Text of March 19, 2015 Fundraising Email

Dear xxx,

 Thanks to your support along with the help of our more than 30,000 volunteers and the hundreds of thousands who have clamored for Dr. Ben Carson, he announced his exploratory committee on March 2, 2015.

Before you know it, Ben Carson will be participating in the first presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in September...

And, shortly after that come the Iowa Caucuses.

That's why we are expanding our "Iowa Meets Ben Carson" project.

Not only are we publishing and distributing 400,000 copies of my new book, Ben Carson Rx for America and developing our billboard ads and buys in Iowa, we now have the opportunity to buy the data of 160,000 individuals who attended the Iowa caucus from 1988 to 2012.

The Iowa Republican Party is making this critical list available to us for just $40,000. That's a great price, Eric, considering I heard that the democrats are charging over $100,000 for their list of caucus goers for interested buyers!

Won’t you please help us purchase this list by sending a gift of $50 or even $35?

 If you help us buy this list, we will get busy in our Iowa Victory Office manning our phone bank with volunteers and calling the folks on this list to rally support for Ben Carson. If they are unsure as to whom they will be supporting for president in 2016 or don't know much about Dr. Carson, our Iowa Team will ship out or hand deliver (when possible) our campaign materials such as two of our mini-books, Ben Carson: On the Issues in his Own Words and Dr. Ben Carson: He Will Heal our Broken Land.

After they receive our materials we will follow-up to answer any questions they might have, and if they have decided that they support Dr. Carson, we'll make sure they participate in the Iowa Straw Poll on August 8, 2015 and attend the Iowa Caucus scheduled for February 1, 2016 to vote in support of Ben Carson.

 We have been steadily working in Iowa since January 2014. We were there before anyone else, and I believe our team and our volunteers have worked harder than anyone else.

Frankly, getting in touch with 160,000 people is not an easy or quick task, but let me assure you we will get the project completed.

We will not let you down.

But we need your help.

If at all possible, it is my hope that you can help this "Iowa meets Ben Carson" project with a most generous gift of $35, $50 or even more so that we may purchase the list of Iowa caucus attendees.

Thank you for believing in Ben Carson and trusting me and all of the folks out in the field to do their best to elect Ben Carson.

You are an integral part of this effort and, in fact, without your continued support, we will not be able to continue to help Dr. Ben Carson win the GOP nomination and ultimately put him in the White House.

For America,



John Philip Sousa IV
Chairman
http://www.runbenrun.org/

P.S. The official campaign committee of a presidential candidate must follow strict donation and spending limitations imposed by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), but a super PAC like ours, The 2016 Committee (formerly the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee), is not subject to such limitations. We can accept gifts of any amount, and we can also accept corporate gifts!

It's a matter of record that super PACs, like The 2016 Committee, have played a deciding role in the outcome of the nomination and election process.

However, unlike other super PACs that are normally funded by million dollar contributions, this super PAC is funded by gifts of all sizes—small, medium, and large and supported by Americans who want to give America back to her people and out of the hands of an over-reaching, economically strangling government.

And that's why the existence of our super PAC and your continued support is so important.

Thank you, xxx.