John,

This is urgent.

Tonight at midnight, our first end-of-quarter fundraising report is due. This is when we publicly share everything we’ve raised so far. And we HAVE to meet this deadline.

But we’re still short of our goal.

This is a grassroots campaign. I never have and never will take a dime from corporate PACs. So I’m counting on supporters like you to get me through the finish line here.

If we don’t meet our goal before midnight, everyone watching our numbers – the establishment, political insiders, the media – will think we don’t have what it takes to win.

I’m 26 years old. They all told me to wait my turn, but I didn’t. Because I saw the crises confronting our country, from a crumbling democracy to a skyrocketing cost of living, and I decided we can’t wait. They’re counting on us to fail. We have to prove that we can do this.

Can you rush a donation right now so we can close the gap before this major deadline?

This is our last chance. Let’s finish this fight.

– Liam Elkind