Friend – in a moment, I'm going to ask you to make a donation to help our campaign reach our crucial mid-month goal and flip North Carolina blue. But first, let me explain why your grassroots support is so important.

I've dedicated my life to public service – as a public defender and judge, and later as the first African American woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. I've seen firsthand how the laws made in Washington too often fail working people.

That's why I'm running for North Carolina's open Senate seat, and if we win, I’ll be the first African American senator my home state has ever elected – and just the third African American woman to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. It won't be easy, but this is our chance to make history and give North Carolinians a fighter they deserve. And I know we can win.

The latest polling shows me in a statistical TIE with my Republican opponents, and CNN ranks North Carolina as one of the most likely Senate seats to flip blue. But that's exactly why the GOP is pouring millions into this race to defeat me – and I need your help.

At this critical moment, I'm falling way short of my crucial mid-month goal – so I'm asking you personally: Please, will you give $5 or more – split between our campaign and Jacky Rosen's – so we can flip North Carolina blue, expand our Democratic Senate majority, and make our government better reflect the country it represents?

Friend, flipping North Carolina's Senate seat would be transformative. But with experts at Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight saying that Republicans are favored to take back the Senate, we need to compete everywhere we possibly can to prevent a Mitch McConnell-controlled majority – and NBC News reports that our race in North Carolina could very well determine Senate control.

In a race this close, it’s all going to come down to resources. But time is running out before our midnight mid-month deadline, and we're still way behind our goal. The only way I can get back on track is if grassroots supporters like you give now to help me close this gap.

Please, friend, will you rush a split donation of $5 or more between my campaign and Jacky Rosen right now to help me make history in North Carolina – and protect and expand the Senate for Democrats?

Thank you,

Cheri Beasley