I had to review some tough updates today about our make-or-break Senate race – and because I know you care as much as I do about protecting our Senate majority, I'm going to be brutally honest with you:

The experts at FiveThirtyEight say our seat is most likely to flip as McConnell's super PAC continues blanketing the Nevada airwaves with vicious attack ads against me. And this news couldn't have come at a worse time: A brand-new poll from The New York Times shows I'm TIED with my Trump-endorsed opponent – 47 to 47.

So in order to fight back, my team and I launched a goal to raise $500,000 during the FINAL stretch of our campaign – every dollar of it grassroots. But according to what I just read, we aren't even 20% of the way there.

Thankfully, former President Barack Obama just threw us a lifeline: We're taking the stage together TONIGHT at a grassroots rally to protect this seat. It is our last and best hope for saving our Senate majority, which is why a group of Democratic donors is TRIPLE-MATCHING all gifts to help us hit one of our last big goals. So please, will you take advantage of this limited-time opportunity to have your dollar go three times as far? Rush $5 (becomes $15!) so I can secure the resources necessary to pull ahead and defend Nevada and our Senate majority.

With less than a week to go in the race that WILL decide Senate control, polling shows this race is in a dead heat. As somebody who has fought and won close races before, I KNOW we can protect this seat and our majority. But Mitch McConnell and his allies are already spending more than $55 million to defeat me, which means the only way we can fight back and win is with a surge in grassroots resources.

That's why we set this ambitious fundraising goal – and I know we can reach it, but only if you step up before President Obama take the stage together TONIGHT. I truly have nowhere else to turn. Please, will you donate $5 to have it TRIPLE-MATCHED so I can defeat my extremist opponent, protect Nevada's critical seat and defend our razor-thin Democratic Senate majority?

You're my only hope. Thank you so much for being a part of my grassroots team and giving what you can at critical moments like this.

¡La lucha sigue! The fight continues!

Catherine