John –

When I decided to enter this race, I knew that I wanted to things differently. I didn't want to build our movement at high-dollar fundraisers, where only a handful of people could afford to make their voices heard.

I wanted to be on the ground, talking to working Mainers across the state about the issues that matter.

That's what we've been doing, and let me tell you: it is incredible!

In September, we:

• Kicked off the month with four Labor Council events;
   
• Connected with hundreds of people at our 8 town halls (#9 and #10 happening this weekend);
   
• Met with two different Indivisible groups and five Democratic town committees;
   
• Added more than 1,000 signatures to our open letter calling on Susan Collins to begin impeachment proceedings against Brett Kavanaugh;
   
• Raised our voices with thousands of incredible young people at two different climate strike rallies;
   
• Spent three days talking with families and farmers at the Common Ground Country Fair;
   
• Welcomed more than 300 new volunteers to the campaign.

That's what it looks like to connect with Mainers and build a democratic movement, John!

And here's the best part: we're just getting started.

We're going to step things up in the coming months, John, to make sure everyone in Maine knows what we're fighting for.

Betsy