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We did it!
I humbly thank the people of Georgia, who have entrusted me with the representation of our great state in the U.S. Senate. My team is working diligently on the transition so we can begin to deliver results immediately upon taking office.
I’m thrilled that my friend, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, will be joining me in a Democratic-majority Senate!
This victory was possible because of your support. Every call, every door, every dollar -- it all mattered. This is the best grassroots team in politics. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.
This victory was built on years of hard and smart work by organizers and activists across Georgia. And this victory was only possible thanks to the heroism of civil rights heroes like John Lewis and Amelia Boynton, who put their lives on the line decades ago fighting for voting rights.
Congressman Lewis was one of the most important people in my life. When we first shared a meal, many years ago, he wanted to speak with me about the importance of the alliance between Blacks and Jews in the American South.
And now a Jewish man he mentored and a Black man who was his pastor have been elected to represent the State of Georgia in the U.S. Senate. I know Congressman Lewis is looking down on us today smiling with optimism.
Only because heroes like Lewis, Boynton, and so many others fought tirelessly to secure voting rights for Black Americans were these twin victories in Georgia possible. Only thanks to the overwhelming support of Black voters in Georgia have I been elected to the Senate, where I will work tirelessly to expand justice and equity in America, to strengthen civil rights, to end racial disparities in health care and economic opportunity, and to defend the sacred right to vote.
From the beginning, this campaign was an uphill battle. I entered the race as an underdog. The seat was considered safe for the incumbent. No one even thought I would win the Democratic nomination outright. And more money was spent attacking me than any U.S. Senate candidate in American history.
But this team never took our eyes off the prize -- and friend, we never forgot why we were doing this -- to secure health, jobs, and justice for the people. For ALL the people.
That commitment will guide me as I work in the Senate to ensure that every Georgian has great health care, no matter our wealth; that we invest in an economic recovery that includes all communities; and that we secure equal justice for all.
On Wednesday, we all watched the events unfolding in our nation’s capital in horror.
Even though the man whose poisonous lies incited that insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol will soon be out of office, we have much hard work to do to repair our struggling democracy, heal the wounds of these last four years, and establish a politics based on love for each other and commitment to human rights rather than fear, hate, deceit, and corruption.
But better days ARE coming.
With these victories in Georgia, we are turning the page on these last four years. We can elevate our eyes to the horizon and dream again about what's possible.
We don't have to accept that poverty or racism or violence are inevitable or necessary.
We can dream about higher and higher heights.
We can dream about -- and build -- the Beloved Community that King and Lewis urged us to strive for.
The future is bright. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for this victory.
With immense gratitude and love,
-- Jon
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