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Minnesota elected it’s first woman Senator this past November. She’s strong, feisty, and will be taking care of the people’s business in Washington. She got that Americans in her state were outraged by incompetence and business as usual in Washington. She took the high road, letting the Repug machine bring nasty campaigning and vicious ads to television. She was smart, respectful, considerate, and told Minnesotans exactly where she stands on the issues. She trounced her opponent. She’s on her way. Keep her name in mind – she’s going to do great work in Washington.
At the end of the campaign, she wrote:
“This past week, we visited our 87th Minnesota county—Wabash, my final stop in my eighteen-month long quest to visit all 87 counties in Minnesota. It was the perfect place to end my tour--in Minnesota's oldest city, where I was joined by Minnesota's youngest legislator, Andy Welti. Minnesota's oldest newspaper columnist was there too--my dad.
It has taken me 37,000 miles (mostly in the family Saturn) to visit each county in this great state and it is a journey I promise to complete every year that I serve in the Senate.”
Before leaving this morning for Washington, her final letter to supporters contained the following:
“I again want to thank all of you who worked so hard on our campaign. This was truly a grassroots effort from the beginning to the end. I think back to those early days, when it was just a few of us at my kitchen table calling friends for help. I remember our initial one-room campaign office with volunteers sitting on the steps making calls with their cell phones because there wasn't any room left in the office and we only had one telephone line . . . We traveled the state and worked hard for support in the precinct caucuses with so many great party leaders. Finally, it was onto the general election with so many of you helping us with parades, phoning, mailings...and how about the State Fair crew? One of my favorite moments was the impromptu rally and march from the Pavilion to our booth after the State Fair debate.
Wherever I go--from that march through the pronto pup booths, to every doorway of every coffee shop in all 87 counties in our state, to the walk I will take into the Senate Chambers to take the oath of office--I know that you are at my side. Thank you for everything you did. Together, we will bring change to Washington.”
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