It's Saturday, John! Hope your weekend is going well. I wanted to reach out and catch you up on where our campaign stands.

You know how much I hate asking for money, but I’ve got to today. According to my team, we need a surge of donations to reach our end-of-month fundraising goal before Tuesday’s deadline.

Before I get into why this deadline is so important, can I count on you to chip in $10 to help us hit this fundraising goal? My team will update me in a few hours, so please pitch in now if you can.

Meeting our end-of-month deadline is crucial to our success because one missed goal means my team has to start making tough budget decisions. And in just two short months, we’ll face the biggest test of our campaign yet—our end-of-year fundraising deadline. Once our fundraising report goes public, everyone (and I mean everyone) will look for signs of how my campaign is shaping up.

The point is John, we need everyone’s support to showcase the strength of our grassroots team. Mitch McConnell and his shady dark money allies will pounce if we show any signs of weakness on our public report. So we’ve got to meet our goals. Every single time.

So what do you say? Can I count on you to make a contribution today to ensure we have the resources to keep our momentum?

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Thanks for taking time out of your weekend to read this.

—Jon