We know you’re probably busy, John, so this will only take a second.

Midnight is just a few hours away, which is when our team will be closing the books on our mid-month fundraising deadline. All the hard work we’ve put into this campaign (and yes, all of the pesky emails you’ve gotten from us!) have all led up to this point.

We’re so close to reaching our online goal before midnight. Can you rush a donation of $10 or whatever you can afford ahead of tonight’s critical deadline? We wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important.

Messages just like this are one of the primary sources of income for our growing campaign. So, when you see Cal neck-and-neck with Thom Tillis on forecasting charts, just know that your support made us competitive in the first place.

There is no war chest full of dark money. There are no corporate PACs. We don’t even have a gaggle of billionaires on speed dial like our opponent does. That’s not the kind of campaign we’re running -- we’re doing this the right way, which is why we’re counting on you.

Can you rush a donation of any amount before midnight to keep our momentum going? Cal and our team are counting on you.

Thanks for stepping up today. It’s important.

— Team Cal