Hi John,

That's our little girl, Abby, you're looking at – and today is her birthday!

Back then, if you had told us our little girl would grow up to be elected to Congress and go on to challenge Sen. Chuck Grassley (who, by the way, was our senator even all those years ago!), well – we absolutely would have believed you.

You see, Abby's always stuck up for what she believes in and fought for what's right. Since the age of 10, she has sat at the kitchen table with her grandfather and uncles – some of them Democrats, some of them Republicans – and talked politics. We may not have been able to give our daughter a trust fund or write a six-figure check for college, but what we did give her was her work ethic. 

So as Abby grew up and saw work to be done, she signed up and did the work. She won election to the Iowa House of Representatives at only 25 years old – and then four years later became the youngest woman to flip a U.S. House seat from Republican to Democratic. All along the way, she's been fighting for working families like ours.

We have complete faith that Abby will work her heart out and defeat Sen. Grassley. But we've seen how things work in Iowa. Last time around, our Senate election was one of the most expensive in the country. The Republican establishment will pour millions into our state to attack competitive challengers like our daughter – and right now, they have $30 million in the bank to protect Sen. Grassley, who's facing record-low approval with Iowans.

This is where you come in, John: Abby will win if she has an unprecedented grassroots movement backing her. So on our daughter's birthday, will you help her raise another $10,000 before the most important FEC deadline of the year? Donate $5 or whatever you can right now, and every dollar will ensure Abby's campaign has what it takes to defeat top Trump ally Sen. Grassley and protect Democratic Senate control.

It means the world to our family to have you on this team. Thank you so much for supporting our daughter.

Deb and Jerry Finkenauer
(Abby's parents)