Hey John — We have some not-so-great news to share with you. Right now, we’re not on track to hit our important end-of-month fundraising goal before the deadline expires at midnight.

The truth is, fewer folks have pitched into our campaign this month and the average donation to emails like this one is down quite a bit — which is exactly what national Republicans and our opponent were hoping to see in the final weeks of this election.

Now the way we see it, we have two ways to catch up:

1. We either need more people to chip in before our fundraising deadline expires at midnight
2. Or we need everyone who donates to consider pitching in just a little bit more.

So John, that’s why we’re asking: Will you make your first donation of $10 to help us close the gap in our August fundraising and send Lauren back to Congress? This is so important and we can’t do it without you.

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

With everyone pitching in just a little more, we’re confident we can make up this fundraising shortfall and get back on track before tonight’s deadline.

Thanks for everything you do to support our campaign.

— Team Underwood