John —

If your inbox is anything like mine, you are bombarded with emails telling you that the sky is falling and all hope is lost.

You will never get that fake urgency from me.

On the flip side, I also will never sugarcoat things. There *are* real needs that we have right now if we’re going to win.

Real needs, because we are seeing our margin in public polls start to tighten, and our opponent is trumpeting that his campaign’s internal polls show a tied race.

Real needs, because if we lose here in Michigan, Republicans will almost certainly take control of the U.S. Senate.

Real needs, because voting has already begun here in Michigan, and we are just 7 days out from Election Day.

So I am concretely asking: will you split a donation of $25 between Hillary Scholten’s campaign and my campaign for U.S. Senate in Michigan? At this point in the campaign, the vast majority of our contributions come from people like you in response to emails like this one.