TRAINING EXPERIENCE DETERMINATION HONESTY COURAGE
"No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades--that of government."
Socrates
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Dear Friends:
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I am especially grateful to my children, Kailey and Nicholas, and all my family and dear friends who have stood by my side through the ups and downs of this campaign. Thank you for the love and encouragement you have given me.
To all my campaign supporters, from Halley Gaspar, Bruce Capwell, and Charles Vacca, to every last volunteer who fought so hard week after week, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
Naturally, I feel some disappointment but I know we fought as hard as we could. I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. We advertised weekly online and in local newspapers. We walked door-to-door from July thru November in an effort to meet everyone. We performed thousands of literature drops, inserted flyers in newspapers and mailed thousands of postcards to the Republican, Democrat and Independent voters of Coventry. We made over 15,000 telephone calls to Coventry voters and created this website to discuss the important issues facing Rhode Islanders. We earned the endorsements of Rep. Victor Moffitt, Rep. Nicholas Gorham, Sen. Leo Blais and Governor Donald Carcieri. We were blessed with a wonderful group of volunteers at all nine polling places on election day and hundreds of you allowed us to place lawn signs on your property to encourage our neighbors to “fight for change”.
Your support of my candidacy brought debate on issues and choice to the electorate. This campaign was and will remain a great honor to me. My heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience.
Thank you all very much.
Paid for by Steven Hart for State Rep - District 28