Election Days are filled with highs and lows

Friends,

For anyone who’s ever run for office or worked or volunteered on a campaign, Election Day feels like the end of a very long race.

You put everything you have into reaching as many voters as you can. You raise money and spend it just as quickly getting your message out on the airwaves. You meet more people than you ever imagined possible, and you do your best to ensure each interaction is really meaningful – that you’re not just shaking hands and making promises; you’re listening to what’s on people’s minds and showing them how you can help. And then you have to make sure all those people actually turn out to vote.

All your hard work, every dollar you raise, it all comes down to one thing: Election Day.

Well, usually.

Things actually went a bit differently in my last election.

I knew it was going to be close, but I felt good about what we’d accomplished. It had been a long, tough fight. We’d gone up against tens of millions of dollars in GOP attack ads, but we had given it everything we had and I had no regrets about the race we ran. That’s how you want to feel on Election Day.

So there we were as polls closed, nervous, excited, unsure if we were hosting a victory celebration or not. Again and again they said our Senate race was too close to call. That’s normal in the first few hours … but in this case, it just kept getting closer. It was unnerving – especially because my opponent, Adam Laxalt, had led Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election results in Nevada. We were not convinced he would accept an election result he didn’t like, even if we won in a landslide.

For four days, our race was too close to call. Suddenly, we were working not to get out the vote but to ensure every vote was fairly counted. To protect election workers from fear and intimidation so they could do their jobs. And to prepare for potential legal challenges if Trump and Laxalt tried to declare a victory they didn’t earn.

Thankfully, it eventually did go our way. We won by 7,928 votes – less than one percent – and secured the Senate majority for Democrats. Our victory made one thing clear: we really needed every single grassroots supporter, every dollar and then some.

That’s why I ask for your help in times like these. Because I’ve seen the difference it makes in the closest of races, I know how powerful your grassroots support really is. So please, as we look ahead to the next Election Day, will you donate now so we can reach every voter, count every ballot and flip the Senate blue?

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Thanks for all you do. I am truly grateful to have you with me.

¡La lucha sigue! The fight continues!

Catherine