Meet Katherine.   She’s one in a million.

That is, one of the nearly one million grassroots donors who have contributed to this campaign already. 

Katherine grew up in New Jersey, and after college she moved to Chicago where she was "represented capably in the State Senate by Barack Obama."  

I first became aware of Obama during his Senate campaign—I’d seen signs around the neighborhood and read about him in the papers. His progressive record as a legislator impressed me, as did his background as a community organizer and lecturer at the UChicago Law School. I was invited to a house party for him, the first time I’d ever attended a grassroots campaign event. The experience was a lot of fun, and I felt inspired to get involved. I organized a few voter registration drives with friends on Chicago’s West side. It was amazing—people were lining up to register, and they all wanted to vote for Obama.

Obama inspired me to get involved, and since then I’ve volunteered for several different candidates across the country. He turned my interest in politics into active participation.  

And now Katherine lives in Texas — so in the next two weeks she’ll be participating more actively than ever.  Katherine is a busy member of Texans for Obama, an all-grassroots group that started back in February 2007 when Obama held a rally in Austin that drew 22,000 people.  She’s also busy blogging for Obama on DailyKos, and did an excellent job liveblogging the huge Austin Obama Office Grand Opening last weekend.

Nearly one million grassroots supporters have donated to this campaign.  This is unprecedented.

Please join Katherine and own a piece of this historic campaign: 

And be sure to watch the Texas debate, tonight on CNN at 8 p.m. EST