Friends --
I want to talk about why I’m running for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Throughout my life I’ve been honored to serve people as a missionary, civil rights lawyer, and elected official at the local, state and federal levels. I love the Commonwealth and its citizens, and I want to keep being your Senator.
There’s a lot of work to do over the next year and a half to keep our Commonwealth blue up and down the ballot, so right now, I’d like to ask you to become a Founding Donor to my campaign. I’d be very grateful for whatever support you can give.
Look, we’ve accomplished a lot together these last few years:
We’ve lowered the costs of both health care and energy with the Inflation Reduction Act.
We made the biggest commitment to infrastructure since the Interstate Highway system initiative in the Eisenhower Administration with the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
We brought back American manufacturing jobs with the CHIPS Act.
We protected marriage equality with the Respect for Marriage Act.
And we passed the first major federal legislation in decades that will tackle the scourge of gun violence.
But there is so much still to be done.
We need more skilled workers, so we should invest in technical training, provide more affordable high-quality child care, and find a path to a work-based immigration reform bill.
We need to expand access to mental health services, to battle addiction, and bring down health care costs for all.
We need to fight for fundamental liberties, including the freedom to make your own reproductive decisions and the right to vote.
Virginia’s natural beauty -- air, water, open space -- needs protection from threats including climate change.
And in a world with threats to democracies at home and abroad, we need a national security strategy that keeps us safe while building up the capacity of the U.S. and our allies to link arms against global threats of all kinds.
But here’s the thing -- all those challenges don’t discourage me from this work. In fact, they are exactly why I’m running to keep representing Virginia in the U.S. Senate. As your Senator, I will deliver for ALL Virginians, listen to your thoughts and concerns, and work across the aisle to solve the problems that keep us up at night. Because in a divided government, we need to work with Democrats and Republicans to get things done.
This isn’t going to be easy. Virginia is a battleground state with a Republican governor, and special interests are going to spend massively to try and block progress in our Commonwealth.
I have to ask: Will you pitch in today to become a Founding Donor of my campaign so I can keep delivering for ALL Virginians and protect our Senate majority?
