Hi there,

When I announced my campaign for president, I knew it was more than a little bold. Here was a youthful, Midwestern Mayor stepping forward as a candidate for the highest office in the land. We heard things like, “Is this for real?” and “Why now?”

The answer is because we can’t wait. While politicians keep fighting with one another, the climate crisis grows, gun violence takes more lives, families fall further behind, and the democracy on which we stand grows shakier.

We’re at a make-or-break moment, and there’s a growing movement of Americans who see it. They’ve joined our fight to turn the page and win a fresh start. In 78 days, in Iowa, we’ll face our biggest test yet: one that asks, when it matters most, will we show up? Will we turn the hopes that have united us into votes and delegates to win the nomination? We will -- if you chip in to help us, if we all dig deep and give more.

I’m asking for your support so we can make sure our team has the resources it will take to organize in more places and with more urgency than ever before. Winning will take going all out, all over, and our teams can’t do it without us.

This nominating process is a long one, I know. But doing well in the first-in-the-nation caucus would put us in the best position for winning this entire race. A first-time donation from you, today, will set that in motion. Can you chip in $10?

I’ll be hitting the campaign trail harder than ever over the next few months. I’ll do what it takes to reach even more voters where they’re at, discuss my vision for this country, and win their votes. From the work I do on the trail to the work of every single organizer -- it matters. It all matters a great deal.

And it’s working. We’re connecting with Americans. We’re doing it by talking to people and listening to them -- really listening, in a way leaders haven’t for some time. In those conversations, we let people know that in this campaign, in our vision for America, this, above all, is true: They belong. We need to bring more and more into our movement to win a fresh start for our country.

This isn’t the easy way of doing things, but it is the right way. We need leadership that will go everywhere and talk to everyone. Not just people who agree with us, but those who don’t, too. Because the campaign that can do that -- the campaign that can bring more Americans from all walks of life together -- is the one that can win.

We can do this, but we need you to keep working, to keep giving, to keep telling people about this campaign you’ve become a part of.

If you’ve been waiting to make your first gift when it would mean the most, this is a great moment. Can you chip in? It would mean so much to me, to our team, and to our future.

After all we’ve been through, America has a chance at a fresh start. We need it, but we’ll have to work for it. We’re ready to do that, and deep down I know that, with your support, we will.

Thank you,

Pete

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