Friend, we did it. It's an honor to have your support and to earn your votes, and now -- thanks to your hard work -- I'm the nominee for U.S. Senate in Vermont.

I was just a kid when I dropped out of college and hitchhiked to Chicago to organize against housing discrimination. That choice set me on a path to public service and led me to this moment. Every victory since then wouldn't have been possible without the support of passionate Vermonters, fighting for their neighbors from every corner of the state.

But the general election will be a much bigger challenge. With a 50-50 Senate, the GOP will flip the Senate red if they win this seat. Mitch McConnell's PAC has more than $100 million in the bank, and national Republicans have already said they want to target this "sleeper" race.

So I need your help. Will you split a donation today between me and Chuck Schumer and become a founding donor of our general election campaign?

I'm asking because Republicans are spending more than $25 million to flip this seat, and it's going to take all of us working together to win and keep our Senate blue.

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately and be split evenly between Chuck Schumer and Peter Welch:

There's so much at stake in this election: lower prescription drug costs, a Green New Deal, reproductive rights. All of those possibilities go away if we lose this seat and Mitch McConnell becomes majority leader again.

We can't let that happen. So I ask you, will you become a founding donor of our general election campaign by making a donation today?

Let's do this,

Peter