GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND
LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT IS JUST
TREMENDOUS AND ON BEHALF OF MY
WIFE AND OUR FAMILY, I SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THEIR FAMILY, AND
THE ENTIRE BROWN-ULMAN
BRIGADE,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHO YOU
ARE AND WHAT YOU DO.
[APPLAUSE]
18 MONTHS AGO, WE CAME TOGETHER
TO LAUNCH THIS CAMPAIGN TALKING
TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
ABOUT OUR SHARED VALUES AND
GOALS.
STANDING UP FOR WORKING
FAMILIES, STRENGTHENING OUR
MIDDLE CLASS AND CREATING JOBS
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE
MARYLANDERS.
TONIGHT, WE FELL SHORT OF OUR
CAMPAIGN GOALS, BUT IT DOES NOT
AND IT CANNOT DIMINISH THE WORK
THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
HAVE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT OUR STATE.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK
YOU FOR KNOCKING ON DOORS,
MAKING PHONE CALLS AND HELPING
US SPREAD OUR MESSAGE.
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL
THAT
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE
DONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK KEN AND
JACKIE ULMAN.
A GREAT COUPLE.
[APPLAUSE]
A GREAT COUPLE AND FAMILY.
KEN IS ONE OF THE MOST SMARTEST
AND CAPABLE PUBLIC SERVANTS I
HAVE EVER MET.
HE HAS BEEN A GREAT RUNNING
MATE.
[APPLAUSE]
HE HAS BEEN A GREAT RUNNING MATE
AND HAS A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE
AHEAD OF HIM.
TONIGHT, THIS CAMPAIGN ENDS BUT
OUR JOURNEY AS A PEOPLE AND A
STATE CONTINUES.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE
LARRY HOGAN AND HIS FAMILY AND
HIS TEAM ON TONIGHT'S VICTORY.
[APPLAUSE]
THIS
WAS A TOUGH CAMPAIGN BUT IT
WAS TOUGH BECAUSE THERE WAS A
LOT AT STAKE.
A LOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
I KNOW THAT GOVERNING IS
DIFFICULT, DEMANDING WORK.
LARRY AND HIS TEAM HAVE A TOUGH
ROAD AHEAD OF THEM AND I
WISH THEM THE VERY BEST.
I HAVE A PROMISE FOR ALL OF YOU.
THE THINGS WE FOUGHT FOR ON THIS
CAMPAIGN WILL NOT BE IGNORED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP AND
SPEAK OUT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
ACROSS THIS STATE AS WE
STRENGTHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS AND
CREATE MORE JOBS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE
MARYLANDERS.
[APPLAUSE]
TONIGHT, WE FELL SHORT OF OUR
GOALS BUT I AM PROUD TO STAND
HERE BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I KNOW
IT IS A TESTAMENT TO MY FAMILY
AND MY FAMILY'S STORY -- MY
FATHER CAME OUT OF PROPERTY FROM
JAMAICA AND DETERMINED TO BECOME
A DOCTOR AND GET BACK TO OTHERS.
MY MOTHER FROM THE SWISS ALPS
SHARED MY FATHER'S DREAM TO HAVE
A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN
IN THIS COUNTRY.
THEY TAUGHT ME THE LESSON OF
SERVICE AND IT IS THE REASON WHY
I SPENT 30 YEARS IN ACTIVE AND
RESERVE DUTY IN THE ARMY.
IT IS THE REASON WHY I RAN FOR
OFFICE.
[APPLAUSE]
DEDICATED TO GIVING
BACK TO THE
COUNTRY THAT HAS GIVEN ME AND MY
FAMILY SO MUCH.
AS I LOOK OUT AT EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU, I KNOW I WILL NEVER
FORGET THE LOVE, THE SUPPORT AND
THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE
PEOPLE ON THE STAGE.
ALL OUTSTANDING FRIENDS.
[APPLAUSE]
ANSWER EACH AND ONE OF
GAS
EVERYONE -- EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU -- MY PARENTS, MY
BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO INSPIRES ME
EVERY DAY.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY WITH
HER COURAGE, OR INTELLIGENCE,
HER WARMTH AND HER LOVE.
MY THREE CHILDREN, REBECCA,
JONATHAN AND ANTHONY.
[APPLAUSE]
WHOSE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT
HAS GIVEN ME THE STRENGTH TO
FIGHT THE TOUGHEST BATTLES.
KEN ULMAN AND HIS WIFE JA
CKIE AND THEIR DAUGHTERS.
WHAT A WONDERFUL FAMILY.
[APPLAUSE]
I WANT TO
THANK THE PUBLIC
SERVANTS WHO ARE STANDING BEHIND
ME.
FEDERAL, LOCAL, STATE
OFFICIALS
WHO GET UP EACH AND EVERY DAY
AND DO THE DIFFICULT WORK THAT
WE DO BECAUSE THEY LOVE EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THE STATE
OF MARYLAND.
[APPLAUSE]
LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I
WANT TO THANK THE MANY
BROWN-ULMAN STAFF, VOLUNTEERS
AND INTERNS WEB RISEN TO MEET
EVERY CHALLENGE ON THIS
CAMPAIGN.
[APPLAUSE]
I WANT TO THANK THEIR
FAMILIES
WHO SUPPORTED THEM THROUGH THIS
LONG, TOUGH DAYS OF THIS
CAMPAIGN.
FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THIS JOURNEY WITH ME.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT TOGETHER
AND MAY GOD TO CONTINUE TO BLESS
YOU, YOUR FAMILY'S AND THE GREAT
STATE OF MARYLAND.