John: I know that you've heard from me a lot recently about our race to defeat Sen. Grassley (R-IA) – but today I have a special story to tell you and I hope you'll take a moment to read it.

If you know anything about Iowa politics, you know that we take our presidential caucuses – and all the festivities leading up to them – very seriously. So, back in 2019, when I had eight Democratic candidates and hundreds of voters attending my Finkenauer Fish Fry event, there was a bit of pressure, to say the least. People were going to be eager to talk politics – and just as eager to eat.

Thankfully, I come from a family that knows the meaning of hard work – and the importance of showing up for each other when we need it.

So when I asked for my mom's help, she was there. My mom baked nearly 1,000 cupcakes for our guests – chocolate, pumpkin, red velvet, you name it. And when she ran out of space to store them in our freezer, she used my dad's pickup truck, the cold weather and some classic Iowan problem-solving to improvise a second freezer to fit them all.

But trust me, 1,000 cupcakes are nothing compared to everything my family has done for me – I wouldn't be where I am today without them. They taught me the value of hard work and the power of a scrappy, passionate team. That's how I became the youngest woman to flip a House seat from red to blue – and it's how I'm going to defeat Sen. Chuck Grassley to become the youngest woman elected to the Senate.

Listen, the numbers are on our side: Nearly two-thirds of voters here don't want to reelect Sen. Grassley. We can win but only with hardworking people like you who care about flipping this seat blue, fighting for working families and protecting our Senate majority. That's why today I'm asking you to make a contribution of $5, or whatever you can spare, to my campaign so that we have the resources to defeat Sen. Grassley, bring new leadership to Iowa and protect our Senate majority.

I know that we're going to win this thing – one dollar, or one cupcake, at a time. Thank you for standing with me.

– Abby