John — Today, I’m asking you to pitch in just $10 to my campaign for the U.S. Senate, ahead of our upcoming mid-month deadline. I’ll explain why in a moment.

I recently read this article in the New York Times:

The Very Rich G.O.P. Senate Candidates Bidding for Working-Class Votes

“The intentional decision by Republicans in Washington, D.C., to get behind candidates with enormous personal fortunes will most likely give the party a boost as it struggles for campaign cash against the Democrats’ formidable grass-roots fund-raising operations. But the sheer affluence of the candidates — and how they made their money — is sure to be a factor in the fight for Senate control.”

John, while Republicans have struggled to build grassroots support for their campaigns, they’ve turned to ultra-wealthy, far-right celebrity candidates to run for office — including Steve Garvey right here in California.

Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm have successfully recruited candidates in Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin who can spend millions of their own money on their campaigns. Not to mention the flood of super PAC dollars from Mitch McConnell’s GOP dark-money donors.

For McConnell and Trump, that’s good news. More than 200,000 of Trump’s 2020 donors have abandoned his campaign, and he’s relying on wealthy self-funders to pick up the slack as he diverts his donors’ money to his mounting legal bills.

For years, I have worked hard to reform our campaign finance system, and together we’ve built this campaign without a penny of corporate PAC money. John, it’s not just about talking the talk — to reform our corrupt campaign finance system, we need to walk the walk.

I introduced the landmark constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, allow reasonable restrictions on political spending, outlaw dark money, and allow public financing of campaigns.

But while our campaign finance system is stacked against voters in favor of the ultra-rich and the mega-corporations that can cut big checks, I’m counting on this grassroots team to support my campaign and Democrats nationwide.

I’ve seen the power of our work before.

We’ve won tough races that pundits thought were unwinnable because of the strength of this grassroots team. Think of Senators Raphael Warnock in Georgia and Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada. Or Representatives Mike Levin and Josh Harder in California, who won tough re-elections and kept the GOP’s majority slim.

In the November elections, it won’t be easy to defend the Senate majority, flip the House, and protect the White House, especially up against so many wealthy Republican candidates. But if everyone reading this message pitched in just $10, it would go a long way in standing up to the GOP. John, will you chip in $10 today?

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Thank you very much for your support. I know I frequently ask for your help — and I don’t expect you to pitch in to every email. But I do appreciate you reading this longer note about why this team is so important.

— Adam

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