Dear Lucas,
Nobody knows better than I do the difference that EMILY's List can make.
I wasn't supposed to win my race -- a special election earlier this year in a deeply Republican district. But with you and the other members of the EMILY's List community behind me, we stunned the pundits and turned a red seat blue.
I honestly believe we can do the same to Congress and regain our Democratic House majority. If we start working now and stand behind the great pro-choice Democratic women candidates running across the country, we can win the 26 seats we need to take back the House.
EMILY's List is the best at what they do. When it comes to races like mine, there is no one better at pulling out victories -- and we're going to have to win races like that all over the country in 2012.
Act now! Contribute to EMILY's List today to put us on the path to victory. Your support today makes winning in 2012 possible. And thanks to a two-to-one match, your gift is worth three times as much!
I jumped into my race with the odds stacked against me. Then EMILY's List got in -- raising the money I needed to get off the ground, helping me set up my campaign, and making GOTV calls to key voters. When no one else looked twice at my race, EMILY's List was focused on helping me build a strong and effective grassroots campaign.
It worked. With nearly 1 million EMILY's List supporters behind me, we pulled it off.
And we can do it again for candidates like Christie Vilsack in Iowa, Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona, and Ann Kuster in New Hampshire. Imagine winning victories like mine all over the country in November 2012. Imagine taking back our majority in the House. Imagine ending the Republican attacks on women and families once and for all.
It won't be easy. We need EMILY's List to run programs all over the country just like the one they ran in my district: launching campaigns, putting ads on the air, and getting voters to the polls. But if you stand with EMILY's List, if they have the resources they need, we can win.
Click here if you want to put the House back in Democratic hands. Contribute to help EMILY's List elect pro-choice, Democratic women who will champion our values. Don't forget your contribution is matched two-to-one!
I want to thank you again for all the help you gave me in my race. Every day I spend in Washington, battling it out with Republicans and special interests, I think about how you made it possible for me to be here.
Sincerely,
Cong. Kathy Hochul