Folks, in a minute, I will ask you to add a donation to my re-election campaign before our first FEC deadline of the year. But first, let me explain why this is so important.

Every three months, candidates running for federal office must report their fundraising numbers to the Federal Election Commission. It’s a way of ensuring transparency in our elections and it helps keep candidates honest about where their money comes from.

At the end of every quarter, these fundraising reports become public. That means everyone from Republicans to Democrats to the talking heads on TV will see exactly how much we’ve raised and the number of supporters who have chipped in.

The GOP only needs to flip one seat to retake the Senate majority and with CNN ranking my seat in the top ten most likely flip, you can bet Republicans will be poring over our report and looking for any signs of weakness they can exploit.

Folks, the Senate Republicans’ official campaign arm has already begun attacking me — we can’t give the GOP another reason to wade into our race. We set an ambitious goal to raise $25,000 by midnight on Wednesday to show just how strong this team is.

Will you make a donation of any amount meaningful to you to help us reach our first FEC goal of 2021? Every dollar you give will help us fight off the GOP and protect our Democratic Senate majority.

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I’m so grateful to have supporters like you I can count on during tough fundraising pushes like this.

Thank you for everything,

Michael