and i want to recognize my late mom, judith slotkin, who never saw me run for office but he would beilled to be here tonight. i want to thank my congressional team led ably by alexa stannard who i saw somewhere over there. and then of course, my amazing campaign team, all of our tireless volunteers who have worked so hard to get us over the finish line. there's a lot of our super volunteers here tonight. in particular, i want to thank who i think is truly the best manager in the business. matt hennessy, best campaign manager in the business. you can't have him, you can't have him. he has ably led what i believe to be the most talented set in campaign business in the entire country right now. we are watching that unfold as we see it. i want to thank the union leaders, the advocacy groups, those who understood that it takes a village in order to win in the state of michigan. i also want to recognize my biggest champion in this race. and that's debbie stabenow, senator debbie stabenow. she is the definition of pure michigan. she has quite literally dedicated her life to serving the stat