Friends,

It may feel like the last election was just yesterday, but the reality is that the 2022 midterm elections are now just ONE YEAR AWAY.

In just 364 days I am up for re-election and we will be voting to defend this Maryland Senate seat and to protect and expand the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate so that we can keep working to strengthen our democracy and make progress for the American people. And Mitch McConnell and his Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman, Rick Scott of Florida, are determined to stop us.

After last week’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey, McConnell and his allies are reportedly hell-bent on recruiting a wealthy, well-funded candidate to run against me to try to flip this Maryland Senate seat Red and help Mitch bring back a GOP Senate majority. And in our current 50/50 Senate that means flipping only ONE more seat to make Mitch Senate Majority Leader once again.

The only way to prevent this scenario is to be ready for anything. And that’s why I am asking for your support today. Will you help us send a strong message to Mitch and his dark money allies to ‘Stay Out of Maryland’ by chipping in $7 or whatever you can today to our One Year Out fund before tonight at midnight?

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Let’s be clear: the corporate lobbying group behind this effort opposes my support for President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda which invests in lowering drug prices for everyday Americans, addressing the climate crisis, and requires big corporations and the mega-wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, and much more.

These same folks are against ending or amending the filibuster, the undemocratic procedure that allows a small minority of Senators to block our ability to pass critical legislation to preserve our democracy and access to the ballot, protect reproductive rights, address commonsense gun safety, and take action on any issue that is opposed by powerful special interests.

We can’t let deep-pocketed corporate interests groups and their dark money SuperPacs determine the agenda. Can you chip in $7 or whatever you can today to support our One Year Out fund and help us prepare to defend this Maryland Senate seat against Mitch McConnell’s well-funded drive to take back the Senate gavel?

The only thing between democracy and autocracy is an active, informed public.

Thank you for standing with us. I'm always proud to stand with you.

Chris