Team Julián · [email protected]

December 6, 2019 at 3:12 PM

Urgent: polls still needed to qualify

Now that we’ve made the DNC’s donor threshold for this month's debate, we still need to get 4 qualifying polls to secure Julián's spot on stage.    We need your help to fund this push to get our message out and raise our poll numbers before the deadline hits -- contri…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 6, 2019 at 12:58 AM

WE DID IT!

This campaign is catching fire.  The grassroots support these past few days has been electrifying. Around 20,000 donations have poured over the last 72 hours, catapulting us past the DNC’s 200,000 donor requirement for this month’s debate.  Some people want to count m…

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  Julián Castro HQ · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 9:26 PM

Major update: THIS hour

We’ll keep this short. We’ve nearly hit it.    Part of the DNC’s requirement to get on the debate stage in December is that we hit 200,000 unique donors.   By last count, we’re at 199,346 unique donors.    We need this grassroots coalition to help us keep pushing, c…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 4:20 PM

1,000 donors to DNC goal

I’m thrilled to announce that due to your incredible support over the last couple of days, we are just about 1,000 donors away from hitting the DNC’s donor threshold to qualify for the December Debate. >> Last week, I wasn’t sure we’d hit the goal before the De…

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  Julián Castro Finance Team · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 1:25 AM

BREAKING: we're so close

Friend, We’re running the numbers and with this huge spike over the past two days, there’s a chance we hit our 200,000 unique donor goal to meet the DNC’s donor threshold for the next debate TOMORROW. However, we may not get there tomorrow, or even this week - if we don…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 8:05 PM

Nate Silver agrees

Friend,   The truth is not always politically convenient.    When I said that the Democrats should examine whether or not it’s wise that a party that owes its national victories in large part to voters of color begin their primary process in two states whose diversit…

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  Team Julián · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 5:21 PM

HUGE UPDATE: Campaign Surging

We’ve had an incredible surge of support in the past 24 hours. New supporters are jumping on to the campaign in droves, with yesterday becoming our best fundraising day in 4 months. We’re trending on Twitter. This race is fluid, and folks are finding a new home with #…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 3:51 AM

Thank you, Senator Harris.

It has been an honor to be in this race and on the debate stage with my friend, Senator Kamala Harris. She made this race better by speaking the truth and fighting for opportunity for all Americans, and she made all of us better candidates by consistently raising the ba…

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  Maya Rupert · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 10:40 PM

Breaking: #LetJuliánDebate

Friend,   With Senator Kamala Harris’ exit from this race, we know it’s more important than ever to have Julián on the debate stage. We’re in serious danger of having no candidates of color on stage. That’s a problem.    I’m proud of the campaign we’ve run that highli…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 8:03 PM

Diversity demolished in the Democratic primary

  Months ago, the Democratic Party had on its debate stage the most diverse field of candidates in its history.    Now, months later, we’re in real danger of losing that diversity altogether.    With the news of Senator Harris dropping out of the race, there are…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 5:39 PM

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is an incredible movement that began in 2011. Following the biggest shopping days of the year, people around the world promote and give to worthy causes. This year, I’d like you to please consider supporting the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representatio…

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  Julián Castro (sent from my iPhone) · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 3:54 PM

Tulsi Gabbard's Big News

Friend, I just heard some disheartening news. Tulsi Gabbard just announced that she has hit the 200,000 donor threshold to qualify for the December Debate. This is the first time that she has hit this threshold before us. At the last debate Tulsi Gabbard didn’t he…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 12:42 AM

Cyber Monday & Jeff Bezos

Friend: As you look through the dozens of “Cyber Monday” deals that have flooded your inbox today I thought it would be a good time to talk about where your money is going.  Last year on Cyber Monday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made an outrageous $6.28 billion.  Meanw…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 2, 2019 at 10:04 PM

humbly reaching out to you

In a minute I’m going to ask if you can make your first donation to our campaign to help us reach the donor threshold for the December Democratic debate. With less than two weeks to hit the threshold, we are scrambling to qualify for the debate stage. But before tha…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 2, 2019 at 8:11 PM

not looking for a billionaire savior

I get asked on the trail often what has gone wrong with our political system. My first answer to them always goes back to Citizens United. This misguided Supreme Court decision has corrupted our political system. Millionaires and billionaires feel free to buy their w…

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  Julián for the Future · [email protected]

December 2, 2019 at 5:20 PM

2 weeks

  There are less than 2 weeks until the December 12th deadline to qualify for the next debate.    We need your help RIGHT NOW to make sure we can make an aggressive push for polls and get the last few thousand donors to meet the DNC’s requirements.    We can’t r…

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  Julián Castro’s Personal Plea · [email protected]

December 1, 2019 at 10:52 PM

I'm personally asking for your help

Two Billionaires have pledged to spend over $100M of their own money to bypass Julián in this race. Unlike them Julián doesn’t have hundreds of millions of dollars to waste on vanity runs - he relies on us to power his campaign for everyone. He is still over 6,000 donor…

