This is an absolute game-changer.

Let's be clear: Even if we win the presidency, important legislation will still die in the Senate if we don't also take back the Senate from Mitch McConnell.

Dear MoveOn member,

Popular Democratic Governor Steve Bullock just announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in Montana, suddenly putting a whole new state on the map in the Democrats' attempt to end Republican control of the Senate.

This is an absolute game-changer.

A large part of MoveOn's 2020 elections plan is to rip the gavel from Mitch McConnell's hands and end GOP control of the Senate, but until now, we had no plans to run a campaign in Montana, so we're launching an emergency fundraising effort to make sure we have the resources to take on this race without taking anything away from beating Donald Trump or GOP senators in key states. Will you donate $3?

Yes, I'll chip in.

Here's why this news is so huge: Democrats need to flip three Senate seats to gain control of the Senate and dump McConnell as majority leader. There are two states that Trump lost where Republican senators are up for re-election: Maine and Colorado.

But to win state number three, we need to win a Trump state—and no one has a better record of winning elections in a Trump state than Bullock.

However, Bullock's announcement presents a challenge: Montana is not one of the key battleground states in the presidential election, and we had no plans to put resources there in 2020. Now, we need to add Montana to our campaign plan, and we absolutely cannot pull any resources out of the states that will decide the presidential election.

We don't have much time to make a decision about whether to start building up in Montana. If we're going to do it, we need to start hiring, doing research, and organizing MoveOn members on the ground.

So we need to know right now whether MoveOn members are willing to step up.

We are launching an emergency fundraising push to raise $500,000 to make sure we have the resources to go big in Montana, as well as in all of the other states that will decide the 2020 elections. Will you chip in?

Yes, I'll chip in $3 to help end GOP control of the Senate and dump Mitch McConnell, without pulling any resources out of the key presidential swing states.

Ending GOP control of the Senate will not be easy. There are only a handful of competitive races, and we're going up against entrenched incumbents, like Senator Susan Collins in Maine.

But until now, Montana was on no one's priority list, and it might be one of our very best opportunities to end GOP control of the Senate.

Let's be clear: Even if we win the presidency, important legislation will still die in the Senate if we don't also take back the Senate from Mitch McConnell. Will you donate?

Yes, I'll donate $3 to help add Montana to our list of priority states to take back the Senate.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Chris, Melissa, Allison, Erica, and the rest of the team

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