Jason, We've reached out several times asking for your support to help Democrats win big in the midterms, but so far, we haven't been able to break through. We've sent messages from candidates like Jon Ossoff, Amy Klobuchar, and Sherrod Brown. We've explained how we'll invest your contribution to help Democrats win. If you can't afford a contribution today, we completely understand. We hope you'll just archive this email and keep in mind that your involvement — and ultimately, your vote — are what matters most. But, if you can afford to make a contribution, we hope you'll give us a chance to make one more request: Trump and his allies have a massive cash advantage. They have hundreds of millions of dollars more than we do, money they will spend running attack ad after attack ad in the coming months. They're hoping that we're all too exhausted to fight back. We have to prove them wrong. And the truth is that we cannot reach the voters we'll need to contact without many more people stepping up to make their first donation of 2026. That's why we're reaching out to you, Jason. If everyone who gets this email donated to the DNC today, we'd have the resources to help Democratic candidates break through the noise while expanding our voter outreach efforts. But not everyone gives, so we're reaching out to you directly. Democrats nationwide are counting on you. Please make your first contribution to the Democratic National Committee today, and we'll put your donation to work immediately to reach the voters who will decide the outcome of November's midterms. If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. Thank you. Let's go win as many races as we can. The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
  | Jason, can we have a moment to explain what's happening right now? Here's the deal: Trump has threatened to "take over" the midterm elections and continued to push conspiracy theories of voter fraud. He's deployed masked federal agents to blue states. He even accused Democratic officials of "seditious behavior" for urging military and intelligence personnel not to obey unlawful orders and suggested they should be executed for it. Jason, Trump wants people to be afraid. He wants to intimidate us into silence. He and his allies are counting on Democrats completely giving up. We can't let that happen. At the end of this month, we face our next end-of-quarter fundraising deadline. After this deadline passes, we'll be required to report what we've raised. Those numbers will tell a story: A lot of contributions will show the strength of Democrats' opposition to Trump and his agenda. They'll show we aren't done fighting. So, Jason, we're asking: Can you join thousands of your fellow Democrats in making a contribution to the DNC today? It will add up fast when we all come together to do our part: If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. Thank you for standing with us, The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
| Jason, Our first end-of-quarter fundraising deadline this year is coming up at the end of the month — our most important deadline since the 2024 election. Once it passes, we'll be required to report what we've raised over the last few months. Here's the truth: Everyone will be looking at that number to gauge whether Democrats are on track to win or lose in November. If we submit a report with lots of donations, we'll be sending a clear message to Trump and his allies across the country that the American people are against their disastrous agenda, and they're prepared to take back the House and the Senate in November. That's why this deadline matters so much. So if you've been looking for a meaningful way to make a difference and help stop Trump's agenda in its tracks, this is it. The DNC is working overtime to get Democrats elected up and down the ballot this year and put a massive check on Trump's power. Will you chip in $7 ahead of our deadline to help fund this work? If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. Thank you, The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
| Jason, We're about to ask you to pitch in $7 to the DNC today. But first, we'd like to explain why your support matters: CONTRIBUTE $7 If you knew that your $7 donation would help Democrats flip states like Texas and North Carolina blue this year, wouldn't that seem like a worthwhile investment? If you knew that $7 could help make a real, tangible difference in our fight to flip the Senate and protect our country from another two years of Trump's power remaining largely unchecked, wouldn't it be an easy donation to make? And if you knew that giving $7 could help the DNC elect down-ballot Democrats across the country who will fight Trump's agenda however they can, wouldn't it be the best decision you made today? We know it might not seem like $7 can accomplish all of that. But, Jason, here's the truth: When we combine your $7 with $7 from thousands of other Democrats across the country ready to make a difference, it adds up quickly. The DNC is working every day to organize across the country and ensure that we have the strongest Democratic infrastructure possible ahead of this year's midterm elections. Now that you know that, will you join our team of grassroots supporters across the country today with a $7 donation of your own? If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. Thank you, The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
| Jason, This is a longer email, but we hope you'll stick around for an explanation about Democrats' roadmap to winning back Congress this year. If you don't have the time, we'll cut straight to the chase: Democrats have a real path to flip the House and the Senate this November, but there's still a lot of work to be done. Can you chip in $7 to the DNC today to help Democrats across the country win in November? If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly: Here's the situation: DEMOCRATS ONLY NEED TO FLIP THREE SEATS TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE. House Republicans have proven that they're unwilling to speak out against Trump's disastrous agenda. They've passed budgets kicking millions of Americans off of their health insurance and food assistance, given a blank check to ICE, and done nothing while Trump worsens the affordability crisis with tariffs. Flipping just three House seats this year would give Democrats a majority and put an end to Trump's unrestricted reign of chaos. FLIPPING FOUR SEATS WILL GIVE DEMOCRATS THE SENATE MAJORITY. Democrats' path to reclaiming our Senate majority revolves around defending our seats in Georgia, Michigan, and New Hampshire, and flipping Republican-held seats in North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, and Texas. And while the polls show that Democrats have the advantage generally with voters right now, we need to make sure that Democrats are still in the lead when votes are counted in November. REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO STOP US. Trump, his Republican allies, and their billionaire funders know that a Democratic victory in November would bring their destructive agenda to a grinding halt, so they've been working tirelessly to rig the playing field. Trump has threatened to nationalize running elections. He's threatened states for access to their voter rolls to force voter purges. He and his allies even entered 2026 with a $483 million war chest at their disposal, and will undoubtedly attempt to BUY Republican victories this year. Jason, it's going to be an uphill battle, but one that we can win if we all come together to do our part. Today's the day we're asking you to do just that. Can you make a $7 donation directly to the DNC to fund our work, and help us win back the House and the Senate this year? If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. We appreciate your support, The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
We have to teach ourselves the skills necessary to build a new world.  
When I first decided to run for office, there were only 2-3 lawyers in all of New York City that knew how to draft a petition to get onto an election ballot. If you wanted to run for office, you couldn't unless one of those three people — in a city of 8 million — said they would do this for you. That, of course, is antidemocratic. Because those three people then control the entire candidate pipeline of who can run for office in all of New York City, at any level. So we went out and we hit the books, and we found elders in eastern Queens who finally said, "We will show you how to do this." And not only did they show me how to put together a petition, but they showed me how to properly collect a signature — because if you don't do it properly, you will get kicked off the ballot — and how to collect more signatures than the requirement, which was around 2,000 in 2018. We set a goal of 10,000 signatures, so that there was no way that they could throw us off of the ballot. And in that process, we built the foundation that led us to winning that election. In a lot of different places and races, there are people who could easily pay a firm to collect these signatures. And to this day, people say, "Why do you still run your petitioning process on all-volunteer basis? It's way harder." Because this democratic knowledge needs to stay in our communities.
This skill set needs to live with the people.
And it should never be gatekept or bottlenecked ever again. In a moment like this, when there's so much despair in the air, so much not knowing what's going on, the response is that all of us have to skill up, in every way. Electorally. Non-electorally. We have to teach ourselves the skills necessary to build a new world. Oftentimes, "revolution" sounds really big and splashy. But there's a lot of meetings, bureaucracy, and phone calls involved in radical changes of the world. 
Petitioning is tedious, bureaucratic work. But when we go out into the community to get signatures to reelect me to Congress, we are doing the work of invitation: Join our movement for a better world. Because this country is still a place of possibility. And together, we will win. Will you help sustain our fight by making a grassroots contribution today? Every donation helps us mobilize, organize, and fight for the working class in the places that need it most. In solidarity, Alexandria  
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