Hey John, it's Mandela. I'm reaching out to ask you to do something important with early voting now underway in Wisconsin.

This U.S. Senate race is going to be one of the closest races in the whole country. A new CNN poll that came out Monday shows us trailing by just one point, and Cook Political rates us as a toss-up. 

So our job right now, with early voting now open, is to reach the voters that will decide the outcome of this race. We know which people we need to persuade and mobilize in order to win, but whether or not they vote in this election is up to us.

This is a pivotal moment for our campaign, and we don't get another chance at this. It will take a lot of time, energy, and resources in order to turn out voters across Wisconsin, and today I need to ask for your help. 

I wish I didn't have to ask you to do more. But I need to turn to the people I've been able to count on in the past. So please:  

Can you make a contribution to my campaign for U.S. Senate today? Wisconsin will determine whether we expand — or lose —the Senate majority, and your contribution today will determine whether we have the resources to flip this seat.

If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately and be split between Mandela Barnes and Kirsten Gillibrand:

I know that we've asked a lot of you lately, and I hope you take that as a sign of just how important it is that people like you are involved in this race.

The majority of the money that we've raised this month has come from people contributing small-dollar donations, often in response to emails like this one. 

To put it bluntly, without grassroots support, we wouldn't be on a path to victory in this race. So with early voting now open, I need to ask you one more time:

Can you make a contribution to my campaign for U.S. Senate today? I know we can flip this seat as long as people like you stay involved during these critical final days.

Mandela Barnes