John,

I didn’t make this decision lightly, but after discussions with our team, we officially had to make the difficult call to pull our canvassers off the streets.

Winter has officially hit Chicago and it’s off to a brutal start. The snow has been nonstop and the wind chill is dangerous. We have a massive dedicated team of volunteers who would walk through fire for our movement, but I’m not going to ask them to walk through ice.



But here is the hard reality: Election day is only a few months away.

We cannot afford a single “snow day.” If we lose a day of voter contract now, we might not make it up in time.

So we have to change tactics immediately.

We are shifting our resources from field to paid communications. If we can’t knock on voters' doors, we need to land in their mailbox, on their social media feeds, or on their phones.

This pivot costs money we didn’t plan to spend in December and we desperately need your support to keep up our momentum.

Please, will you rush a donation of $25, $15, or whatever is meaningful to you to help us keep reaching voters?

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The weather may have changed, but our mission hasn’t. Help us keep moving.

Bushra Amiwala

Democrat for IL-9

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Bushra for Congress

PO Box 911

Skokie, IL 60076