Hello,

My team just wrapped up an emergency fundraising meeting. Today, Chuck Grassley launched another huge TV buy smearing me across the entire state with attack ads, and Mitch McConnell is raising millions more to stop me from turning Iowa blue.

But with less than 12 hours until our most critical mid-month deadline of the entire campaign, we just checked ActBlue – and our grassroots fundraising has slowed way down. If I’m going to send Chuck Grassley packing and protect our Democratic Senate majority, I’m counting on a new surge of donations from people like you now.

The polling shows Grassley has never been more vulnerable, and we’re gaining ground. But Iowa was one of the closest Senate races in the country in 2020, and it’ll be even closer this year. If we miss our $500,000 fundraising goal now, we will not be able to reach all of Iowa with our counter ads and compete with Mitch’s millions.

I’m not giving up – but I’m depending on you to maintain our momentum and win. If we turn Iowa blue this November, Democrats are guaranteed to protect our majority in the Senate. So I have to ask: Please, will you chip in $5 or more right now – every dollar you can afford before my critical mid-month deadline at midnight tonight – to help me defeat Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and expand our Democratic Senate majority?

We couldn’t have gotten this far without grassroots donors like you, but I need your continued help now.

I’m so grateful for everything you do,

Mike Franken, U.S. Navy (ret.)