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 more 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 the 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