Thanks to the 205 people who chipped into this email, we’re getting closer to our goal, but we’re not quite there! In case you missed this note yesterday, I wanted to bump it to the top of your inbox:
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From: Katie Porter [[email protected]]
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2025
Subject: Asking you personally
Tomorrow is my governor campaign’s second ever fundraising deadline, and a lot’s on the line.
So I’m writing to you directly to ask if you’ll donate $5 or whatever you can spare to help us reach our $75,000 email end-of-month fundraising goal?
Early fundraising has a lot of upsides. It can help us raise more money, by showing people that this is a campaign to take seriously. It can send a message to special interests that they should stay out of this race. And perhaps most importantly, it gives us the ability to better plan our resources and stretch our donations the furthest they can go.
I know that many political campaigns go overboard with their fundraising asks. I stay very mindful of this—and at the very least, I try to keep things fun and informational, so you can get a laugh and learn a thing or two.
But because I reject money from corporations, lobbyists, and executives at Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Big Banks, the only way I can raise the resources I need to win and keep fighting for working people is through grassroots donations.
Ahead of our April fundraising deadline tomorrow, I’m asking you personally: will you chip in $5 or more to help our campaign get off to the strongest possible start?
Thank you so much,
Katie
