Friend, now that I'm the official Democratic nominee for Florida's U.S. Senate race, the hard part begins. Here's why:

Recent polls show that – after outraising Marco Rubio EVERY QUARTER since I entered this race – I am finally TIED with him. But national Republicans are taking notice and panicking, so surging past him in the polls is going to require ALL of us working together. I have to ask:

Will you make a contribution now to become an official Florida Defender? I'm counting on 100,000 people to activate their membership before MIDNIGHT so I can defeat Marco Rubio and flip Florida blue.

Friend, when I tell you that every dollar raised in this race makes a difference, here's what I mean: Florida's last Senate race was determined by just 10,033 voters. That's smaller than the population of most towns – and Marco Rubio just poured another $1.3 MILLION dollars into attack ads to defeat me.

Every dollar that you can spare today will help my team knock on more doors, launch more ads and reach more voters with the truth. With Senate control riding on this race, we cannot afford to leave any voter unreached.

That's why I urgently need another 5,392 supporters to rush a donation now and officially join my Florida Defender Team so I can hit my can't-miss goal, but I haven't seen your name on my list yet, friend.

So please, will you rush a donation before MIDNIGHT tonight to activate your membership and become a Florida Defender? Senate control will ALL come down to this race, and I'm counting on this team to get us through this final stretch of the election year.

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Thank you for being by my side.

Val Demings

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