As Election Day draws closer and closer, my team and I have been coming up with some great ideas for new ads and campaign events to make sure voters know about me come November. And that’s critically important because after California’s redistricting, I’m now running in a district where 60% of the voters are brand new to me.

And I’ll be honest: we also just ran some projections on how much reaching out to those new voters is going to cost… and it’s eye-popping.

You probably already know that making an ad is pretty damn expensive. But keeping it up on the airwaves? For weeks at a time? Things get really pricy, really quick.

Here’s the truth: when voters hear our message, we earn their support. That’s how we won one of the closest House races in the entire country in 2024. But since Southern California is an extremely expensive media market, getting that message out to voters takes an immense amount of resources.

So here’s the ask: We need to raise $15,000 through emails like these before the end of the month to make sure we can afford these ads. Can you make a donation now?

Listen, I know $15,000 is a lot of money. But it’s a drop in the bucket compared to what the Trump fundraising machine spent against us in the last election.

The worst part? These MAGA Republicans were more than happy to flood that election with dark money — nearly untraceable cash from some of the biggest, greediest, most extreme donors on Earth.

I’m building this reelection campaign the old-fashioned way. No dark money. No checks from Elon Musk. Just a movement of grassroots supporters like you giving what they can, when they can.

In a race as consequential as this, we need to reach as many voters as humanly possible — and the data proves it: those ads and events are the most effective ways to do so. Please, don’t let Donald Trump get his hands on Southern California. Chip in and help us build a winning campaign.

Thank you,

Dave Min