Erika Harold - Ballotpedia
She ran a courageous campaign in 2014 for US House in the Illinois 13th CD against incumbent Rodney Davis. Davis is known as aggressive fundraiser who taps everything from McDonalds to Archer-Daniels-Midland. I knew that Erika Harold was doomed when I got a beautiful hand-written note from her thanking me for my donation. Successful candidates send reams of cookie cutter requests for more money, not hand-written notes.
However, there was another poltico who specialized in hand written notes named Ronald Reagan. Reagan had a penchant for reading and responding to letters as is shown in this instance.
WGBH American Experience . Reagan . Economic Recovery Program | PBS
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As a matter of fact, as evidence of that I have a letter with me. The letter came from Peter Sweeney. He's in the second grade in the Riverside School in Rockville Centre, and he said, "I hope you get well quick
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Reagan was also known to send personal checks to letter writers with tough luck stories. Reagan was steadfast, and Erika Harold is cut from the same cloth.
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