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Hey all,

As you know, summer is a crucial time for a campaign. This is the time where we work hard to fine-tune our outreach plans for the fall and, just like the field team works on their targeting and canvass plans, Bryan and I are working on firming up the details of our online outreach and we'd like your help.

We've worked up a very brief online survey and we'd like to ask you to take three minutes to tell us more about what issues matter to you in this campaign. Click here to help us find more supporters like you!

I just returned from the Democratic Party's protest near the Hotel Albuquerque where John McCain was speaking this afternoon and let me say, it was a great success!

A new TV ad is hitting the airwaves tomorrow. This :30 ad, entitled "Right Now" shows New Mexicans what we can do right now to bring gas prices down.

Bryan blogged about Tom's Gas Price Roundtable on Friday, and here is Tom speaking directly to reporters about solutions to the gas situation. Most of the time in campaigns, you don't get more than 30 seconds of time to talk, so we thought it made sense to post Tom's whole statement. You can see it after the flip and please let us know what you think in the comments below.

Today Tom Udall was in Albuquerque meeting with New Mexicans affected by rising gas prices, including individuals from education, law enforcement, a local charity program, an Albuquerque working mother, postal workers, and more. He met them for a roundtable discussion at Ever-Ready Oil Co. to hear their concerns and discuss the causes, effects, and possible solutions for skyrocketing fuel costs.

It was an eyeopening experience. They told their personal stories about the various ways prices at the pump forced them to alter their lifestyles, such as having to scale back on taking their children to extracurricular activities. They also spoke about the ways it effected other aspects of our lives on a grander scale, such as the rising cost of busing children to school cutting into other educational programs (especially in rural New Mexico where bus rides can be a half an hour or more each way) and a hiring freeze on new postal workers causing mail to arrive late.

If you're a frequent flyer, you've probably seen this letter from the CEOs of your favorite airlines (or the Teamsters) calling on Congress to punish Big Oil speculators from artificially driving up the price of fuel (and therefore the cost of your food, goods, and now airline prices).

Hey everyone. Clips abide.

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Thanks to our supporters, we were able to raise $2.1 million over the past three months. We're working hard to make sure that Tom Udall is the next Senator from New Mexico. We need all of your help too.

I have something to ask of you. Harry Reid has a new online poll asking which Democrat vying for a Senate seat should get extra help. We're asking you to go vote in that poll for Tom Udall. This race is going to be tough, and the national GOP will throw everything they can at us to prevent Tom from winning this election.

Please help us get some much needed extra support from Harry Reid's PAC by voting in the online poll now by clicking here.

Please make sure to vote today, because the contest ends tomorrow.

Thank You.

Yup. It is true. Thanks to your hard work, we'll report having raised $2.1 million to the FEC! From our press release: