Friend – sorry to drop in, but I'll make it quick: I'm neck and neck with Marco Rubio in the Florida Senate race that can determine our majority.

But I'm falling $49,876 short of my mid-month fundraising goal – and I can't win without your immediate support. I just pulled your supporter record, and I saw this:

If there's one thing we should learn from recent headlines, it's that every Democrat needs to get off the sidelines if we want to build back better, friend. Republicans are spending millions to dismantle our majorities in Congress, and we need all hands on deck to fight back. 

The last Senate race in Florida was decided by just over 10,000 votes – and our Senate majority hinges on just one seat. That means we need the resources to reach as many voters as we can – because cutting even one phone-banking session or field organizer risks losing us this race and our Senate majority.

I know our people-powered campaign has what it takes to beat Marco Rubio. Roll Call is calling Rubio the second-most vulnerable GOP incumbent – but I need your help to raise $49,876 more before our mid-month deadline to climb ahead in the polls and defend the Senate from the GOP:

Please, friend, can you donate $5? In a race as close as this one, anything you can give will make the difference in flipping Florida blue. It could be YOUR donation that gives us the final push we need to set the groundwork to win.

I can't thank you enough for your support, 

Val Demings