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Just when you thought it was all over….

We still have a HUGE race that Colorado’s Democrats can be a part of winning. No, it is not in Colorado, but it IS critical to making sure we have the votes we need in Washington to help President Obama get the legislation he needs to keep his promises to us in Colorado.

As many of you may have heard, there remain two un-settled U.S. Senate races. One is in Minnesota, where elections officials are working through the recount process to determine whether Republican Norm Coleman will keep his seat, or whether Democrat Al Franken will become the 59th member of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. Senate.

The other race will be decided tomorrow, in Georgia. There, Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss could not get the 50% of the vote required by Georgia state law, and is engaged in a tight runoff with Democrat Jim Martin. The key to that race will be turnout — whichever side does a better job getting its voters out tomorrow will win.

And that’s where you come in here in Colorado.

You see, the Obama campaign has given its voter contact capabilities to the Martin campaign. So you can sign in to the Obama website and make calls from here in Colorado — many of you likely have some free long distance minutes on your cell phones — and talk directly to voters in Georgia to get out the vote. Here is a note I just received from Georgia Democratic Party Executive Director Matt Weyandt:

Tomorrow is election day and we are very, very close. This is all a turnout game and we still need your help. The more Democrats we contact in the next 24 hours the better our chances of adding another Democratic Senator to support President-elect Obama. Please send one last email blast to your state party lists encouraging volunteers to use the Barack Obama Neighbor-to-Neighbor Tool to call Georgia Democrats and remind them to vote on Tuesday – http://my.barackobama.com/call4martin.

So, that’s it. Log in, and make a few calls to help out in this critical race. If we win tomorrow, and if we are successful in Minnesota, we will see a U.S. Senate where the Republicans won’t be able to block important Democratic legislation. This is the key to our making real change happen here in America.

It is up to you. Once again.

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