I am coming to you with an urgent request, friend. After polling showed me TIED with Marco Rubio in our battleground race here in Florida, he blanketed Florida with millions of dollars worth of attack ads to defeat me. 

This is what Floridians are seeing every time they turn on their TV as they begin early voting – and if I don't have the resources to fight back, it could destroy Democrats' chances of expanding our Senate majority. So my request to you is this: Make a donation right now that will go twice as far in defeating Marco Rubio.

You read that right: A generous group of donors is MATCHING all grassroots donations to help me raise $500,000, but only until 11:59 p.m. tonight. This is the surge in resources I need to fight back against Marco Rubio's attacks, so will you please donate $5 – and have every dollar DOUBLED – to flip Florida blue and expand our Democratic Senate majority?

Matches like this don't come around so often, and this couldn't have come at a better time: In these final days, I'm being outspent in key areas of Florida, and I cannot fight back without your support. So I'm humbly asking you to believe in our ability to take on Marco Rubio and the entire Republican establishment and win – because I cannot do this without you.

Florida's last Senate race came down to a mere 10,033 votes – that's the slimmest of margins (0.12%!) – meaning our chances of winning hinge on reaching and mobilizing every last Floridian we can. That's exactly why we need to hit this $500,000 match goal by 11:59 p.m. tonight. 

So please, rush $5 or whatever you can spare – it will be DOUBLED – to defeat Marco Rubio and expand our Democratic Senate majority.

Thank you,

Val Demings