Friend --

In just a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation ahead of our end-of-month fundraising deadline. My race is heating up, so I hope you’ll let me explain why this request is so important.

Right now, I'm the last remaining Democratic incumbent in California that represents a tossup district. I'm also the only House Democrat in the entire country facing a cash on hand deficit against their Republican challenger.

Part of the reason why CA-21 is so competitive is because we only recently unseated my opponent David Valadao -- he still has access to special interest cash through his top allies Devin Nunes and Kevin McCarthy. I'm rejecting that same corporate PAC cash. Instead, I depend on support from individual donors like you, friend.

I view grassroots support as my biggest strength, but the Republicans consider it a vulnerability. That’s why CA-21 is quickly becoming ground zero in the Republicans effort to retake their lost seats in California.

The only way we can withstand the flood of outside spending headed our way is with grassroots support from California and beyond. Will you make a donation of $3 to help defeat David Valadao and keep the House blue?

The truth is, David Valadao and the Republicans are banking on apathy and low voter turnout in order to retake this seat. They’re hoping that Democratic enthusiasm in 2018 was a fluke.

We’ve proven we have what it takes to organize this community and win. But if we’re going to hold this seat, we need to send a message that our campaign has the resources and support to do it once again.

That’s where you come in:

Chip in $3 today to help us meet our end-of-month goal. Your donation will go right to work preventing another far-right takeover in the Central Valley.

All my very best,

TJ