I won't sugarcoat it, friend. We have a big problem: We fell short of our first end-of-month goal of the election year, and now we're behind in a race that experts say will decide Senate control.

Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight reported that Republicans are favored to retake the majority for Mitch McConnell this year, and it's clear why. They only have to flip one seat – and they've made me their top target for defeat.

Donald Trump himself has already held a massive MAGA rally in Georgia to prop up my potential GOP opponent, Herschel Walker (R) – and Trump allies started pumping $100,000 per day into Walker's campaign to defeat me. These attacks will only keep coming, friend – and now, with this new fundraising gap, we're falling short of what it will take to fight back. That's why I'm urgently asking: Will you rush a contribution of $5 or more right now to help us close this budget shortfall immediately, keep Georgia blue, and defend our Senate majority?

While I've spent my first year in office providing pandemic relief to struggling families, fighting for voting rights, and delivering on our progressive priorities, extremist Republicans are doing everything they can to block our people-first agenda and smear my record.

Republicans know that if Democrats keep Georgia blue, the GOP will have no chance of retaking the Senate majority. That's why Mitch McConnell is lining up the full force of the GOP establishment to flood this race with MILLIONS to turn Georgia red – and this surge in spending could be having a devastating effect: Recent polling shows this Senate race is neck and neck.  So we simply can't accept this missed fundraising goal – or any missed goals going forward. Every dollar has the power to decide this race, so I'm counting on you to give as much as you can spare right now.

Every minute we waste by not hitting our goal is another minute we give the GOP to mobilize against us. Please, friend, I have to ask: Will you give $5 or more right now – as much as you can spare by midnight tonight – so we can win in Georgia and defend our Democratic Senate majority?

Thank you so much,

– Sen. Raphael Warnock