Hi, friend. It's Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY's List – the nation's largest resource for electing Democratic pro-choice women.

With just eight days until the polls close, there's one race that's key to stopping anti-choice extremists like Sen. Marco Rubio: Val Demings' Senate race in Florida. If she wins, Democrats are practically guaranteed to defend the Senate from Mitch McConnell.

The problem is, recent polling shows that Val Demings is 1 POINT BEHIND Marco Rubio – and national Republicans are pouring millions into Florida to attack Demings as Floridians start early voting.

That's why I'm writing to ask you to help raise $1 million before Val Demings' final End-of-Month goal at midnight tonight – and though it's ambitious, that's what it's going to take to protect reproductive freedom from anti-choice extremists like Marco Rubio who are endorsing a national abortion ban.

So please, I need every pro-choice voter reading this email to give what they can today: Will you donate $5 right now to elect Val Demings and help her deliver a pro-choice Senate majority?

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Val Demings has been breaking barriers her whole life – from being the first in her family to go to college to the moment she became Orlando's first woman chief of police. She's the kind of tireless fighter that Florida deserves.

But the reality is, Val Demings is up against the full might of the Republican party's $173 million war chest to take back Senate control. Unless she reaches her $1 million End-of-Month goal before midnight, she just won't be able to compete with GOP spending – which means Democrats could lose both this race and our narrow Senate majority.

With just eight days until the election, this is one of your last chances to make an impact on this critical race and help secure reproductive freedom: Will you please donate $5 or more right now to help Val Demings defeat Marco Rubio and deliver a Democratic Senate majority?

History tells us that we must keep fighting in order to see progress – but if we continue to work together, I know we can win.

Thank you for your support,

Laphonza Butler
President, EMILY's List

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