Rrepublican Russell Prescott concedes NH’s 1st District race

HE’S WITH YOU? YES, HE DID. HE JUST ADDRESSED VOTERS. AND YOU’RE HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. RUSSELL, YOU KNOW, YOU RAN A WONDERFUL CAMPAIGN. YOU HAVE A HISTORY WITH CHRIS PAPPAS. HOW DO YOU FEEL TONIGHT? I’M SO GLAD IT WAS CHRIS PAPPAS AND I TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES AND WHEN WE DID DISAGREE, WE DID IT. WE DIDN’T DISAGREE IN A WAY THAT WE OFFENDED EACH OTHER AND MADE SURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUES, AND I’M SO GLAD THAT WE HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP TO BEGIN WITH. AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON IN MANY RACES AROUND OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND OUR STATE, WE REALLY SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T BECOME PERSONAL. AND I MADE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED. I’M VERY PROUD OF HOW WE BEHAVED IN THIS, IN THIS RACE, AND WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. NOW TELL ME, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD? DO YOU THINK YOU’LL EVER THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING FOR CD ONE AGAIN? BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME? SURE IT IS. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT TO SAY A NUMBER OF THANKS. YOU KNOW, MY WIFE OF 42 YEARS, WE DECIDED THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE WAY WE WERE GOING TO RUN THIS RACE MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER, MY FAMILY, FIVE CHILDREN AND MY EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN. I DID THIS FOR THEM SO THEY WOULD SEE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN BE A PUBLIC SERVANT AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES WITHOUT BECOMING SOMETHING SO NEGATIVE THAT PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, POLITICS SHOULD NOT BE THAT WAY. SO I WANTED TO SHOW THEM HOW IT COULD BE. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S A THAT’S AN EXCELLENT POINT. ONE THING THAT YOU KEPT ON BRINGING UP THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, IN ADDITION TO YOUR TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE SENATE, WAS THE UNIQUE MENTALITY THAT YOU BRING AS AN ENGINEER. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE BENEFITS? WELL, CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW, YOU GET SCRUTINIZED WHEN YOU HAND IN YOUR PATENT APPLICATION AND THEY SAY, WELL, I’M GOING TO TRY AND PROVE YOU WRONG. YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY AND THEY TRY TO PROVE YOU WRONG AND IT TAKES REAL PERSPICACITY OR IT TAKES REAL HARD WORK TO REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS AND REALLY FIX A PROBLEM. AND THAT’S WHEN YOU REALLY HAVE THE BREAKTHROUGH AND YOU SAY, OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS WORTH BRINGING TO THE PATENT OFFICE. SO THAT IS WHAT I DID WHEN I WENT TO THE STATE SENATE AND WENT LINE BY LINE FOR ITEMS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DRAFT LEGISLATION LIKE OUR VOTER ID LAW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID THAT SO IT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL AND IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, SERVE THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHICH IT DID TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAD VOTER ID TODAY AND AND THAT’S THAT’S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING TO CONGRESS. AND YOU’RE RIGHT, BEING AN ENGINEER REALLY GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND MAKES SURE THAT YOU WEIGH ALL THE POSSIBILITIES AND CONTINUE TO TRY, TRY, TRY TO GET IT RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, RUSSELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH