This is game-changing, friend: Politico just reported my campaign to defeat Marco Rubio will be "the marquee race" of this cycle – and experts say it's currently on track to be the MOST expensive Senate race in history.

In fact, I’m already watching national Republicans jump in to defeat me: The RNC just greenlighted $10 million to mobilize ultra-conservative voters, and Senate Republicans just hauled in $28 million that they can drop into Florida to aid Marco Rubio at a moment's notice.

That's why I set an ambitious $120,000 fundraising goal before my important Midnight Deadline. If I don't have the resources to reach voters and fight back, it could destroy my chances of defeating Rubio.

Polling is already showing me down by two points to Marco Rubio, and I’m running out of time to hit my goal before my deadline, so I'm urgently counting on your immediate support: Please, will you make a contribution of $5 or more right away? I cannot afford to miss my goal, so I'm really counting on your donation to get back on track and have the resources it will take to flip Florida's Senate seat blue.

For a Black girl who grew up poor in the South during the Jim Crow era, a girl who went on to be the first in her family to graduate from college, I never could have dreamed of being in the most important race for the U.S. Senate. I owe this momentum to you and this entire grassroots team, friend. You have my word: I will never tire of the work. I will give this race my all. I will win. 

Thank you,

Congresswoman Val Demings