Friends, I'll get right to it: I'm going to ask you to split a donation of $25 between me and Stacey Plaskett to help me defeat Ted Cruz, but first let me tell you why it's so important.

We're just 1 day away from my next public fundraising deadline and my finance director, Lauren, just called me to let me know we're not on track to hit our $450,000 goal.

But there's good news: If just 100 folks from xxxxxx split a donation between our campaign and Stacey Plaskett of $25 or more, we’ll be back on track to hit this deadline!

So please, will you help me prove the power of this campaign to defeat Ted Cruz? Split a donation of $25 between our campaign and Stacey Plaskett before it's too late →

Listen, CNN says Ted Cruz the most vulnerable Republican in the country, and experts at the Cook Political Report shifted Texas from a "Safe Republican" seat to a "Battleground."

There's no doubt in my mind that we can win this race and send Ted Cruz packing IF we can reach millions of voters across the state.

And I'm not taking a dime from corporate special interests, so I really mean it when I say your grassroots support will make a critical difference in this race. We can't let this opportunity to defeat Ted and build a better Texas slip away.

So please, will you split a donation of $25 between our campaign and Stacey Plaskett to help reach our critical end-of-quarter fundraising goal? Every dollar puts us one step closer to defeating Ted Cruz! →

Thank you so much – I'm so grateful to have you on my team.

Colin Allred