Hi there, John. It's Amanda, Abby's campaign manager. Have you seen this message from Abby? We just launched the very FIRST ad of our campaign to defeat Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), and I don't want you to miss it.

This is a really exciting moment, but we can't take our foot off the gas for even a minute. The GOP has a war chest of $44 MILLION to take back the Senate, and national Republicans have already made it clear that they have no problem attacking campaigns like ours. We've got a winning message, and we need your help to make sure we can keep ads like this one up on the air all across Iowa.

So please, can you chip in your first donation of $5 or more to help us keep this ad on the air? Strong grassroots investments are the only way that we'll win in November.

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Thanks,

Amanda Sands (Abby's campaign manager)

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From: Abby Finkenauer
Date: Tue, May 17, 2022
Subject: we are OFFICIALLY on the air!

John, it's Abby with some really, really exciting news: we are OFFICIALLY live on the air in Iowa! That's right, our team just launched our first TV ad of this campaign. Today, we're closer to defeating Sen. Chuck Grassley than ever before. Can you rush $5 before midnight tonight to help us keep this ad on the air?

Ads like this one will reach people all over Iowa, giving us a critical opportunity to introduce our campaign to the voters who will decide this election in November.

Getting on the air is only possible because grassroots supporters believed in our campaign and stood with me. Thank you so much for powering our campaign to this moment.

Don't get me wrong, I'm celebrating today – but we can't lose perspective: the GOP have a $44 MILLION war chest to take back the Senate and defeat Democratic challengers like me. They could write a massive check at any moment to counter this ad and fill the TV time with their own right-wing messaging!

Sen. Grassley has already launched his first online attack ad, and we have to ensure that we can keep our ad on the air and counter GOP attacks like his on our campaign. But ad buys like this are a serious investment, and I'm really counting on strong grassroots support here. So, I have to ask: Can you make your first donation of $5 to keep this ad on the air so we can defeat Sen. Grassley in November?

If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Thank you so much for getting our campaign to this moment. I'm incredibly grateful to have your support.

– Abby