Needed to achieve to move our state forward. Now listen, i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d. C. Should tune in their tvs right now. [applause] see how its done. [applause] listen, were new jersey. We still fight. We still yell. But when we fight, we fight for those things that really matter in peoples lives. And while we may not always agree, we show up. We show up everywhere. We dont show up just in the places that votes for us a lot, we show in the places that vote for us a little. We dont just show up in the places where were comfortable, we show up in the places where were uncomfortable. Because when you lead you need to be there. You need to show up. You need to listen and then you need to act. You dont just show up six months before an election. You show up four years before one. [applause] and you dont just take no for an answer the first time no happens. You keep going back and trying more because when i was elected four years ago, i wasnt elected just by the people who voted for me. I was the governor of all the people. And tonight, overwhelmingly, those people have said, come onboard, its fine here, lets have more people support the governor and now we have a big, big win tonight. [applause] what people have told me over the last four years is more than anything else, they want the truth. They want the truth. You know, we dont always agree with each other, new jersey. Some folks dont agree with some of the things i do. Certainly, they dont agree with some of the things i say sometimes. [laughter] but they know, they know they never have to wonder. They never have to wonder. When they walked into the voting booth today, they didnt say hey, i wonder who this guy is. And what he stands for. What hes willing to fight for. What hes willing to do when the chips are down. You can agree with me or disagree with me. But i will never stop leading the state i love. [applause] people across the country have asked me how it is weve been able to do what weve achieved. Im reminded of a story that pastor joe carter of the New Hope Baptist Church told just one week ago today on the one Year Anniversary of hurricane sandy. He called what had happened in new jersey the last year the spirit of sandy. He spoke about people coming together. He said, when the lights went out, no one cared what color your skin was. He said, when you didnt have any food, no one cared whether it was a republican or a democrat offering you the food. When you didnt have a warm place for your family because of what happened in the storm, you didnt care if it was someone who thought that government should be big or small. At that moment, the spirit of sandy infected all of us. Reverend carter was right. And he prayed that day that the spirit of sandy would stay with us well beyond the days that the recovery will take. My pledge to you tonight is that i will govern with the spirit of sandy. [applause] its true of new jersey and all the people who live here, theyre ready to live that way too. As your governor its never mattered to me where someone was from, whether they voted for me or not, what the color of their skin was or their political party. For me, being governor has always been about getting the job done, first. That doesnt mean that we dont have principles. We have many of them. And we have stood and fought every day to cut taxes, to reduce the size of government spending, to reform pensions and benefits, to reform a broken education system, and to make sure we create opportunity again for New Jerseyans. [applause] and for the next four years, for the next four years, we will fight to make those changes permanent and we will fight to make them bigger. I did not seek a second term to do small things. I sought a second term to finish the job. Now watch me do it. [applause] i want to thank a few people in addition to my family before we go tonight. I want to tell you that i, over the last year, have had the greatest Campaign Team any governor could ever ask for. They ran a flawless campaign and i thank them for it. [applause] and i want to thank my cabinet and my senior staff who especially over the last year have worked tirelessly with me to help bring back bring back the great state of new jersey from the second worst Natural Disaster to ever hit this country. [applause] and i want to thank the second woman who said yes to me when i asked. [laughter] new jerseys great lieutenant governor, governor. [applause] i used to tell folks all the time, that i have the greatest job in the world. That for a jersey kid to be governor of the state where you were born and raised is the greatest job you could ever have in your life and i loved it, every day, i would get up and know i had a chance to do something great. I didnt do something great every day, but i had a chance every day to do something great for people i would probably never meet and certainly never know. But on october 29 of last year, that job changed. Its no longer a job for me. Its a mission. You see a mission is different than a job. A mission is something thats sacred. Its a sacred trust that was thrust upon me and you on october 29 of last year. And that mission, that mission is to make sure that everyone, everyone in new jersey who is affected by sandy, is returned to normalcy in their life and i want to promise you tonight, i will not let anyone, anything, any political party, any governmental entity, or any force get in between me and the completion of my mission. [applause] you see, for those veterans out there tonight you know how sacred a mission is. Sacredness of the mission of a soldier is that no one ever is left behind. No one is ever left behind on the battlefield. And on the battlefield that sandy turned this state into, New Jerseyans will never leave any new jerseyan behind. [applause] im resolved to complete this mission, not because of me. But because of you. For the last year, i have had a lot of people ask me for hugs. A lot of people. Youll get your hug later, brother. And i can tell you this i guess there is open bar tonight, huh . Welcome to new jersey. [applause] people asked me for hugs to comfort them. People asked me for hugs to make sure i wouldnt forget them. People asked me for hugs just to know that the leader of the state cared about them. And people came up to me all the time in the aftermath and said to me, governor, where did you get the