i received a very gracious call from sender: maator coleman a le while ago. we agreed it is time to bring the state together. over the last 8 months, as the nation has watched this all on fold in this state, minnesota and have earned the right to take pride in the transparency and the thoroughness of our process and in the integrity of our election officials. during at the same time, families have continued to face real challenges. even though we are thrilled and honored by the face that the people of this state have placed in me, i am also humble, not the just by the closeness of this election but by the enormity of the responsibility that comes with this office. we have a lot of work to do in washington, but that is why i signed up for the job in the first place. when we started this campaign way back in february of 2007, i said that americans have never backed away from tough challenges and we have always led the way here in minnesota. working with our fantastic senior senator, i'm going to fight hard to make quality health care accessible and affordable t