Friends --

Today is my birthday, and I’m so grateful to have received so much love and support from supporters like you. I wish I could call each and every one of you to say thank you.

My team let me in on the secret that they asked you all to help us hit our goal of $5,400 for my 54th birthday. I’m blown away!

Look -- this is about a lot more than my birthday. The reality is, at the end of the month all of our numbers will be made public. And everyone will use that number to judge the strength of our campaign.

Our opponent has already raised over $1,000,000 so we really need to start making progress to close that gap.

So as my birthday wish, I would be eternally grateful if you chipped in $5 to my campaign today. Can I count on you?