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Poll after poll shows this battleground race is statistically tied. If we reach our midnight goal, we can surge ahead – but we can't do it without you.

Will you make a split contribution between Sherrod Brown and Kirsten Gillibrand to power our grassroots campaign before time runs out?

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Look, have you seen the recent poll that The New York Times reported?

We’re worried. It shows Sherrod is down 1 point to Jon Husted:

The timing is bad.

The general election is officially here, and Husted’s PAC just launched a new seven-figure ad series attacking Sherrod. And that’s on top of the $79 million that the GOP’s main super PAC is pouring into this race to defeat us.

They know that we have to win in Ohio to flip the Senate, so they’re doing whatever it takes to crush our pro-worker grassroots movement. And the bad news is they’re reaching key persuadable voters before we’re able to set the record straight.

Unlike our opponent, we’re running our campaign the right way – powered by everyday people chipping in what they can, when they can – but that means we need help from folks like you in moments like this.

We know it might not seem like your $10 can take on millions of dollars in Republican ads alone. That’s true. But trust us, we see it every day – we can do remarkable things with your $10, combined with the $10 from thousands of others reading this email today.

Please, will you split $10 or more between Sherrod’s campaign and Kirsten Gillibrand to help us reach our urgent midnight goal, fight back against the lies Husted and his billionaire buddies are spreading, and win the most important Senate race in the country?

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Midnight tonight

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Tonight is the final deadline before the primary election—and after today, we’ll have to report our numbers.

Everyone will be watching. The media. Political insiders. Super PACs. Billionaires. Corporate interests spending millions to shape this race.

They’re all looking to see whether our grassroots campaign has what it takes to compete in the final weeks before voters cast their ballots.

We know it does, which is why we set a fundraising goal of $250,000 to reach before midnight tonight. If this is all you need to hear, can you chip in $5 to power Katie’s campaign?

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Katie is running to lower costs for working families — with single-payer health care, tuition-free public college, free child care, and less expensive housing.

She’s running to keep California in the hands of working people, not billionaires and special interests.

And that’s exactly why so much money is pouring into this race.

The people profiting off the status quo know Katie can’t be bought. They know she’ll fight to hold corporations accountable and stand up for Californians getting squeezed by rising costs.

So they’re spending big to stop her.

Our campaign doesn’t take corporate cash and Katie isn’t writing checks to her own campaign. What we have is grassroots power.

That means every donation before tonight’s deadline has a real impact: helping us reach more undecided voters in these final weeks through organizing and outreach.

We’re working to raise $250,000 before midnight. Can you chip in $5 now to help hit our goal, reach more voters, and keep this campaign competitive?

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Thank you,

Team Katie Porter

Katie is running to be California’s next governor because California and our country need a leader who will stand up to Trump to lower costs, protect our rights, and combat climate change.

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The truth

Hi, it's Sherrod.

You may know this, but I wanted you to hear it from me: Our race in Ohio is perhaps the most watched, most expensive, and most competitive Senate race in the country.

That's huge. Especially considering that our last race was the most expensive non-presidential race in U.S. history – and this year is shaping up to be bigger.

Why? Because experts across the political world agree that Senate control will be decided in Ohio… and it's one of the most likely seats to flip.

National Republicans know our campaign is a threat to their grip on power. That's why their main Senate super PAC is going to spend $79 million here – their largest cash infusion in any race. And why my opponent Jon Husted bought seven figures' worth of attack ads to smear me.

We've got a fight ahead of us. The general election has officially started, and I need you with me as the spotlight on Ohio gets brighter.

Will you chip in $5 or $25 today to help give us the resources to fight all the way to Election Day and flip this seat and the Senate?

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I'm glad you're in this with me.

Sherrod

When you love your country, you fight for the people who make it work.

Personal message from Sherrod: I didn’t plan on running for office again.

But when I saw how these guys in Washington are only looking out for their billionaire friends and special interests, I knew I had to get back in the fight.

This grassroots movement is about fighting back against a rigged system that benefits the wealthy and well-connected, while working people pay the price.

And we’ve got momentum: Experts increased our odds of winning and officially named Ohio as a key Senate race to watch, and two new polls show we have a slight lead over our opponent.

But I need your help: Corporate special interests have already spent millions attacking me with misleading ads. The only way we can fight back and win in Ohio is with grassroots contributions from supporters like you.

If you're with me, please chip in any amount today. If you'd like to become one of my TOP supporters and receive exclusive updates from our campaign team, text "OHIO" to 64054.

Thank you for standing with me.

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Two of the most important flip opportunities in the country

Hi, something big is happening in Ohio, and the stage is set.

I am neck and neck with Jon Husted in the race for Ohio's Senate seat, and we’re seeing incredible energy in the governor’s race, too. Recent polls show Amy with a narrow lead ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy.

The only way we can win two of the most important flip opportunities of 2026 is with grassroots support from folks like you. Will you chip in $5 – split between Amy and me – to help us win for Ohio?

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Dr. Amy Acton is a public servant through and through.

She grew up under tough circumstances, moving over a dozen times as a kid, not always knowing if there would be food on the table for her and her brother at night. She understands the daily struggles that so many Ohio families are facing because she’s lived them.

I know Amy personally, and I can tell you that there is no one better to lead our state as its next governor.

But listen, Amy and I are facing tough fights and opponents with virtually unlimited resources at their disposal. She’s up against Vivek Ramaswamy – an extreme, out-of-touch billionaire. I’m running to unseat Jon Husted, a corrupt politician who has the full force of the Washington establishment and corporate lobbyists behind him. The only way we can beat guys like that is by building a massive people-powered movement – something they can never match.

