Dear [My name omitted],
As someone who has donated to my Congressional exploratory committee, I wanted to thank you, and inform you on the current status of the campaign. This week we worked on a phone survey that will provide some very useful information as to our possible chances at a victory, and what strategies we should use to secure that victory. The survey will be going out this upcoming weekend, and we should have results in hand by next week. Additionally, our web designer has begun work on a fully featured web site that would go online around the time that I would announce, in the next few weeks. The design should far surpass the websites of our competitors. Both the survey and the website were only possible due to your contributions, and many others like you. All the money necessary for the exploratory phase has been raised at this point!
I also met this week with a very accomplished direct mail company that is interested in working with our campaign. I would like to be able to start this campaign off with a bang and have direct mail sent to potential voters introducing myself. Also I will need to hire people for some key staff positions as soon as I announce. To make this happen I will need to raise $20,000-$30,000 over the next few weeks.
I can’t wait until I announce to raise this money, however it will only be spent if I do announce. If you have been waiting to donate more until after I announce, please donate now instead. If you donate more than $100 from now on, I will refund this money in the case that I decide not to run. But everything I have seen so far is very encouraging, especially the generosity of the donors.
Donations can be made at
www.jimforsythe.com, or by sending a check to:
Jim Forsythe Congressional Exploratory Committee
51 Lakeshore DR
Strafford, NH 03884
