John,

I just got off the phone with my finance team, and they couldn’t have been more clear: This week will set the stage for if I win or lose in November. 

One week from today is the final end-of-quarter deadline we’ll face before the primaries in May. That means it’s the final chance for a huge push before Republicans are organized around a single candidate trying to unseat me. So can you chip in $25 to our essential $20,000 end-of-quarter goal?

Right now is when my campaign builds the infrastructure that will allow us to win in November. The groundwork that we lay now is what makes the difference between a winning campaign and a losing one. And that will be decided by how much we raise by next Thursday at midnight. 

To run the kind of grassroots organizing campaign I want to, my finance team has let me know we need to raise $20,000. That’s the number that will set us on the path toward victory, and that’s the number I’m asking you to help me reach.

So please can you chip in $25 — or whatever you can — to help us reach our $20,000 end-of-quarter goal?

Thanks for being on my team,

Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.