John,
In five days’ time—on September 30—our campaign and movement will be faced with a critical deadline: the Federal Election Commission end-of-quarter fundraising deadline.
It’s a mouthful to say, and we’re willing to bet that other campaigns will email you today and over the next few days about this “end-of-quarter” or “EOQ” deadline. Every campaign has their reasons for why EOQ fundraising is critical, but today, we want to share with you why it’s important to us and to Katie—no B.S.
Unlike other fundraising deadlines, end-of-quarter deadlines are public facing—meaning political pundits, the media, and our opponents will be closely watching for our filing to determine our viability as a campaign.
Strong fundraising results in strong FEC reports. This shows that a candidate’s momentum is strong, and it can even discourage potential opponents from running against Katie.
And John, while other campaigns may take money from whoever offers, here's the thing about how we fund our campaign: Katie refuses to take campaign contributions from lobbyists. Or from corporate PACs. Or from executives at Big Oil companies or Wall Street banks.
Katie refuses these donations because she’ll never be influenced by wealthy special interests. She only fights for people like you—and that’s how it will always be.
So when we say that we’re trying to raise $125,000 by the end of September, we’re really counting on each member of this team to help us get there. Every contribution will help fund our digital advertising, organizing, and mobilization programs during this critical moment before 2022—and every contribution will help us post a strong FEC report to show the world that this team of Porter Supporters isn’t going anywhere.
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Your support is the reason we've been able to get this far, and it's going to be the reason we win in 2022 and keep Katie in Congress fighting for us all.
Together,
Katie Porter HQ
