We Shall Continue to Improve Timber Conservation Practices

Dear Representative Stauber,

“We shall continue to improve timber conservation practices, recreational facilities, grazing management, and watershed protection of our national forests and our public domain.”

 

- Republican Party Platform of 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: "Republican Party Platform of 1956." The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1956. Retrieved 21 July 2026. 

 

Image source: "Ike in 56." Political Buttons Collection, University of Idaho Library, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/buttons/items/mg660_box1_4-0300.html. Retrieved 24 Aug. 2026.  

 

Mailed August 26, 2026 

We Are Unalterably Opposed

Dear Representative Stauber,

“We are unalterably opposed to unwarranted growth of centralized Federal power.”

 

- Republican Party Platform of 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: "Republican Party Platform of 1956." The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1956. Retrieved 21 July 2026. 

 

Image source: pagesrevisited. "1956 National Convention Handbook, Democrats & Republicans." ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/363032319979. Retrieved 17 Aug. 2026.  

 

Mailed August 18, 2026 

We Believe That True Progress Can Be Attained

Dear Representative Stauber,

"We believe that true progress can be attained through intelligent study, understanding, education and good will. Use of force or violence by any group or agency will tend only to worsen the many problems inherent in the situation."

 

- Republican Party Platform of 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: "Republican Party Platform of 1956." The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1956. Retrieved 21 July 2026. 

 

Image source: TrenchLineBooks. "Vintage 'A Future Voter' Pinback Button." Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/listing/1787983394/vintage-a-future-voter-pinback-button. Retrieved 4 Aug. 2026.

 

Mailed August 4, 2026 

We Are Proud Of and Shall Continue

Dear Representative Stauber,

 "We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs—expansion of social security—broadened coverage in unemployment insurance—improved housing—and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people."

 

- Republican Party Platform of 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: "Republican Party Platform of 1956." The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1956. Retrieved 21 July 2026. 

 

Image source: kofc2012. "1956 Republican National Convention Souvenir Plate." ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/144121475979. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

 

Mailed July 31, 2026 

The Republican Party Supports an Immigration Policy

Dear Representative Stauber,

“The Republican Party supports an immigration policy which is in keeping with the traditions of America in providing a haven for oppressed peoples and which is based on equality of treatment [and] freedom from implications of discrimination between racial, nationality and religious groups.”

 

- Republican Party Platform of 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: "Republican Party Platform of 1956." The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1956. Retrieved 21 July 2026. 

 

Image source:  "Dwight D. Eisenhower - NARA." Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dwight_D._Eisenhower_-_NARA_-_531434.jpg. Retrieved 21 July 2026.

 

Mailed July 22, 2026 

I Watched a Wife Fall to Her Knees

Dear Representative Stauber,

“I watched a wife fall to her knees looking at her husband’s dead body on the ground… I heard a howl that came from [her] soul."

- Mary Hayes, resident of Biddeford, Maine and witness to ICE shooting of Joan Sebastian Guerrero on 7/13/26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote sources:

Associated Press. “Man Killed by ICE Officers in Biddeford, Maine Identified as Husband, Father of 3-Year-Old Girl.” WDBJ7, 14 July 2026, https://www.wdbj7.com/2026/07/14/man-killed-by-ice-officers-maine-identified-husband-father-3-year-old-girl/.

Rubin, Madaleine. “What We Know about the ICE Shooting in Maine.” New York Times, 13 June 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine-guerrero.html. (Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine-guerrero.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.loFk.CWP9ygDIm3WI&smid=nytcore-ios-share).

Image source:

A Mighty Girl. “The three-year-old girl, still wearing her Bluey pajamas, stood crying in the street… ” Facebook, 14 July 2026, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BZSdQptWW/.

Mailed July 15, 2026 

I've Always Been Really Successful

Dear Representative Stauber,

“I’ve always been really successful being a member of a team and being inclusive, having that voice for all.”

- Representative Stauber, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: Presutti, Carolyn. “First-Year Congressman Looks Back, Halfway Through Term.” Voice of America, 24 Nov. 2019, https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_us-politics_first-year-congressman-looks-back-halfway-through-term/6179967.html.

Image source: “Representative Pete Stauber.” Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, https://mn.gov/mdva/news/legislative-updates/congressional-corner/pete-stauber.jsp. Accessed 6 July 2026.

Mailed July 8, 2026