Hello,

This isn’t the news we were hoping to have to share, but last night we fell over $23,000 short of our final TV ad buy goal and what we need to defeat Chuck Grassley and turn Iowa blue.

This is the first time we have EVER missed a fundraising goal this important. So we’re emailing you now because a group of donors has offered to extend their TRIPLE MATCH for 24 hours only to help us come up with the shortfall and close the gap before midnight tonight.

Democrat Mike Franken isn’t taking money from corporate PACs or special interests like Big Pharma and the NRA like his opponent Chuck Grassley. Instead, he’s built a grassroots campaign funded entirely by people like you.

When we set goals like the one we just missed, they’re real. We can’t afford to come up even a dollar short, or we could risk losing our slim Democratic majority in the Senate.

In order to take on all of Mitch McConnell’s Super PAC money and turn Iowa blue, we need to raise the remaining $23,000 in the next 24 hours. So we have to ask:

Will you make a $5 donation right now (every dollar will be TRIPLED!) so that we can make up this fundraising gap, help Democrat Mike Franken defeat Chuck Grassley, and protect our Senate Democratic majority? We cannot afford to waste this extended triple match opportunity or fall short of this goal again – not when Chuck Grassley is attacking Mike with millions of dollars from corporate PACs and special interests.

This campaign is fueled and funded by real people like you. Every dollar you can give today will help Mike fight back against the Super PAC lies and win on Election Day.

Thank you for being a critical part of the campaign,

Team Franken