A gracious note from Brother Jim's Facebook page:
Well the votes are in and while the election did not go as we had hoped, we do consider our campaign to have been a success. We were a group of individuals who were very new to politics with a well-qualified candidate who was also new to the political scene. We have learned a lot and we hope to try again when the time is right.
We are honored and humbled by those who chose to give us their support. Your contributions, your time and your votes are truly appreciated. Thank you for letting us put our signs in your yard and for attending our fund raisers. This campaign was truly a grass roots one and we are grateful for all the support we received...
So, while we did not win this election, it is important that the Democrats win in the Fall. We *must* unseat Rhonda Rhoads to have any hope of overturning Right to Work. We hope that all of you will turn out to support all of the Democratic candidates in November. Jim will continue to lobby all of our lawmakers in Indianapolis in an effort to restore the rights of Hoosier workers and to restore the funding to Indiana's schools. The fight is not over. Not by a long shot. But the battle field has changed and we will change with it.
No, the fight isn't over. There are still three Teamsters running for the Legislature (they didn't have primaries).
In fact, there are more than 50 Teamsters running for office throughout the country, including five Teamsters running for Congress in California, New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Let's do what we can to support them!
