I just had a really tough conversation, folks.

Earlier today, Tim and I went over the numbers and we just don’t have the money in our budget to launch our TV ads when we need to.

Look, we didn’t plan for this much GOP spending this early on in our battleground race. I mean, $80 million are you kidding me?!

Now I’m scrambling to rework our projections and do whatever it takes to get these ads running. Polling shows that winning this race literally depends on getting TV ads up as soon as possible.

We’ve reached a turning point in this race—we either hustle and raise the funds we need to get back on track for victory, or we fall short and allow Mitch McConnell to buy this seat and secure the Senate majority.

Can you step up and rush a donation toward our $25,000 ads budget goal so we can place our ads and keep them running? We need to get Tim in front of the voters ASAP to win this race. We can’t let Tim down.

If we can raise enough money to keep these ads up for the long haul, we’ll have Mitch McConnell shaking in his boots in no time—but that starts with you, folks.

—Dave Chase
Campaign Manager
Tim Ryan for Ohio