Hello,

I am emailing you today to ask you to give $5 to help me defeat Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and protect our Democratic majority in the Senate.

Here’s why: I am running in one of the most important Senate races in the country. Control of the Senate is at stake here in Iowa. But with hours until our most important mid-month deadline of the campaign, we’re still falling short of our $500,000 goal and what we need to win.

My Senate race will be one of the closest in the country this November. It will also be one of the most expensive. But I’m not taking money from corporate PACs; instead, I’m relying entirely on grassroots donors like you to fund my campaign.

We have to hit this goal if I’m going to be able to take on all of Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell’s Super PAC millions. I can’t afford to fall short now. There’s still time to raise the shortfall, but I’m counting on grassroots donors like you to give right now:

Please, will you give $5 or more right now – every dollar you can afford before our critical mid-month deadline at midnight tonight – to help me defeat Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and protect our Democratic majority?

These goals and deadlines are very important and very real. Whether or not we can win this race and pass bold progressive legislation all depends on what grassroots donors like you do now.

Thank you for being part of this campaign,

Mike Franken, U.S. Navy (ret.)