Thank you for your extraordinary support

[Jim Wright]

Thank you for your extraordinary support throughout this hard-fought
campaign. While the outcome was not what we would have hoped, you
should know that your dedication and generous support did make a
difference on Election Night. It may be of little solace, but every
close observer of these elections has recognized that your support
allowed us to do everything possible to assist our candidates and
prevent the losses from being even worse. Thank you for all you did to
help us under these difficult circumstances.

This is no time for hand-wringing. If we give up now and don't keep up
the fight, we are giving up on everything we fought for. We may be
bruised but our spirit will not be broken.

It is time to unite and stand together. That's why I wanted to update
you on just how our fight continues.

There are approximately 8 races that remain too close to call and are
facing possible costly and lengthy recounts. Staff and legal teams
have been sent to these districts to make sure we continue the fight
and that we don't have a repeat of the nightmare in 2000 with Al Gore.

It matters that we bring these Democrats back to Congress not only to
strengthen our fight back to the Majority but also because we will
need these votes to blunt the Republicans' far-right agenda. With the
radical GOP agenda in the House, we need to make sure we have as many
votes as possible to ensure we can stop a repeal of health care and
the privatization of Social Security.

Thank you again for everything that you've done in this campaign. When
the special interests tried to silence you with their millions of
dollars, you responded with your millions of voices. Without your
incredible grassroots support, the damage would have been even worse.

This election was a perfect political storm born out of the
understandable frustration felt by the American people in response to
high unemployment caused by the worst financial crash since the Great
Depression. The record amount of secret money spent by right-wing
outside groups turned this political storm into a category 3 political
hurricane.

Now we pick ourselves up and get ready to once again take up our fight
on behalf of the American people.

Thank you,

Jim Wright

P.S. Despite the disappointing outcome of this election, Democrats
have a lot to be proud of. As Speaker Pelosi has said, "the outcome of
the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American
people." Together, we have had one of the most accomplished
legislative sessions in history.