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  Julián Castro 2020 · [email protected]

December 1, 2019 at 3:10 AM

Please

Tonight’s deadline is the biggest we’ve ever faced. -- We can either let Julián down, fail to meet our End of Month goal, and jeopardize our shot to see him in the next debate. -- Or we can band together, blow tonight’s deadline out of the water, and fund the staff an…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

December 1, 2019 at 1:05 AM

I'm respectfully asking:

I’m about to ask you for $2.70 before midnight to help me meet the criteria for the Democratic debates. But first, please let me explain why it’s so important: Growing up on the West Side of San Antonio, my family never had it easy.  The odds were stacked against us…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 30, 2019 at 9:05 PM

You have no idea how important this threshold is

Just a few short weeks ago, many folks underestimated us and wrote us off. But I just learned I am inches away from meeting the 200,000-donor threshold to qualify for the next Democratic debates. I am over 96% of the way there as of noon! Will you please rush in $15 a…

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  Finance Department (Julián HQ) · [email protected]

November 30, 2019 at 6:55 PM

12 hours

We have less than 12 hours left to meet our end of the month fundraising goal. Frankly, we’re behind where we need to be.  We know you’ve got a lot on your plate. The holidays make things even tougher. However, there is too much riding on what we do next.  We must ele…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 29, 2019 at 11:13 PM

Really important (please read)

This is a long email. I really need you to read the entire thing -- and then consider donating $19 to my campaign before tomorrow’s End of Month Deadline. >>   At the debates, my message resonated with America. I know why.   Like many I have a lot to be thankf…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 29, 2019 at 6:43 PM

Black Friday

  Like many of you, my family has so much to be thankful for.   Yesterday was a reminder that there are so many in our country who don’t have what they need. While we were serving meals at the Raul Jimenez Dinner to ensure that 25,000 San Antonians had a hot meal o…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 28, 2019 at 5:56 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, from our family to yours

  We have so many blessings to celebrate this Thanksgiving.   Like you, I’m grateful for the gift of family.    After many months on the campaign trail, I’m thankful to be at home with my wife, Erica, and our two wonderful children, Carina and Cristián.   Today…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 28, 2019 at 1:09 AM

qualifying threshold

I need your help. The DNC requires 200,000 unique donors to qualify for the December debate stage. We’re nearly there -- we need less than 6,000 more. We also need to reach the polling requirements. We’re making a huge push to make sure we can get our ads out, raise t…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 9:05 PM

as of 3pm:

I can hardly believe it. As of 3pm today: - I’m just 6,000 donors from qualifying for the December Democratic debates. - My team tells me your support is flooding in. I’m floored. - I could officially meet the donor requirement in just a couple of days! I know the esta…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 7:15 PM

falling behind

I don’t want to take up too much of your time -- I know how valuable it is. My team just let me know that we’re not where we need to be to hit our end of month goal. We need 4,500 contributions to get there before 11/30, and set us on our way to qualifying for the …

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 4:16 PM

Raise the wage

As we head into the holidays and the busiest shopping days of the season, let’s take a moment to think about the workers. I’ve advocated that we not only raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour, but that we index it so that we don’t have to keep having this fig…

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  Maya Rupert · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 1:09 AM

Julián needs you

I'll be direct with you-- we need your help. There are many urgent deadlines quickly approaching:  -- We have to hit our end of the month fundraising goal. -- We need to raise money to get on ballots across the country. -- We are just shy of the requirements to get in…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 26, 2019 at 10:20 PM

crises we must face

  Our campaign is critical to making sure the biggest issues facing Americans are addressed. DONATE There is a housing crisis. It’s not going to be solved by criminalizing homelessness. There is a health care crisis. It can’t be fixed by repealing the ACA and stripp…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 26, 2019 at 7:51 PM

Be loud

  I’ve said it before, but out of all the candidates running, I’m confident I have the best supporters. When we’ve needed you the most, you’ve consistently shown up. In the past, we thought we wouldn’t hit the donor requirements to make the debates, but you gave…

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  Team Julián · [email protected]

November 26, 2019 at 5:34 PM

deadline approaching

  We’ll be brief — We’re working hard to hit our end of the month fundraising goal. We need 5 more donors from xxxxxx to stay on track. Will you chip in right now to make sure we don’t fall behind? >> Chip in $5 now >> Chip in $23 now >> Chip in…

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  Scheduling (Julián Castro HQ) · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 11:04 PM

Fwd: Your Flight Confirmation to Los Angeles for Thursday, December 19th

Hello, Secretary Castro! Please find attached the confirmation email with the flight and hotel information for your trip to the next debate. ------- Friend - That was the email that we were able to send Julián for the first 4 debates. But unless our fundraising p…

