Friend, I have an important question: Can you chip in a split donation of just $5 right now between my campaign and Jacky Rosen’s to help me hit my $500,000 daily fundraising goal so we can defeat Ted Cruz and keep our Senate majority?

I am sorry to be so frank with you, friend. But here's why that $5 is more critical than ever before:

- Ted Cruz won by just 2.6% in his last election.

- Experts are calling him the most vulnerable GOP Senator in the country.

- A recent poll has me UP 1 POINT against Ted.

- And if we win here in Texas, Democrats are virtually guaranteed to hold the Senate.

Seriously, just $5 can make a HUGE difference to our grassroots campaign.

I know it might not sound like much when you think of the tens of millions Cruz has raised. But it adds up! If everyone reading this chips in $5, we'll reach our $500,000 goal in a matter of minutes, and we'll be that much closer to beating Ted Cruz and protecting the Senate.

So with just two weeks until Election Day, don't wait: Will you give just $5 so that I can keep up with Ted's millions, reach voters in every corner of Texas, and help Democrats protect the Senate? In a race this close and this expensive, I can't get to the finish line without supporters like you.

Thanks for fighting with me.

– Colin Allred