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John, I want to share something deeply personal with you. 

Since I launched my Democratic campaign to replace GOP Senator Susan Collins, I’ve received such heartwarming support from so many of you. I am incredibly grateful. 

But to be honest, John, it hasn’t all been positive. 

Some are telling me I don’t deserve to run for office. Or serve in the Senate. Or even be a father – because I’m gay. 

Please read this very closely, John: These hateful attacks never stopped me before, and you better believe they won't stop me from fighting for every type of family in the Senate now. Our latest poll shows me within ONE SINGLE point of flipping this critical Senate seat for Democrats – but a massive Super PAC just rushed Susan Collins an unprecedented $5.6 MILLION to take me down. I’m urgently asking 1,000 supporters to split a $3 donation between me and Blue Amp Action in the next 4 hours to help me rescue our shot to bring this win home and ensure every type of family has the representation they deserve in the Senate >>

Jake, Jordan, and Ella

I was in second grade when Susan Collins was first elected to the Senate.

Now, 30 years later, my husband and I just became new dads to our baby girl, Ella – and Susan Collins is still in the Senate. 

I never planned to run for office myself — but after watching Collins make things *worse* for our families by voting for Trump’s dangerous cabinet, Supreme Court nominees, and even his ACQUITTAL — I looked at my daughter and made the pressing choice to fight for her future. 

John, no matter how many hateful attacks are thrown at me, I need you to know that nothing will deter me from fighting on your behalf in the Senate. 

 But the harsh reality is – unless I can compete with Susan Collins’ earth-shattering sum of cash, our chance to make history and gain a critical Senate seat for Democrats will be over. So I’m humbly asking 1,000 supporters to split a $3 donation between me and Blue Amp Action in the next 4 hours to close the fundraising gap and show the haters what we’re made of. Can I count on you to help me FLIP this Senate seat blue and hand Collins and her MAGA financiers the humiliating defeat they so desperately deserve? >> 

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About Blue Amp Action:

We cannot sugarcoat the current situation. Right-wing authoritarianism, defeated by a worldwide coalition during WWII, was only in hibernation. Over the past decade it has infected democratic societies--including ours. It is as simple as it is terrifying: What we do now will define the future of our country and world. 

We at Blue Amp Action are dedicated to liberal, open societies, where reason and science are applied to solve our problems; where civil rights--including voting rights!--are protected for all. We fight for these values every day. Speaking up on our platforms, raising the voices and the political prospects of liberal pols and pundits. 

And savvy grassroots activists like you know, just like we do, that we can’t stop watching the people we help elect: after the elections, we have to keep organizing support for the policies we like and pushing back against the ones we don’t.

When the public tunes out between elections and the only people our elected officials hear from are the paid lobbyists of wealthy corporations, our government stops being accountable to the needs of ordinary families.

Democracy never sleeps, and neither can we.

So we ask that you support our work, so we can continue to engage in this fight every moment of every day. So our kids grow up in democracy, not dystopia.

Thank you for your support for all we do!

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