Marco Rubio just unleashed a new attack ad in his campaign to defeat me, and it is a total distortion of who I am and what I stand for. 

Unfortunately, Republican ads have a habit of resonating with the same voters I need to win. And if I don't have the resources to reach Floridians, it could stall my momentum – just as The Miami Times is reporting that I'm closing the gap. 

With polling already showing me just a few points behind Rubio, I cannot afford to miss my midnight fundraising goal. My team pulled your supporter record, so please take a look at where things stand:

Friend, CNN is calling Florida's Senate seat among the most likely to flip, and NPR is even calling Rubio the second most endangered incumbent Republican senator. But Florida Senate races are won on the margins (just 10,033 votes in 2018) – so without the resources to counter Republican attack ads like this, all grassroots momentum I'm building could disappear in the blink of an eye. 

Senate control is on the line – and I can't win this race alone. So I'm asking for your immediate support: Please donate $5 or more – whatever you can spare to close in on my midnight fundraising goal – so I can defeat Marco Rubio and flip Florida blue.

Thank you,

Val Demings