I’ll make this as quick as I can:

Our fundraising this week has been a little slower than we expected. And with our first End-of-Month fundraising deadline of the year just a week away? We need to right the ship… and fast.

Can you help us out? Every dime of your donation will be put to good use in an election as important as mine.

Listen, I’m aware that you’re… probably not thrilled to receive a fundraising email like this so close to the weekend.

But to be completely honest, these emails aren’t some luxury we can go without. Here’s the proof:

As I type this email, our campaign has received 2,115 individual contributions this month. Over 50% of those donations have come through emails and text messages like these.

Fifty percent. That’s not some tiny percentage we could make up through other channels (like social media, website traffic, and in-person events). Day in and day out, donations to emails like these make up the bulk of our grassroots fundraising.

So yes. I know fundraising emails like these can get a little grating sometimes. And I know if you actually donated to every single one we sent out, you’d probably go bankrupt. (Just so we’re clear, I’d never expect you — or anyone else for that matter — to donate to every single message!)

But if you’re in a position to give, and it’s been a little while since you helped out a vulnerable Democrat like me, I hope you’ll take this email as a sign to chip in.

So what do you say? Can you chip in ahead of our big fundraising deadline at the end of the month? We’ve got real momentum right now — and we all feel that. But it won’t last if we don’t have the resources to push back against the National GOP’s attacks throughout this entire election year.

Thanks so much,

Sharice