Fellow Conservative, 
 
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I have some unfortunate information to share today.  
 
We got our hopes up last weekend, thinking that everyone would rise to the occasion and help deliver us a much-needed late summer win, but we wound up missing our August goal by $887.  
 
If you already made your donation last week, THANK YOU so much for rushing in an extra donation to help us- my team is still reviewing all of the records as we speak. 
 
But, if not. And given that you maybe weren’t checking your emails due to the holiday weekend, I wanted to make sure to follow up with another opportunity to help.  
 
Would you mind using this secure link to chip in $5 right now and help us make up the difference between what we had budgeted and what we actually brought in?  
 
Chip in whatever you can >> 
 
All year, I’ve been watching the numbers to see where we stand against the Democrats. 
 
That includes everything – polling numbers, registration numbers, turnout numbers, and fundraising numbers...
 
And the ONE thing that keeps me up at night is enthusiasm.  
 
Simply put, they’re crushing us. Democrats are turning out a higher number of their own voters than we are. 
 
It is a warning to all of us: If they keep this up between now and Election Day, they will beat us in the midterms. 
 
With sincere gratitude,  
 
Ted Cruz