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  Team Finance @ Julián HQ · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 7:49 PM

Bloomberg's day 1: $37 million

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced his campaign yesterday, and already he’s reserved $37 million in TV ad spending. Rush in $5 right now to help us fight back. >> We’ve built our campaign with almost 200,000 grassroots donors giving an average of just $20…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 5:25 PM

unsettled

On February 3rd, Iowa will have their Democratic primary caucuses -- immediately followed by the New Hampshire primaries on February 11.   DONATE These contests have enormous consequences in choosing who our nominee will be. However, we shouldn’t lose sight that…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 12:07 AM

high stakes

You know as well as I do that the stakes in this election couldn’t be higher. More than any of our policy differences, we need to make sure we nominate the Democrat who has the best chance of beating Trump. Chip in $5 now >> Chip in $23 now >> Chip in …

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 24, 2019 at 9:27 PM

BREAKING: Bloomberg Enters Race

As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg has entered the 2020 Presidential race. DONATE NOW You know what that means:  - TV airwaves will be flooded with his ads. - He pledged to spend $100 million on Facebook alone. - Like Trump, the news is goi…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 23, 2019 at 11:17 PM

Urgent: housing crisis

Where is the urgency? In this country: - Hundreds of thousands are sleeping on the street. - Rents are skyrocketing. - Homeownership is a fantasy for far too many. This is a problem that can be solved, but not nearly enough is being done to solve it. DONATE NOW A…

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  Team Julián · [email protected]

November 23, 2019 at 7:49 PM

19 days left

The DNC has raised the requirements for the debate, yet again. There are only 19 days until the December debate qualifying deadline. We just announced that we have less than 10,000 donors left to go to meet the unique donor threshold for the debate. You can be one of th…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 23, 2019 at 1:11 AM

52 Million Latinos

52 million Latinos live in the United States.‬ ‪Democrats can’t wait until we have a nominee ready to represent them and fight for their votes. I may not have been on stage, but I’m fighting for the issues Latinos and all voters care about. ‬ If you think the Latinx vote…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 10:05 PM

do you see yourself?

I know you can run a “safe” campaign that only focuses on the poll-tested issues for the most likely voters. The problem with that strategy is that it leaves a whole lot of people behind. If you don’t speak to issues that matter most to them, why would unlikely voters t…

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  Maya Rupert · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 8:49 PM

please

The response these last couple of days has been overwhelming. I can’t believe the level of support we’ve received. Team Julián is fully committed to competing in primaries, and we are pushing full steam ahead to Iowa. Help us fund our Early State programs to boost hi…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 4:13 PM

defiant

I’ll be candid.    I didn’t know how missing a debate would affect my campaign.    Fundraising could have plummeted.  Support could have waned.  I could have been forgotten.    The response, however, was electric. Help us keep the enthusiasm building >>   …

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  Team Digital · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 2:48 AM

NBC NEWS: FACEBOOK & Trump Secret Meeting

Breaking News: We just learned that President Trump and FACEBOOK CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a secret meeting.    -- After speaking out against Democratic candidates.  -- After refusing to take down political ads with blatant lies.  -- After being used as a tool for a R…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 11:04 PM

Tulsi Gabbard last night

Last night, we saw candidates on the stage fighting, but for what? Tulsi Gabbard made the debate stage last night, but she didn’t use her platform to address public education. She didn’t mention the poor. She didn’t address the human tragedy at the border caused by th…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 8:09 PM

losing your voice - debate last night

Last night’s debate was exactly what we all expected. It was yet another long-winded exchange about how each candidate would fund their health care plan. The candidates traded more jabs about who “can win a general election,” which is just their euphemism for appeali…

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  Team Julián · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 6:12 PM

MSNBC's results are in!!!

Wow -- Julián’s results since last night’s debate are INCREDIBLE. -- Julián Castro trended nationwide on Twitter throughout the entire Debate. -- MSNBC’s Joy Reid said that Julián’s voice was missed. -- And the most recent UNIVISION POLL showed Julián polling in the To…

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  Team Julián · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 4:01 PM

Breaking MSNBC: Julián's voice missed in debate

  MSNBC: Julián’s voice was missed on the Debate Stage. Rush in $15 to help get him in the December Debate. >> We are so incredibly proud of Julián. Last night, we saw that the issues that Julián has championed were front and center at the debate. You know …

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  Team Julián · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 4:46 AM

Julián won the debate

  He wasn’t on the stage tonight, but Julián’s ideas and voice were present throughout the entire debate.  For the first time, they talked about many issues he’s been championing, like housing. Supporters across the country tuned in online to hear Julián’s take on t…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 1:14 AM

ten thousand donors left

I'll be direct -- we need less than 10,000 new donors to meet the threshold for the December debate.  I'm so thankful for the more than 190,000 people who have supported our campaign so far.  But this deadline is quickly approaching -- if you haven't donated yet, ple…

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