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Dear Lucas,

I hear it a lot: “Y’know, Al, I sure do get a lot of your emails.” And as a Minnesotan, I know what that really means: “STOP SENDING ME SO MANY DARN EMAILS, AL.”

Look. I get it. It’s a lot to read. But did you ever consider that it’s also a lot to write? I mean, everyone’s familiar with “Donor Fatigue.” But nobody ever talks about “Asking-Donors-for-Money Fatigue.”

I hate bothering you so much. It’s no fun coming up with a million different ways to warn you about the Koch brothers’ attack ads or remind you that there’s a monthly deadline lurking around the corner (as if you aren’t able to read a calendar without my help).

And, believe me, I don’t like all those links inviting you to donate $5 or more to help meet our $300,000 grassroots fundraising goal any more than you do.

I’m sorry. I’m only doing it because Citizens United gives corporate special interests the ability to spend unlimited -- ah, but you know all this.

In a perfect world, you’d be able to read your email without having to endure a laundry list of increasingly desperate-sounding pleas for your grassroots contributions. And I’d be able to run a winning campaign without having to write them.

But, well, here we both are. And so here comes another one of those obnoxious links: Our race is getting tighter, and we need to hit our $300,000 September goal -- can you chip in $5 or more right now?

Sorry. And thanks. But, mostly, sorry.

Al

P.S.: If we didn’t have the Koch brothers to worry about, I’d be able to use this space to tell you about all the fun we’re having on the campaign trail, or maybe ask how your summer was. Or, heck, this email could have ended a few paragraphs ago. But, thanks to Citizens United, I have to use it for an “extra ask.” It’s unfair to both of us. And I hope you’ll click here to donate $5 or more toward our $300,000 September goal now!