John,

Voting in the general election is already underway, and with only five days until polls close, OpenSecrets predicts this will be the most expensive election cycle in U.S. history.

Total spending on 2024 federal races is estimated to surpass $15.9 billion. That is an obscene amount of money, and it’s only going to get worse with millionaire and billionaire-funded super PACs and lobby groups like AIPAC and Crypto spending more and more each cycle.

While the Party establishment looks the other way when corporations and GOP billionaires meddle in our elections, we know the threat they pose to our democracy and must continue to build the next generation of diverse, working-class leadership in Congress.

In Congress, the incentive structures exist to always do the wrong thing—to push for war and to protect the interests of the wealthy few as we’ve seen. Our slate of Justice Democrats candidates, including Squad members Ilhan Omar, Summer Lee, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are different. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush were different — which is why AIPAC spent so heavily to unseat them in this year’s primaries.

We need more candidates like them to run for office in 2025 and beyond, but congressional races have become historically expensive, and convincing potential candidates to run is that much harder. It’s grassroots contributions from people like you that truly make this work possible.

With our end-of-month fundraising deadline tonight at midnight, can we count on you to make your first contribution of $5 toward our 2025-2026 Candidate Recruitment Fund?

Donate $5

The more we raise from emails like this one, the better our chances of finding the next generation of progressive leaders, going up against the corporate and right-wing Super PACs, and winning key races to build our power in Congress.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats