John,

From serving aboard the USS O’Brien in Japan to boarding Iraqi oil smugglers in the Arabian Gulf, I traveled the world over the course of my two-decade career in the Navy.

But there’s no place like Virginia -- it’s where my husband Robert and I went back to school, started our business and where we raise our family. Virginia is my home.

I ran for Congress in 2018 because I knew Coastal Virginians deserved better than Republican Scott Taylor.

I won by 2.3 points -- but national Republicans are spending $2.8 million on attack ads to try to unseat me. There’s only 50 days left until Election Day, so now is the time to give it all we’ve got -- will you chip in right now to help our campaign stay strong in the final stretch of this toss-up race?

Let’s show Taylor and his dark money allies that this team won’t go down without a fight.

-- Elaine