By: Sam Hernandez
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - With the Rocky mountains in the background and his 3 daughters surrounded by him, Michael Bennet, newest United State Senator for Colorado, made his victory speech at the Civic Center Park in Denver at noon on Wednesday.
“Could there be a better backdrop than that?” Bennet asks enthusiastically as he turns around a points towards downtown Denver and the Rocky mountains. The crowd cheers as they look to see the view.
“Thank you Colorado for believing in me now,” exclaimed Bennet during his speech, “I am humbled by your support and I am inspired by it, and I will not let you down.”
With a close final tally, Bennet took the race by 48 percent. “Ken Buck who fought hard in this campaign,” stated, “I congratulate him on his race.” The race was very close and numbers were finalized by the Denver post around 8am on Wednesday morning.
Bennet explains what he is going to do when he gets to Washington enthusiastically. He plans to fight for more jobs for Americans, cleaner energy economy, and for education. “Every American has quality health care at a cost we can afford,” a person in the crowd begins to cheer, “yeah you can cheer for that!” Bennet proudly. He went on to say that to remain relevant to this world, organizations have to change the way they are thinking.
A pleased Bennet asks his daughters to read his paper for him. The girls read aloud, “tomorrow we will start looking for that puppy, I promise,” and the crowd laughed hysterically. As Bennet went to thank his campaign committee the girls continued to play on the podium, exemplifying the Senator’s role as a father as well as a politician. He also thanked his wife Susan for her support through the campaign.
In his victory speech, Bennet explained how this election was for the everyday people, for
Colorado, and for fixing Washington saying it was not, “a Democratic idea or a Republican idea, but and American idea.”
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