This is the year we will flip Ohio – and it’s thanks to the grassroots supporters who are stepping up every day to grow our momentum. More folks are signing up to volunteer, registering their neighbors to vote, pitching in a few bucks, and taking their stake in our people-powered movement than ever before. Now, I'm asking you to join them.

Will you make a split donation between Amy and me to help us win our neck-and-neck races in battleground Ohio and give the Buckeye State the leadership it deserves?

If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your split donation to Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton will go through immediately:

Amy and I will never stop working for Ohio. On behalf of both of us, thank you for supporting our fight.

Sherrod

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I just returned from one of the world's most neglected crises

I just came back from visiting Sudan, and I can’t stop thinking about what I saw in Darfur.

I’ve been doing this work for a long time. I’ve witnessed some of the world’s toughest humanitarian crises. But this was different.

Sudan is living through one of the worst humanitarian disasters on earth. Since civil war broke out three years ago, nearly 13 million people have been displaced. Cities have been bombed to rubble. Villages have been burned. And civilians, including children, have been caught in the crossfire with nowhere to run.

Millions of children like Ahmad* are suffering from acute malnutrition after more than three years of conflict in Sudan.

Millions of children like Ahmed* are suffering from acute malnutrition after more than three years of conflict in Sudan.

The war has systematically destroyed the things people need to survive. Farms have been looted and burned. Markets have been shuttered. Aid convoys have been blocked, attacked or turned back at checkpoints.

And the crisis is being made worse by forces beyond Sudan’s borders, as conflict in the Middle East continues to consume global attention and stretch humanitarian resources thin.

The result is a hunger crisis of historic proportions: Sudan now has more people facing famine-level conditions than anywhere else on earth, with millions of children at acute risk of malnutrition. Save the Children is delivering urgently needed food, medical care and protection to children and families. Learn more about how we’re responding. >>

Below, I share more about my journey to Sudan and the reality families in Darfur are facing — not only the devastating challenges, but also the extraordinary people I met who are persevering against all odds.

Children — no matter where they are, no matter what they’ve been through — want to learn. That was reinforced with me as I spoke with students at the temporary learning space in Tawila.

It took me four days to get to the Darfur region of Sudan. The logistical challenges are many. Getting there requires crossing multiple lines controlled by various militant groups, each one a reminder of how fractured and dangerous this place has become. Aid workers navigate the same gauntlet, which means the people who need help most are often the hardest to reach. It is truly the last mile.

And yet, when I arrived, one of the first things I found was children — learning.

The temporary learning space that I visited had started with 70 children. When Save the Children first set up this space, our goal was to give displaced kids — most of whom hadn’t been in a classroom in over a year — somewhere to learn, somewhere to just be students again.

Today, this space supports 400 children. We run double shifts, 200 at a time, to make sure we don’t turn a single child away.

I watched as children raced each other to the blackboard, eager to show off how well they knew their times tables and Arabic.

But these children deserve more than a temporary learning space. They deserve stability and an education they can count on. That’s what Save the Children is working toward — converting these temporary learning spaces into permanent, sustainable schools.

At a camp for displaced people in Darfur, I visited a Save the Children health clinic. The clinic is remarkably well-run despite overwhelming conditions, but needs are growing rapidly.

I also visited one of the health clinics that Save the Children still operates in the area. Seven clinics have closed in the past year, shut down due to cuts in humanitarian aid funding. That means this one clinic is absorbing patients from across an entire region.

The staff are extraordinary, but they need more support.

Children are arriving with severe acute malnutrition. We know how to treat them. A 6-8 week course of Plumpy'Nut, a highly effective therapeutic peanut paste, can help a child who’s wasting away recover.

But getting Plumpy'Nut to a clinic in Darfur is harder and more expensive than ever. A carton of Plumpy'Nut costs about $60 to produce, and it now takes about $35 to make it here to Tawila — up 30% over the last couple of months.

The war in the Middle East has caused fuel prices to skyrocket, while the war in Sudan increases the time it takes to get here from Port Sudan via three different areas of conflict, broken roads and being stopped at multiple checkpoints.

The situation here is dire, but I also want to share what gave me hope.

A mother feeds her child homemade peanut paste made from locally sourced ingredients in Sudan.

It’s largely women holding everything together for their families. Men have been killed, disappeared or pulled into the fighting. I saw the bone-deep weariness in the eyes of the women I met with. Weariness that comes from walking for days through danger, making impossible decisions and doing everything you can to keep your children alive.

By the time they arrive at the shelter, they’ve already done the unthinkable to get here. What they need now is something to work with.

In a nutrition clinic in Tawila, I watched mothers learn to make something remarkable from five ingredients: millet, peanuts, oil, sugar and a pinch of salt. This simple paste prevents malnutrition before it takes hold — made at home, from local ingredients, by the same women who just walked through hell to get here.

It’s not a miracle. It’s just knowledge, put into the right hands, empowering moms to feed their children.

I worked with community volunteers to distribute food to people arriving at the displacement camp, still searching for a sense of safety.

Nearby, I visited a community kitchen run entirely by volunteers. Members of the community, cooking for the community: fresh vegetables, meat, rice, pasta and more. People who’ve lost nearly everything, feeding each other. That is the resilience I carry home with me.

The children at the blackboard, the number of families waiting to be seen at the clinic, the mothers mixing hope for their children in a bowl, the volunteers ladling food for their neighbors — this trip reminded me why the work we do at Save the Children is so urgent.

It also reminded me why I’m so grateful for our supporters who help make it all possible. Thank you for being with us.

With gratitude,

Janti Soeripto
President & CEO
Save the Children

P.S. Last weekend, I joined "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to share my firsthand account from my trip to Sudan. It was an important conversation about the immense need and how the global community needs to do more, and quickly. I hope you’ll watch it here.

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