Governor Kaine Thanks You, Virginia
Thank you all so much for your help and support over the past several years - with victory after victory, we’ve proven that Virginia voters, given the choice, prefer results-oriented leaders to politically motivated politicians.
In this year’s election, Virginia was instrumental in changing the direction of this country to reflect the success we’ve had here. No one embodies bipartisan solution-oriented leadership more than Mark Warner, our new U.S. Senator. New congressmen Gerry Connolly, Glenn Nye, and Tom Perriello are all cast in that same mold - they’re going to Washington to get things done for Virginia.
Tom has a solid lead in a close race, and I think he’ll win because of his unparalleled record of service and your grassroots commitment to winning the 5th District, where no one thought Democrats could compete.
What I’m most proud of as your Governor is that we showed that Virginia’s electoral votes can’t be taken for granted in a presidential election. Barack Obama is going to be an excellent President of the United States. I know Barack, and I know that he’s as committed to finding solutions as we are in Virginia - which is one of the reasons why it was so important to him to win here.
We still have much work to do to change Washington, but we now have excellent leadership in place to get the job done. I’m enjoying our success this week even as I focus on the challenges we face in Richmond. Next week I’ll write you again to let you know how you can get involved in making the changes we need here in Virginia.
Warm regards,
Tim Kaine
