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Thank you very much.

There will always be a special place in my heart for the Mountain State, and I have made many, many dear lifelong friends here.

But tomorrow, it's time for me to head back to SD and see what I can contribute to laying the groundwork for defeating Daschle in 04.

I'm glad to know that I will have a Republican Congressman, a Republican Governor, and am praying, hoping and believing that I will be represented by a Republican in the Senate, Senator John Thune.

As a side note, my old friend, Steve King, became the Congressman from Iowa's Fifth District tonight. Watch for him to be a rising conservative star in the House...he is one of the most talented legislators I have ever known. He's a great leader, and a great strategist.

I entered the political arena in Steve's office in Odebolt, Iowa, when I attended my first precinct caucus. In fact, I ran against him for precinct chairman, and beat him! ;-) LOL...

But I'm very pleased to see him prevail...I think he won with something like 65% of the vote. That's progress for our country.

EV