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Well, now that Super Tuesday is done, I want
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say that I am grateful.

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I am very grateful.

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Well, guys, this was a really tough three-way
primary with

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each of us having very different personalities
and different campaign

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strategies.

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I used every method of outreach that I knew
of,

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from uh literature dropping to phone calling
to block walking,

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etc.

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So I think being in Denton County Democratic
Party precinct

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should help me out quite a bit because uh this

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stuff was not new to me.

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I didn't need to learn anything anything on
the spot.

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Blocking walking was not awkward.

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And I also think that my experience working
with government

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gave me a unique political advantage.

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Not enough to cross the 50% threshold, but
then again,

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that's a really tall order to ask in a three-
way

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primary.

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That said, I know the race is not yet over.

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I know that my next phase in this process will

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be a runoff.

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Uh it's not gonna be easy, but it's something
that

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I look forward to.

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That said, I want to thank Matthew McGee for
running.

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He ran an interesting race.

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He tried some different things that a lot of
us

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don't uh always necessarily try, but it was
interesting to

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see where he gained and where he did not gain

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with that particular uh campaign strategy.

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Also, going forward, I do want to say that I

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do have one regret.

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My one regret is not having enough time to
spend

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with my opponent, Michael Braxton.

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My hope is that going forward, that Michael
Braxton and

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I can be more present together at the same
time

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at uh candidate events because I believe that
our constituents

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should be given the opportunity to see us both
at

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the same time on the stage so our constituents
can

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compare uh the two of us before this runoff
and

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figure out which of the two of us is the

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best best fit for advocating for the
Democratic side for

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SD-30.

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That said, I will be reaching out to you guys

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and advocating for you all to come out to the

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runoff election coming up in mid-May.

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Thank you for your time.