Hi, it’s Lexie, Tammy Baldwin’s Finance Director.

Last week, California bank owner Eric Hovde launched his campaign for Wisconsin’s Senate seat. That came as no surprise — Mitch McConnell handpicked Hovde to run against Tammy and national Republicans have been backing him for months.

What did take us by surprise is Hovde spending at least $1 million to go up on the airwaves today, just one week after launching his campaign. And this is only just the beginning — with a self-funded war chest of $20 million, Hovde has the ability to flood our state with ads and attacks from now through Election Day.

We need to fight back and set the record straight so Wisconsin voters know who Eric Hovde is and the extreme views he stands for.

But the truth is, this is much earlier in the cycle than we had planned to launch our own ads and we simply don’t have it in the budget right now.

So in order to keep up with Hovde and his virtually unlimited campaign war chest, I’m coming to you today:

Will you make a donation toward our Rapid Response Fund to help us respond to our opponent’s new ads and defend Wisconsin’s Senate seat?

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Thanks for helping us out today.

— Lexie
Team Baldwin