Hi John, it’s Martin Sheen. Yes, President Jed Bartlet from The West Wing. I’m emailing because I have a quick favor to ask of you.

The presidents I’ve played on TV and in movies would have loved a leader like Dan Osborn in the U.S. Senate.

Dan doesn’t come from money. He actually works for a living. He’s a blue-collar union mechanic who led a successful strike as president of his local labor union – saving the jobs of 500 of his neighbors. That is, of course, before the company fired Dan shortly after.

Dan didn’t grow up with a trust fund or go to a fancy Ivy League school. In fact, he will be the only person in the U.S. Senate without a college degree. Dan dropped out of school and got a job after he and his wife found out they were expecting a kid, because diapers weren’t going to pay for themselves.

And Dan certainly isn’t a do-nothing, take-everyone’s-money politician like his Republican opponent, Deb Fischer. Dan’s not taking money from corporate PACs, and he’s actually holding town halls and taking questions from voters like everyone running for office should.

Our constitution was founded on the principle of government by the people, for the people. And Dan Osborn embodies that ideal.

The polls show an incredibly close race between Dan Osborn and Republican Deb Fischer in Nebraska. By some measures, it’s the closest Senate race in the country.

But like always, the corporations and their Super PACs want to keep their corrupt stooges in office. That’s why they’re spending over $12 million on TV lying about and attacking Dan to try to stop him from winning.

So here’s that favor I promised I’d ask: Can I count on you to make a donation right now to Dan Osborn’s campaign for Senate in Nebraska to help him defeat Republican Deb Fischer and win this critically-important Senate race?

Please use the links in this email to start a weekly donation through ActBlue:

I am doing all that I can to support leaders who embody the qualities and the ideals that we tried to depict on The West Wing.

Dan Osborn is one of those leaders, and it would mean a lot to me if you could chip in to his campaign today and help send a blue-collar mechanic to the halls of the U.S. Senate.

Thank you,

Martin Sheen