We all have much to be thankful for, as we do much to give, during this Holiday weekend.

And, each and every one of us is in some way sustained by hope: hope for a better North Carolina, a better future for our families, loved ones and neighbors. That’s why I am running to be your next United States Senator—so I can go to Washington as your representative, to step up for your interests as a statesman and a leader who will make you proud.

Forty-four years ago this day, a shining light went out across America when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. I remember that day as if it were yesterday, walking out of Miss Cotton’s first grade class at Irving Park Elementary School in Greensboro feeling sort of numb and saddened. Though I was but seven years old, I felt despair and a loss of hope. But, we as a nation recovered.

We will do so again. We won’t do so by continuing to settle for the status quo—that will bring us more of the same. We have yet to be the very best we can.

This race isn’t about me anymore than Thanksgiving is about any one of us. It’s about our families, our loved ones, our neighbors, our State, our country and our future.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of those having joined our campaign-and to those whose lives we can uplift. Let’s remember those brave young service men and woman in Iraq and Afghanistan who we are going to bring home to their families for Thanksgiving as soon as we can.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all—and I certainly need yours!”

Happy Thanksgiving,

Jim