Friend, my team and I just set our first end-of-quarter goal of the year – and before I ask you to help us reach it, I need to explain why this is so important.

Experts at CNN are calling me one of the most vulnerable senators in the entire country – and I am a top GOP target for defeat. We can defy the odds and win this race – but not without critical grassroots support from folks like you.

Please, friend, will you chip in $5 or more – split between my campaign and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s – right now to help us hit our ambitious end-of-quarter goal, win in Ohio, and defend the Senate for Democrats?

I’m determined to keep up the fight for workers and families in Ohio – and to defend our Senate majority so we can continue making desperately needed progress for the American people. But I simply cannot defend my battleground seat and deliver this progress without you by my side.

So please, before midnight tonight, can I count on you to chip in $5 or more – split between my campaign and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s – so we can hit our crucial end-of-quarter fundraising goal and power our reelection campaign to victory? Every dollar counts as we work to combat dangerous GOP extremism and defend our Senate majority.

It means so much to have you on this team, friend. Thanks for chipping in.

– Sherrod