Friend – I'll make this quick.

FIRST: Five polls showed me neck and neck with Marco Rubio, and he was so PANICKED that he went on Fox News to BEG for donations.

THEN: FiveThirtyEight confirmed what we already knew: If I win this race, Democrats have a 91% chance of winning Senate control.

NOW: Floridians are heading to the polls as you read this message – but I'm being outspent in key areas of Florida. Marco Rubio has already poured $15.7 MILLION into TV ads to buy this seat this year. 

So I have a lot to compete against – and if I fall short of tonight's midnight fundraising goal, I'll be forced to make drastic cuts to voter outreach just THREE days before the polls close. In a race this close, your support will make a sizable impact: Please, donate $5 now so we can expand our Democratic Senate majority. >>

With the latest polls showing this race tied, we have Rubio on the ropes in the toughest fight of his political career. We can win – but Florida's last Senate race was decided by only 10,033 votes. That's a margin of just 0.12%.

Missing this fundraising goal will spell trouble and give Rubio the upper hand, so we need your help. Each dollar you give right now will go directly to reaching every Florida voter in this final stretch.

Will you PLEASE contribute $5 or more to help me take the lead in the final days of this race – so we can flip Florida blue and defend our Democratic Senate majority?

I can't thank you enough for doing your part to keep the Senate in Democratic hands.

Val Demings