[applause] that is typical mom, but if you're on facebook, go out and do a friend request for margie tillisbe disappointed because my mom has been taking care of this family forever, and she has been taking care of her son, too, during this senate race. but ladies and gentlemen, i want to tell you all you are an extension of our family. there are a lot of people who have been a part of my campaigns as i ran for town commissioner. they are people who've worked hard and the difficulty of a primary and we can back together, and there are people today -- they went around the polls, and you could see they were so emotionally invested in it, wondering if we were going to pull it off. well, we pulled it off -- because of you. [cheers and applause] from the bottom of my heart, i want to tell you how much susan and i and my entire family appreciate what you have done because i really do believe that through your effort, through your prayers, through your financial support, through the ground games, through doorknocking, that you all are literally a part of a historic moment in this nation's history,