Let me explain why these final days of 2019 are so important, Pat​

So much of what our party can accomplish in 2020 rests on these final days of 2019.

I'm emailing you today to ask you to make an important end-of-year contribution to the DNC ahead of our 2019 FEC deadline. Before I do that, I need to level with you about why a donation to the DNC is so crucial before the year's end, and what the consequences of not reaching our final goal of this year could be in 2020. For almost all Democratic campaigns, the DNC is the only resource for candidates to run data-driven campaigns. That's true of state and local races at the bottom of the ticket all the way up to the presidential level. The DNC is the sole provider of several critical resources for Democrats, like our Data Warehouse that helps candidates identify and reach voters, DNC War Room that provides battleground states with critical research on Donald Trump and his allies, and Best Practices Institute that trains tens of thousands of volunteers and operatives to help win races. But those resources can't function if we miss our fundraising goals, Pat, and this Tuesday marks the single biggest fundraising deadline of the year for our party. If I'm being honest, our fundraising has been lagging behind where we need to be at this point in the month. Whether we'll have the resources to provide the kind of support Democrats on the local, state, and national level are relying on to win depends on these final days of 2019. Pat, we don't have a donation on file for you for this year. Whatever your reason for not having given yet -- whether you were waiting for a nominee, or you thought it was too early -- I'm asking you to step off the sidelines today. Show that you're a part of this fight. Help keep our promise to the candidates who are counting on our party. Will you make a special year-end gift of $7 to the Democratic National Committee? I cannot emphasize enough that what we raise in these next five days will determine our strength going into next year. DONATE: $7 DONATE: $10 DONATE: $25 DONATE: $50 DONATE: $100 Donate another amount I know it can be easy to lose hope or to despair in the day-to-day of the news cycle. But believe me when I say this: We can win this thing, Pat. We can make the tech and data upgrades that will help reach every voter. We can organize in every ZIP code. We can make sure no door goes un-knocked. We need you. Especially now, ahead of our most important fundraising deadline of the year. Your contribution, no matter how big or how small, is you owning a piece of the movement we'll need to take down Trump and Republicans, and elect Democrats who will fight for our values every day. Donate $7 to the DNC today, before our critical end-of-year deadline, to make sure Democrats have the support they need to win up and down the ballot in 2020. Thanks for all you do, Tom Tom Perez Chair Democratic National Committee P.S. The December before an election year is typically a big fundraising month -- but right now, we're far behind where we need to be. We need to see a dramatic uptick in donations or risk falling short of this goal, so can you donate $7 to get our party back on track? If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you'd only like to receive our most important messages, sign up to receive less email. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.