John, in Wisconsin, my friend Mandela Barnes is running against Ron Johnson – the most vulnerable incumbent Republican senator in the entire country.

And now, mere weeks before election day, a new poll shows that Barnes and Johnson are statistically tied! With this race neck and neck, grassroots activists like you, John, are going to make the difference in this final stretch. So please, can you split a donation between Mandela and me so that we can defeat Ron Johnson and expand our Democratic majority?

Mandela Barnes is exactly the type of leader that we need in Washington. A proud product of our middle class, he was raised by a public school teacher and a third-shift auto worker. He spent the last decade fighting for working people as a community organizer, a state legislator, and Wisconsin's lieutenant governor.

Both Mandela and I have seen the incredible good that the government can do on the local, state, and federal levels. But we've also seen how families can be left behind and left out when our leaders fail to live up to the promises that they've made.

With right-wing extremism on the rise, I need more folks with me in the Senate who can get to work and deliver real change for the families who are counting on us. I know that Mandela will be an incredible ally in this work.

But this race is going to be tight either way, and Mandela's victory is far from a guarantee. He'll only be able to take the lead in these final weeks with a huge wave of grassroots support. That's why we are counting on people like you to pitch in before the final mid-month deadline of this election cycle. If you're ready to flip Wisconsin blue, will you rush $5 before our 11:59 p.m. deadline so that we can send Mandela to Washington and expand our Senate majority?

Thanks for all that you do. Onward to November!

– Tom