Friend,

Gary Peters' reelection to the Senate this fall in Michigan will be one of the closest races this November -- and guess who has their thumb on the scale. The DeVos family -- i.e., the family of Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education -- is hoping they can buy this Senate seat in Michigan by spending almost $1 million to unseat my friend Gary and put in his place their hand-picked choice, John James.

We already know how dangerous the DeVos family has been, and the super PAC "Better Future Michigan" wants nothing of the sort: It has 14 donors. Who are they? Half of the donors are members of the DeVos family.

Gary is a fighter for Michigan and my progressive ally in the Senate, and he needs our help: Before midnight tonight, we need to raise $7,500 for Gary Peters -- and I'll be honest: I've looked at the map, and I can't see how we take the majority if we lose this seat. Donate $5 or more now to fund the fight to reelect Gary and fight back against the DeVos family's dangerous plans for Michigan.

Why is the DeVos family so invested in unseating Gary Peters? Well, for one he's taking on Betsy DeVos and her wasteful spending at the Department of Education -- he pressed for answers back in December as to why 72 charter schools in Michigan never opened despite receiving nearly $21 million in federal start-up funds.

Gary believes like I do that students and families come first -- and for all the charter schools that closed or failed to open, communities missed out on more than half a billion dollars in resources that could have benefitted neighborhood schools. Gary knows her leadership is leaving students and families worse off -- and her family wants him out because of it.

They know he's watching and fighting for teachers, students, and families -- and they're scared. That's why their hand-picked choice to unseat Gary, John James, said Betsy DeVos is doing a "very, very good" job as Secretary of Education. John James supports Betsy DeVos even as she planned to cut $9 billion in funding for education, including more than $100 million for Michigan's public schools.

After spending millions to gut Michigan's public school programs, and bigger plans to do more, she can't even say if it was worth it. On whether local schools in Michigan have gotten better, she said: "I don't know. Overall, I -- I can't say overall."

Right-wing Republicans like the DeVos family are dumping nearly a million dollars into this race -- but it'll get even closer, and that's why Gary needs our help: Donate $5 or more now to help us raise $7,500 for Gary Peters before midnight tonight.

Sincerely,
Chuck Schumer