John, I want you to hear this breaking news directly from me:

The other week, the independent political analysts at The Cook Political Report shifted the Texas governor's race in our favor.

This came just two days after Fox News shifted their Texas Power Rankings towards Democrats, referring to our race to unseat Greg Abbott as "clearly competitive."

Poll after poll – and rating change after rating change – confirms the momentum is on our side.

This shift confirms what I've been seeing and hearing on the ground: Texans are ready to put an end to Abbott's reign once and for all. I believe we will win if we can spread our message in these final 63 days until Election Day. But that all depends on what we can raise in pivotal moments like right now.

Please split an urgent donation of $15 or more between EMILYs List and my campaign to help respond to this rating change and power our GOTV efforts in this final stretch. There has never been a more important moment for our campaign to see a surge in fundraising than today.

If you only read one piece of political news today, please let it be this direct quote from the analysts at The Cook Political Report:

"Republicans privately acknowledge that this could become a real race. Hinojosa still needs to raise substantially more money to be truly competitive come November."

Greg Abbott is losing his grip on Texas. He knows it, Republican strategists know it, and you and I know it, too. But the only way this race stays in play is if we can close the massive fundraising deficit we have against Abbott.

We don't have to match his spending dollar for dollar – we just need to raise enough to execute our strategy to mobilize the Texas voters we know will break in our favor.

Your support has never been more important than it is today. If you can, would you split $15 between EMILYs List and my campaign to power our campaign strategy to defeat Greg Abbott?

This momentum is because of you. Let's finish this thing.

– Gina