In this email, I’m going to get personal with you and explain exactly why I'm running for President. I hope you'll read this email and then donate a few bucks to make sure I win the nomination. Your donation is important »

I used to commute every day from Washington to Delaware. It’s a 250-mile round trip commute.

Like many of you, I liked to look out that window as I passed through big cities like Baltimore and smaller towns, like Newark, Delaware. And when it was 9:30 pm on my way home, all you could see was light coming from the houses along the route.

I often wondered what they were saying at the kitchen table. My guess is they were -- and still are -- talking about the same things that Americans all across the country are. They’re asking, “are we going to be okay?”

What they’re looking for is not a policy prescription. They just want to know their leaders are looking out for them -- making sure they get a fair shot. Not a guarantee. Just a fair shot to get ahead.

And with Donald Trump in office, they don’t have that. Look around. Most of us are worse off now than we were before.

I’m running for president to fix that. And whether you started this with me eleven years ago or are reading an email for the first time, each of us is bound by a common cause: seeking a better future for our country.

But winning this campaign won’t be easy. People on both sides of the aisle want me to lose. Trump is relentlessly attacking me. And right now we are falling short of our end-of-year fundraising goal. We need to bring in 66,000 more donations by December 31. So, I’m reaching out directly to you before our deadline. Will you chip in?

I know America’s best days are still ahead. But we have a lot of work ahead of us.

To defeat Donald Trump, we need to build the most sophisticated campaign this country has ever seen. We need to register thousands of new voters, have authentic one-on-one conversations with voters to tell my story, run digital advertisements, radio ads, television ads, and more to persuade everyone to join our campaign. But this effort will be expensive. That’s why I’m coming to you for help.

If you believe in me, if you believe we need to keep fighting, even when it’s hard, if you haven’t given up on America’s future -- join me on this journey. Chip in to this email today. Together, we restore the soul of this nation and defeat Donald Trump:

Thank you,

Joe Biden