energy . Where did you get the energy, day after day after day to do that . And i told them, you dont understand, do you . Those hugs gave more to me than i could ever give back to them. [applause] they gave me hope and faith and optimism for our future. The people of new jersey have given me much more than i could ever hope to give back to them. Theyve given me hope, theyve given me faith, and theyve given me their trust. It is with that hope, with that optimism, that faith, and that trust that we together confront the next four years of opportunity for our state. I know that tonight, a dispirited america, angry with their dysfunctional government in washington [applause] looks to new jersey to say, is what i think happening, really happening . Are people really coming together . Are we really working, African Americans and hispanics, suburb anites and city dwellers, farmers and teachers . Are we really working together . Let me give the answer to everyone watching tonight, under this government our first job is to get the job done and as long as im governor that job will always, always be finished. [applause] i think tonight i think tonight most particularly, and i know my dad and my brother and sister who are here tonight with me share this same view, i think tonight, most particularly about my mother. All of you who have heard me over the last four years know that she was and still is the dominant influence in my life. As i said on the video [applause] as i said on the video, my mom used to say to me all the time, christopher, be yourself. Because then tomorrow, you dont have to worry about trying to remember who you pretended to be yesterday. Powerful words from a woman who i miss every day, but tonight, tonight, i know that my mom is looking down on new jersey and saying to me, i can feel it, she is saying to me, chris, the job is not done yet. Get back to work and finish the job for the people of new jersey. Thats exactly what ill do. I love you, new jersey. Thank you very much. [applause] governor christie made the rounds on the sunday talk shows and this morning five days after winning reelection. He talked about his Campaign Success as well is what he sees antirepublican parties future. This is from meet the press. I think what did the election showed was if you want to attract a majority of the hispanic vote and triple your africanamerican voters, what you need to do is show up. You need to show up to the places i get a townhall meeting in my state about a year and a half ago. I got 1. 7 of the vote in 2009. I went in there and there were more people in the church that voted for me in 2009. You go and do show up and you listen. You start to make europe argument about your policies and the results show that is the kind of engagement that we need as republicans all across the country to listen and to show up in places where we have not gotten a great amount of support before. Another victory speech from tuesdays elections. This one from terry mcauliffe. He spoke to reporters shortly after it was announced he beat republican challenger. This is less than 20 minutes. Dorothy. And i want you to know just a few weeks ago, we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. When when he decided to do this campaign, we decided together because we understood that it was a journey that we were all going to have to take together. And dorothy, i could not be happier than to have you standing at my side tonight. Thank you, doll. And to our five children who have been involve in this campaign from day one, i want to thank dory, jack, mary, sally, and peter for all of the work youve done. [ applause ] all seven of us are so incredibly grateful for the most amazing volunteers and team leaders ever assembled in the history of a governors campaign. Just as i walked up here, they gave me the final numbers. Since january, you have knocked on 2. 5 million doors in the commonwealth of virginia. I mean, you hit the pause for second to comprehend such a large number. The truth is, and i got a lot of my energy for seeing you all working so hard when i came to a campus kickoff or a phone bank. I saw so many of you, i want to tell you, it fired me up, it kept me going 100 during the 16hour days. So thank you, we love you. And you are spectacular. All of you gave up time from your family because you believed this election was so important. And thank you so much and i want all of you here who worked so hard since this Campaign Began to give yourself an enormous round of applause. I want to thank i dont have words to express, i want to thank our Extraordinary Campaign staff, the field team, for what they did to break records all over virginia. Give yourself a great round of applause. Let me say this. I also want to thank the historic number of republicans who crossed party lines to support me. You are powerful messengers for our main stream campaign. Thank you. Most importantly, i want to thank the voters of virginia who went out and voted for us today. From lee county to Virginia Beach to winchester, thank you for what you did to help us get elected to the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. Look, i know this has been a hardfought race. Part of that have as you know is the nature of politics. And part of it was that the attorney general and i had some very big differences on some very important issues. And let me say this, i think every Single Person in virginia is glad that the tv ads are now over. [ applause ] and i know that passions are high, and i think its important to recognize that while the attorney general and i had a lot of differences, he is a principled man who has sacrificed an enormous amount of time away from his family. I thanked Ken Cucinelli for his service and dedication to the commonwealth of virginia. Virginia and america have seen contentious races before. Every time, we end upcoming together to pursue the common good. One particularly famous virginian confronted a bitterly divided electorate after the president ial election in 1800. Relishing the victory or governing only for his supporters, Thomas Jefferson devoted much of his first inaugural address to bridging partisan divides. He said, quote, every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. 213 years later, the truth is that our differences of opinion are still often not a difference of opinion or goal. Over the next four years m