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I just got off the phone with my Finance Director, who told me we fell nearly $8,650 short of our fundraising goal last night. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Ryan Busse puts principles over politics. If you’d like to unsubscribe, [click here.]( [Ryan Busse]( {NAME}, I’m going to shoot you straight: I wish I was coming to you with different news, especially since it’s the morning of our highly anticipated debate against Greg Gianforte. But, I just got off the phone with Alice, our Finance Director, who told me we fell nearly $8,650 short of our fundraising goal last night. We’re now just 20 days out from Election Day, and this was supposed to be our showstopping final public-facing deadline — but we didn’t hit our $80,000 goal. {NAME}, we can’t afford to fall short if we want to stand any chance of taking on self-funded billionaire Greg Gianforte at the polls in just a few weeks. While he and his rich buddies funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars into his campaign war chest, I’m counting on the grassroots support of everyday Montanans like you. Listen, I’m locked in preparing for today’s debate and ensuring Gianforte does not escape unscathed. Rest assured, I’ll be grilling Gianforte like he’s a kebab at one of his swanky billionaire BBQs (Trust me, you don’t want to miss it, {NAME}!). But, I need your help to ensure our finances bounce back enough so we can fully fund our GOTV operations over these final 20 days. Can you help us get back on track by chipping in $10 or any amount right now? [secure.actblue.com/donate/bfm-em-fr-oct24]( Sincerely, Ryan --------------------------------------------------------------- For more than 25 years, Ryan was a successful gun industry executive. But he also saw how unchecked extremism could take away American freedoms and even jeopardize our democracy. Ryan sees the same thing happening to Montana: wealthy extremist Greg Gianforte bought his seat with his own millions, and now he’s raising our taxes in order to give tax breaks to corporations, making Montana unaffordable, defunding our public schools, locking up our public lands, hijacking our freedoms, and rigging the system for the rich. Ryan chose Raph Graybill as his running mate because no Montanan has done more to protect constitutional rights and freedoms from Greg Gianforte. Since Gianforte became governor, Raph has blocked more than a dozen different unconstitutional laws that invaded Montanans’ constitutional rights. Ryan and Raph are running as champions for ALL Montanans and to Get Our Montana Back! »]( MONTHLY »]( MORE »]( UP FOR EMAILS »]( PAID FOR BY BUSSE FOR MONTANA • DEMOCRAT • PO BOX 8537 • KALISPELL, MT 59904 If you would like to unsubscribe, [click here](. To receive less email from us, [click here](. You can also [click here to donate](. Busse for Montana PO Box 8537 Kalispell, MT 59904 United States