Dear John,
I feel really good about where we are in this campaign.
At 79,000 people and growing, we’ve got the biggest volunteer organizing team in the country right now. And these volunteers are already at the doors of Texas voters, building relationships and connecting with those who will decide the outcome of this election.
Our digital team is leveraging our social media presence to reach voters — especially young voters — with the messages that give them a reason to care about and vote in this election. It’s also been a powerful recruitment tool to bring in new volunteers.
And Abbott continues to make the case for why he can’t be trusted with another term in office. Whether it’s the grid, the attacks on teachers, the failure to end gun violence, or the outright banning of reproductive freedom in Texas with no exceptions for rape or incest, he’s given Texas voters — Republicans as well as Democrats — plenty of reasons to vote for change.
The only place where I know we could be doing even better is fundraising.
While we outraised Abbott in the last reporting period with more than 500,000 contributions, showing the strength of our grassroots donors, we started this race more than $50 million behind. Abbott continues to have more money in the bank. I really need us to redouble our commitment to meeting the very ambitious fundraising goals we’ve set if we’re going to have the resources to win.
Thank you,
Beto
