SENATOR SHAHEEN: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE!
IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO REPRESENT NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE SENATE.
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CALLS, HOLDING THE SIGNS, TEXTING FRIENDS.
IT WAS A CAMPAIGN UNLIKE ANY OTHER, BUT IT WORKED.
CORKY MESSNER JUST CALLED ME TO CONGRATULATE ME ON THE REELECTION.
I WANT TO THANK HIM AND HIS SUPPORTERS FOR A SPIRITED CAMPAIGN.
I HAVE ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND I ALWAYS WILL.
THAT MEANS WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, OR ANYONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT MEANS OVERCOMING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
OUR NATION IS IN CRISIS.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO REBUILD.
AND IF WE DO, WE WILL COME THROUGH THIS EVEN STRONGER THAN BEFORE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE NATION WANT US TO COME TOGETHER.
THEY WANT US TO GET SUPPORT TO THOSE IN NEED.
THAT MEANS MORE HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, MORE HELP FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS, FOR CHILDCARE, AND FOR STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND IT MEANS A NATIONAL PLAN TO GET THIS
VIRUS UNDER CONTROL.
I WILL FIGHT TO TACKLE THE STUDENT DEBT CRISIS AND ENSURE EVERY STUDENT WHO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE IS ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO THAT.
AND I WILL FIGHT TO APPROVE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
AND TO PROTECT -- AND TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR GRANITE STATERS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THAT’S WHAT I’M FIGHTING FOR.
YOU ALL KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT KIND OF CAMPAIGN, FOR SURE.
WE SEE A TONIGHT COME OUTSIDE SOCIALLY DISTANCED IN THE COLD.
BUT I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THINK -- THANK FOR HER -- WHERE WE ARE.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY.
TO MY HUSBAND BILLY, WHO I THINK IT’S THE AWARD FOR PUTTING UP THE MOST SHAHEEN SIGNS.
HE AND MARTY.
TO MY DAUGHTER’S AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO STEPHANIE AND CRAIG, STACY AND RYAN, MOLLY AND HUGH.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN HAVING THEM ALL ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH ME.
AND OF COURSE, MY SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM ARE HERE.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, HAROLD.
CAMPAIGNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC IS NOT EASY, BUT SHE MANAGED TO RUN A GREAT CAMPAIGN, FACING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES.
THANK YOU.
AND I’M LUCKY TO HAVE MY FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER AND STATE DIRECTOR, MIKE.
MIKE HAS WORKED WITH ME SINCE I WAS GOVERNOR.
HE KNOWS ME VERY WELL.
AND THANK YOU TO MIGRATE SENATE TEAM, CHAD, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, TO SARAH, MY STATE DIRECTOR.
AND TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL FOLKS, MOST OF WHOM ARE HERE TONIGHT COME ON MY CAMPAIGN STAFF AND SENATE STAFF.
YOU WORKED EVERY DAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE, AND I SO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
AND FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS TO ADJUST TO CAMPAIGNING AND OPERATING DURING COVID.NOW , THE VOTES ARE STILL BEING COUNTED.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE TICKET WHO WERE RUNNING THIS YEAR.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY WILL RETURN DECENCY AND COMPETENCE AND COMPASSION TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE NEED ANNIE AND CHRIS BACK IN CONGRESS.
THEY ARE A DYNAMIC DUO.
AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR DAN FELTES, WHO RAN A TERRIFIC CAMPAIGN DURING THIS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIME.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT, DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, WHO PUT YOUR NAMES ON THE BALLOT, WHO STOOD UP IN THIS ELECTIO CYCLE.
YOU ARE ALL MAKING OUR DEMOCRACY STRONGER.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MANY VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO HAVE FOUGHT DAY IN, DAY OUT TO TURN OUT THE VOTES.
YOU HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR STATE, AND I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.
NOW, TOMORROW IT’S TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK.
BUT TONIGHT -- >> SIX MORE YEARS SENATOR SHAHEEN: THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU.
BUT TONIGHT, LET’S CELEBRATE.
GET WARM.
ENJOY.
TOMORROW WE GO TO WORK.
THANK YOU ALL