I’ll get right down to it: Our next FEC fundraising deadline is coming up at midnight tonight, and we haven’t quite hit our goal yet, so I’m going to ask if you can pitch in.

But first, I want to talk about a few reasons why your contribution would make a real difference right now.

Hitting this quarterly fundraising target will set us up to keep growing our re-election campaign. And the contributions we receive now will have an outsized impact in deciding how much we can invest all the way through Election Day.

Your donation will also show how many people in Pennsylvania and across the country support our big ideas — like a wealth tax, a binding code of ethics for Supreme Court justices, and universal child care.

And after this deadline, when our fundraising numbers go public, Republican operatives and powerful special interests will scour them to try to gauge our strength. So let’s use this opportunity to show them how many of us are pushing back against their extremism and fighting to put power in the hands of the people.

If it makes sense for you right now, please chip in $28 or any amount before tonight’s midnight FEC deadline to support our re-election campaign — and help fuel our fight.