Hello --

In this email, we're going to ask you to make a $10 donation to Steve Bullock's campaign for Senate before our FEC fundraising deadline coming up at the end of September.

But first, we need to talk about why this deadline is so important.

At the end of September, every campaign is legally required to compile a report on how much they've raised and from how many donors.

And you know who is going to pore over our report?

Mitch McConnell -- to gauge how strong our campaign is as he prepares the final TV ads to try and defeat Steve Bullock.

Corporate PACs -- to see if their barrage of misleading negative attacks have had an impact on our grassroots support.

The media -- who are going to search our report to see how our small-dollar fundraising compares to our Washington opponent.

And the truth is, the more individual donations we can report to the FEC, the stronger position Steve Bullock will be in heading into early voting and the final weeks of this election.

So, we're asking: can you make a donation of any amount to our campaign before our September FEC deadline? This is important:

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Let's show them how strong our campaign has become.

Thanks for being a part of this team,

-- Team Bullock