in minnesota and its candidate part of this job is going around listening to what people in washington bellmore often than not i m blown awayuc by how much minnesota has to offer the entire country and the entire world. those to represent their brilliant and hard-working to inherit thege challenge i have enjoyed the last eight and a half years. to be as good as the people that you serve. but i have a very lucky man. i have a beautiful healthy family that i loved and that los we very much. i will be just fine. i would like to end with one last thing. i did not grow up wanting to be a politician. i came to this relatively late in life. i had to learn a lot on the fly it was not easy and it wasn't always fun. and not just today. this is a hard thing to do with your life with long hours, late nights, hard lessons, and there is no guarantee that all the work and sacrifice will ever pay off. i won my first election by 312 close and it could have easily:the other way. but even when u.n. park -- progress is far from inevitable. spending his whole life working for mental health parity and it did not pas