matt hennessy, best campaign manager in the business. you can't have him, you can't have him.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 state at the local state and federal level. she's been in service for 50 -- 50 straight years. and as the first woman ever elected at the federal level for the state of michigan, i owe her a huge debt of gratitude that i can never repay and women of michigan cannot repay. she put up with an enormous amount of crap. enormous. so we always knew that this was going to be a tight race and that is exactly what we are seeing unfold in front of us. there are a lot of votes left to count. this happ