Josh Harder's End-of-Quarter Deadline:

Good morning, John!

I know it’s super early and you might not even be fully awake yet (unless you're an early bird like me apparently), but I want to catch you before your inbox is flooded with other end-of-quarter emails.

Today I’ll be extremely busy trying to get my Republican colleagues to be reasonable and prevent a government shutdown, so I won’t have any time to fundraise before our FEC fundraising deadline at midnight.

So this morning, I’m hoping I can count on you to donate $25. Here’s why I need your support more than any other campaign:

• My race is one of the most competitive in the entire country. No doubt, by hand-picking his “dream candidate” to run against me, hosting a fundraiser in my district, and texting his supporters for donations, Kevin McCarthy has made me his #1 target. This deadline is our chance to show McCarthy we’re not backing down!


• I’m already facing more than five figures in attack ads and if we’re outraised tonight, the Republicans are going to triple down. I will also be making a major decision tonight about how much we can spend on ads to fight back against these lies. I can only say yes if we raise more than my opponent before midnight!


• This is our first FEC fundraising deadline against our Republican opponent and everyone's watching to see if I’m outraised. I’m really worried that with McCarthy backing my opponent, we could be thousands of dollars behind at this point and we’re still falling over $10,500 short of our goal!


• I don’t take a single dime of corporate PAC money, so the only way we’re going to reach our goal before is with an outpouring of grassroots support in the next 15 hours. That’s why I’m emailing you first thing this morning and hoping you will chip in to my campaign before any others.

Can I count on you to donate $25 or as much as you can before the most important deadline I’ve ever had at midnight?

I know we can do it!

— Josh