Here’s the deal — Our end-of-quarter deadline is just hours away, and we’re still $13,492 away from meeting our goal.

In a moment we’re going to ask you to chip in to help close the gap, but first, let us take just a minute to share why your donation matters so much:

Our campaign isn’t just about re-electing Ilhan — though that’s an important part of it! It’s also about building a strong, lasting movement that transforms lives and livelihoods for the better.

That’s why, even during the off year, our organizing team is hard at work knocking on doors to make the case for progressive policies like Medicare for All.

Our off-year canvassing work is about connecting with people about the material issues that impact them every day. We’re asking them to imagine a better world where they don’t have to worry about how they’ll pay for their doctor or if they’ll lose their insurance along with their job.

Changing minds and hearts about progressive policies doesn’t just build support for those specific policies — it helps lay the groundwork to elect people who are ready to implement those policies, up and down the ballot.

That’s a critical aspect of our work. But in addition to building our movement, we need to defend it.

In recent weeks, Republicans have ramped up their attacks on Ilhan and our movement, using hateful, racist smears and stopping at nothing to try to halt our progress. We’ve put up a lot of online ads to fight back, and we’re counting on more funding to keep them running.

So now that you’ve read a bit more about what your donation goes toward, will you chip in any amount before midnight tonight to help close our fundraising gap? Ilhan doesn’t take a cent from corporate PACs, so she’s counting on folks like you.

Thank you for pitching in. Your donation could be the one that ensures we can continue our work for progress.

— Team Ilhan