Thank you. I just can’t say it any other way. Thank you to all of our friends, neighbors, and people we never had an opportunity to meet. Thanks to all of you, our campaign collected well over 100,000 votes across District 2. Voters like you hoping to turn us from invisible to being wholly viable.
We didn’t have much money, certainly nowhere near the funding of our opponent and his big corporation buddies. However, we had something better.
You and I, we believe good things happen to good people and for good reasons. We believe hard work pays off in the long term. While the percentage of votes and overall gap between vote totals is somewhat daunting, it is clear our message, “To Bring Home the American Dream,” was heard by many.
Jackie and I want to thank you all for your unwavering support. Many of you were out there every day talking to neighbors, friends and acquaintances about our message of change and restoring the American Dream. I had a bigger than life opportunity to meet thousands of Arizonans across District 2 who believed in our message. And as we can see from the vote totals, many believed we really could bring home the American Dream.
Unfortunately, this was not our time to send your message directly to Congress. However, I will not rest until our message of change, our message of taking care of our returning veterans, our message of fully funding public education, our message of affordable health care for everyone, our message of rebuilding our economy and stopping foreclosures, our message of a responsible energy policy utilizing solar, wind, and other renewable resources, our message of returning the American Dream to Congressional District 2 is heard loud and clear!
Many of you have called and emailed asking the question on the minds of many. Was this it? Will I run again? While I am honored, and at the same time humbled, by your overwhelming support, I have not yet made a decision on another run.
Quite honestly, this campaign took a lot out of me and I need a little time to re-energize and re-focus.
When the time is right, I will sit with my campaign advisors and of course, Jackie, Jessica and Jason, before any decision is made. However, don’t count me out just yet.
The next two years under President-elect Barrack Obama will be historical. Perhaps the mood of our country, and our state, will shift even more thereby making the status quo in District 2 even more unacceptable. At that point, I believe my decision will have been made.
Thank you again for your words of encouragement, support, your prayers, your time, and your many contributions to Thrasher for Congress 2008.
John Thrasher |
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