Happy Valentine’s Day, friend. 

In light of this holiday, I want to tell you a cute story about one of my campaign’s earliest supporters, who *spoiler alert* ended up becoming my husband.

But first, we’re coming up on our mid-month deadline at midnight tonight and we need to raise $1,319 to stay on track for the month. Will you chip in?

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, here’s the story that changed my life – and believe it or not, it has to do with fundraising! When I decided to run for Congress, I knew it was going to require my all and then some.

But after two weeks of being hung up on, I was starting to wonder if I was cut out for this. Then, the name of a donor popped out at me on the call sheet. I recognized it immediately – it was Rob from high school.

I called to thank him and invited him to a campaign event. He couldn’t make it, but he promised to support my campaign again – and he did.

After that phone call, we became closer. At the time I wasn’t even looking to meet somebody, I was too occupied with my work. But Rob became the exception and managed to make my worlds collide.

Rob believed in me before I was even elected and donated to my campaign as an early investor. Early investments are critical to helping candidates win. Without early support from people like Rob in 2017, I might not have even won in 2018!

Friend, while I can’t guarantee that you’ll fall in love through campaign fundraising like I did, it would mean a lot to me if you could pitch in $5, $10, or whatever you can to help us close the gap on our mid-month goal.

Thanks for reading and chipping in, if you can. Your support means the world to me.

– Haley