John,

I’m reaching out personally today to share some news with you: with your help, our team worked tirelessly to raise funds to power us to victory in the primary.

However, over the course of our primary, we spent over $700,000 to communicate my vision for Upstate New York and secure the nomination–and that’s resources we can no longer use in the general election.

Now, with every national forecaster calling our race a toss-up, we need to build back our campaign’s war chest.

I’ll share some more important information with you, John, but first, if you’re able to, please send a contribution of $5 today. We’re people-powered and counting on grassroots supporters like you to ensure we have what it takes to win in November →

Let me lay it all out for you:

• This campaign will always be people-powered. As a fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker, I know that corporate greed and corrupt politicians have sold out our community time and again. I’ll never accept corporate PAC money, and I’ll always put your voice first.
   
• We spent over $700,000 powering our campaign to victory in the primary. Our primary election was inspired and hard-fought by both campaigns, always communicating a positive message. Now we’re all on the same team, but we did deplete our war chest to get to this point.
   
• Now, the GOP is ramping up attacks, and we’re counting on you to fight back. GOP Super PACs are officially up on the air trying to tear my head off, and we need to have the resources to set the record straight with voters.

John, that’s why I’m coming directly to you for your help. We can’t afford to lose to anti-choice extremist Marc Molinaro due to a lack of resources. I’m counting on grassroots supporters, not special interests, to replenish our campaign’s war chest.

So if it’s within your budget today, please make a contribution of $5 or more and help power our campaign to victory in November →

With gratitude & high hopes,

Josh Riley