Concession Speech - November 6, 2018

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THE VERY BEST.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I JUST- I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. SO MUCH HARD WORK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. YOU HAVE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE.

I DID GET INTO THIS RACE BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE POLICIES OF THE TRUNK ADMINISTRATION HAD MADE THEIR WAY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.

YOU KNOW, OUR CAMPAIGN GAVE VOICE TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GRANITE STATERS WHO AGREE.

YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WE TOOK ON A TOUGH FIGHT, DIDN’T WE? AND-AND WE CAME CLOSE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU STOOD WITH ME EVERY MINUTE. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, AND WE WORKED HARD ACROSS THE STATE, AND TOGETHER WE RAN JUST AN INCREDIBLY STRONG CAMPAIGN. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE GOING TO STAND HERE BECAUSE WE CAN BE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I DID CALL GOVERNOR SUNUNU A SHORT TIME AGO TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS VICTORY. AND OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS WE DID DEBATE THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING NEW HAMPSHIRE. NOW WE MUST COME TOGETHER AND WE HAVE TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

A LOT OF WORK LIES AHEAD FOR ALL OF US. OUR WORK NEVER ENDS. IT NEVER ENDS, NO MATTER WHAT. I KNOW IT WILL NEVER END FOR ME, AND IT WILL NOT END FOR MY FAMILY, AND THEY STAND STRONG -- STAY STRONG FOR ME.

WE WILL CONTINUE ALL OF THIS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE NEW HAMPSHIRE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE HAS OPPORTUNITIES, AND NOT JUST A FEW. WE KNOW THAT. THANK YOU.

WE CAN’T WAIT TO CONFRONT THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC. WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS A QUALITY EDUCATION. IT IS SO PRECIOUS TO THEM AND TO ALL OF US.

WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN JOB TRAINING AND TO OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL WORKERS AND ALL PEOPLE AND GIVE OUR BUSINESSES THE WORKFORCE THEY DESERVE AND THAT THEY WANT, AND WE KNOW WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE COLLEGE AFFORDABLE AND KEEP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

AND YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN MY CORE THAT NO ONE-NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING WITH A LOVED ONE, AND WORRYING ABOUT EARNING A PAYCHECK. NEVER SHOULD WE HAVE THAT CHOICE. AND THAT’S WHY PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE HAS TO BECOME A REALITY AND I KNOW YOU WILL ALL WORK VERY HARD FOR THAT.

WE ALSO CANNOT WAIT FOR A TRAGEDY TO HAPPEN HERE IN OUR STATE. AND IT IS TIME TO ENACT COMMONSENSE GUN SAFETY LAWS. THANK YOU. AND KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE, WHO TRUST US EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT STATE LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT, MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. AND I HAVE ALWAYS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR WOMEN AND FOR WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. WE CANNOT GO BACKWARDS.

AND THE ENERGY THAT I HAVE SEEN AND FELT ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN HAS TRULY BEEN INCREDIBLE. EVEN THOUGH WE DID COME UP SHORT TONIGHT, PLEASE DON’T BE DISCOURAGED. WE CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU.

WE CAN MAKE NEW HAMPSHIRE THE STATE THAT WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE. AND ONE THAT TREATS ITS RESIDENTS FAIRLY AND WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

SO, I HAVE MANY, MANY PEOPLE TO THANK. AND OF COURSE I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND, WHO HAS BEEN GREAT. AND I AM SO VERY PROUD OF MY CHILDREN. YOU KNOW THAT. AND THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT.

MY SON ZACK, HIS LOVELY WIFE LINESSA, JUSTIN AND KORINNA, RACHEL WHO CANNOT BE HERE AND HER HUSBAND, AND OF COURSE PATRICK AND HIS LOVELY GIRLFRIEND -- I MEAN, KENDALL. I AM SORRY, KENDALL. PATRICK AND KENDALL.

AND OF COURSE MY SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, THEY ARE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE SO MANY SIBLINGS. I AM NUMBER TWO OF 11 AND SO MANY OF THEM SHOWED UP IN THIS LAST WEEK TO WORK FOR ME.

AND OF COURSE ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. ALL MY FRIENDS. OUR ENTIRE CAMPAIGN TEAM, THANK YOU. YOU ARE INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE. AMAZING. WORKING HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY. CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

AND I AM SO THANKFUL THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE SUPPORT OF SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN. SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN. CONGRESSWOMAN ANNIE KUSTER. AND I AM FEELING VERY, VERY POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A NEW CONGRESSMAN, CHRIS PAPPAS. BUT WE WILL SEE.

AND THE ENTIRE TEAM OF THE STATE PARTY, THANK YOU. AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO VOLUNTEERED SO MANY HOURS ON THIS CAMPAIGN, AND WHO BELIEVED IN THIS CAMPAIGN UNTIL THE VERY, VERY END, THANK YOU, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.