Just one week left in this campaign and the energy is infectious! Our modest little office is now filled with volunteers on a daily basis, making phone calls and knocking on doors. Ever since Early Voting began a couple weeks ago, our operations are surprisingly smooth and streamlined, despite the records we break on a daily basis. The enthusiasm of our volunteers and interns keeps rising, and Karl Rove’s new attack ad only motivates our staff to work even harder. News articles are written about our plucky campaign on a daily basis and the Sacramento Bee visited us last Saturday. Our campaign office was packed with volunteers and interns, many of whom had no idea that it would be such a momentous occasion. Dr. Bera delivered another stirring speech to get our volunteers fired up and ready to go!

One Week Left!

Today was my birthday and I could not imagine a better way to celebrate than spending a fulfilling day in our campaign office. I am not joking. It is a core life principle of mine to make an impact on the world and every day I spend here on the campaign, I feel like I am contributing to a greater cause that could have incredible ramifications on our country. 15 hours a day goes by pretty quickly and there is nothing to complain about because I know that every vote counts. Every volunteer or intern that I can recruit to our office will be responsible for getting many more votes for Dr. Ami Bera and it is this multiplying effect that attracted me towards the field campaign. I used to be an apathetic, cynical non-voter who believed that my sole vote meant nothing. However, when I realized that I could be responsible for getting many more votes through my active involvement, I knew it was important for me to assume a leadership role.

Dr. Bera’s election to Congress would be such a powerful statement for several reasons:

1. We will be one of perhaps three races in the entire country to knock off a sitting Republican this year. In our current political climate, this will be a great accomplishment and one that we can be proud of for the rest of our lives.
2. Dr. Bera will be the first Indian-American congressmember since Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian American member of Congress, was elected in 1956.
3. The New Immigrant vote from Latinos and AAPIs in this district (comprising 25 percent of the population) will be a deciding swing vote in the race and will demonstrate our growing political voice.

With only one week left until Election Day, you can help make Dr. Bera’s victory a reality by making phone calls from your home. If you can call potential voters for us during these last weeks, you will allow our volunteers to knock on doors and make the personal one-on-one interactions that are more likely to drive our constituents to their polling places. Please call me at 626-512-2249 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 626-512-2249 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email me at brian@beraforcongress.com if you are able to volunteer for us.

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Volunteer for Dr. Ami Bera, one of Time Magazine’s “Top Races to Watch” and one of the best opportunities to unseat a sitting Republican this year.  Visit http://www.beraforcongress.com/page/s/websignup to sign up as a volunteer or contact Brian Wang at brian@beraforcongress.com or (626) 512-2249 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (626) 512-2249 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.