John -- I am checking in again with an update on our progress toward our $1,000,000 goal.
Thanks to the HUNDREDS of people who have stepped up in the past few days, we are getting VERY close. Your generosity will help fund our aggressive paid communications strategy, our voter contact efforts, and grow our staff for the next three months.
My entire career has been focused on studying the facts, trusting the science, and building solutions to fix complex problems. And right now, the data show that our message is resonating with voters. To win, we will need to out-hustle, out-organize, and out-communiticate my opponent, Trump sycophant and swamp creature Lee Zeldin.
We're within striking distance of flipping this district, and our efforts are moving the needle forward. The Cook Political Report has upgraded our chances of winning from Likely R to Lean R, and the response our field team heard from volunteers on the phone has been overwhelmingly positive.
And now, brand new DCCC polling released in POLITICO NY shows us in the lead by two points, 48-46.
We are just $6,800 short of reaching our $1,000,000 fundraising benchmark. Please pitch in $5, $10, $25, or whatever you can to help us reach the voters we need to lock in our lead and win this race on November 3.