Received this fundraising e-mail from U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D. HI) in support of her two colleagues' re-election campaigns:
In the last several days, we've had some pretty stark reminders about why it's so important to defend our Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate.
If Republicans win back the Senate in the 2014 elections, the kind of dangerous stunts the GOP-controlled House has pulled -- like threatening to shut down the government over Obamacare -- will become commonplace. And people like tea party demagogue Ted Cruz could become part of Senate leadership.
Republicans only need to pick up six seats to take the majority -- and they're looking at two races particularly closely: Senator Mary Landrieu's in Louisiana and Senator Kay Hagan's in North Carolina.
Political watchers are predicting their races to be among the most competitive Senate races for Democratic incumbents, so we need to stand with them.
Will you join me in supporting Senators Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Kay Hagan of North Carolina? Contribute $10 before their big deadline at midnight tonight:
https://secure.actblue.com/...
Mary and Kay were two of my earliest and most helpful supporters when I ran for the Senate last year. And since I've gotten to the Senate, these two tremendous women have been great allies.
Mary and I worked together to make the Senate's immigration bill more fair to women and families.
Kay and I serve together on The Committee on Armed Services and have been working to shed light on the growing problem of sexual assault in the military.
We need to keep their voices in the U.S. Senate. Let's do everything we can, right now, to make sure that these two Democratic women are re-elected come Election Day.
Make a $10 contribution to Mary Landrieu and Kay Hagan now, before the big end-of-quarter deadline tonight:
https://secure.actblue.com/...
There is an important Federal Election Commission deadline at midnight tonight. After that point, federal candidates like Mary and Kay will be closing the books on the current quarter and publicly reporting their fundraising totals.
As we saw in my race last year, these fundraising numbers are critical barometers about the strength of Senate campaigns -- and we need to make sure that Mary and Kay have a strong showing.
So please, help Mary and Kay out. This is the first time either of them will be running since the Supreme Court's dreadful Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to corporate money in elections -- and Mary's and Kay's campaigns have to be prepared.
I want to do just as much as I can to make sure they win their races -- just as they helped me. But I need your help to do that.
Make a $10 contribution to Mary Landrieu and Kay Hagan before the deadline at midnight tonight:
https://secure.actblue.com/...
Mahalo for helping me stand with Mary and Kay -- and for helping keep the Senate in Democratic hands.
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator
You can click here to donate to Landrieu & Hagan's campaigns:
https://secure.actblue.com/...