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John, I wanted to make sure you
saw the email our team sent earlier. A special election has been called,
and while that doesn’t actually move Election Day, it allows big donors to
give even bigger checks. That puts a people-powered campaign like ours at
a disadvantage. [ [link removed] ]Can you please chip in today to help us close the gap?

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Governor Newsom has officially called a special election in the race for
California’s Senate seat. Here’s what that means for us.

Quick refresh: After Senator Feinstein passed away, Newsom appointed
Laphonza Butler to fulfill the remainder of her term. Senator Butler will
serve through November 2024, and is not running in this race. California
law allows a special election to take place alongside the normally
scheduled election. The special election will elect someone who will serve
from November 2024 through early January 2025, when all new Senators are
sworn in.

California will now have two elections side by side:

 1. To elect someone to serve November 2024-January 2025
 2. To elect someone who will serve a normal six year term beginning in
January 2025

The same candidates are running in both races, and there’s one really BIG
consequence to that. Check out this Politico headline:

[ [link removed] ]A headline from Politico highlighting the uncertain future of Dianne
Feinstein's open Senate seat.

That's right,
John, this race is going to
get even more expensive. That’s because contribution limits have now
doubled. So folks who could afford to give $6,600 (the federal limit) can
now give $13,200.

That puts a grassroots powered campaign like ours at a massive
disadvantage. Politico reported that as of June 30th, our opponent Adam
Schiff had 495 donors who had already given the max $6,600. If all of
those donors gave another $6,600, he’d raise another $3.2 million.

By comparison, we have 47 donors who have given the maximum, and 99% of
our contributions are $100 or less.

Katie is SO proud to be running a grassroots powered campaign, but this
unexpected change means we could be facing an even steeper cash deficit
than we anticipated. We know this team can help us make up the difference:
[ [link removed] ]Can you chip in today?



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More to come,

Team Katie Porter




 


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