, from Alan Cohn, described by major local newspaper as:
an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter who ... with WFTS Channel 28 ... uncovered the biggest case of political corruption in the last decade. He has always stood up for consumers and veterans.
...is Cohn's email, highlighting his:
30-year history of uncovering political corruption, fraud, standing up for civil liberties, and speaking truth to power...
...running against Dennis Ross who's just been named Deputy House Whip and is one of the most right wing members of Congress.
According to local poll taken June 5-8:
while we're tied after likely voters were given both of our biographies, I open up a 10-17 point lead when the issues I'm running on like immigration reform, minimum wage, marriage equality, the environment, civil liberties, are put to the respondents.
This supports Cohn's conclusion that:
...starting to get a lot of attention ... challenge is ...resources...