Dear friends and supporters: Thank you

To my Campaign Committee and all my friends and supporters who voted for me, I offer you all a huge Thank You for making my race for State Representative district 64 such a rewarding, wonderful challenge. This new and unique effort for me would be impossible to do alone, and as a novice at campaigning, I owe a huge debt to Frank, Joe, Ed, Tao, Dick, Sandy, Brian, Chris, Jim, Tom, Janice, Jesse, Luis, Bill, Maryann, Ernie, Tony, George and George for their good advice, experienced guidance, friendly correction, and especially their persevering dedication in believing in me. My thanks to my dear wife for her patience while I was out campaigning every day. You were a superb team who worked very hard over 13 weeks. During this time I met hundreds of my East Providence neighbors, many of whom will now be friendly acquaintances and some who will be friends. Primary day was gray and rainy, but everyone stayed on task. In the end I lost the race by only 12 votes out of 1,540 ! My team and I achieved this in a contest against the endorsed candidate who had the Party’s organization and its established support groups prepared from the beginning. I am supremely grateful to everyone who volunteered and those who voted for me, sent a donation, put out lawn signs and gave me a thumbs up. And I am so thankful to God for giving me the nudge in June to take on this race. Even though I look back and say what I might have done better, I am not disappointed, seeing the final results as an amazing achievement that I would not have dreamed of a year ago. I have met people whom I will not forget, and remind my friends that I am still a member of Sacred Heart Parish, and of the EP Knights of Columbus, and a Townie who will be staying involved in the life of our dear city. May God bless us all, and particularly all the candidates who are going forward to the November election.

David O'Connell