Folks, this is Pat Ryan.

One year ago, we won a competitive special election in Upstate New York against all odds.

And we won because we worked together, building a coalition that rallied around our fight for reproductive freedom.

Today, I’m asking you to join our united front once again by pitching into my reelection campaign and to my friend, Greg Landsman.

When we launched our campaign last year, it was in the wake of the leaked SCOTUS decision repealing reproductive rights. Our economy was trending downward, and working families struggled to make ends meet. And far-right politicians nationwide were running for office on an extremist agenda of taking away fundamental freedoms from millions of Americans.

I got into this race because the very foundations of our democracy were under attack. And one year ago, the Hudson Valley stood up and held the frontline for democracy.

Don’t forget: we secured this victory despite over $6 million in spending against me.

We did it because we were unequivocal about the stakes.

And that’s how we’ll do it again in 2024 — but Washington Republicans aren’t backing down. They are working double time to prop up another extreme opponent to try to take me down.

Republican groups are breaking fundraising records this year. They’re pledging to spend millions of dollars to flip toss-up seats, just like this one.

They will keep trying. But I know the strength of this team. We can fend off the misleading attacks, spending from Big Money special interests, and the extremists who will stop at nothing to erode freedom and weaken democracy — but we can only make it happen if we do it together.

Let’s protect NY-18 and take back our Democratic House majority. Please, chip in to my reelection campaign and to Greg Landsman.

Thank you for everything.

Yours in service,

Pat