Investment in the history of american politics. [applause] i got a call from mr. Harrison, jamie, thank you, who was very j schist very gracious and created an Incredible Campaign for the first time he has run for office. He raised more money than anybody in the history of the United States senate. That butot to do with jamie, i appreciate the phone call and i will do my best to unite us where i can. You are you good father and you are a good husband, you are a good man i look forward to working with you where i can. [applause] and congratulations to all the people who worked on your behalf. Timehis is the thank you and i will try not to keep us here forever. Ive got so many people to thank from the day i got in this business until now. I am the least selfmade man in public history. Governor, thank you, for introducing me everywhere we went. And the Lieutenant Governor and we were a great team. But i will start with my family behind me. Thank you, darling, thank you very much, sweetheart. [applause] your ad made me cry, about the only add i would watch but i couldnt get through that one. But larry and emily and nicole, you have my heart and my hand. ,e are thinking about you all to the ball family, you are very much my family. This journey started into 1992use district 2 in where denise ran my First Campaign and we put the kids in a wagon and we knocked on doors and dammed if we didnt win. And everything has just been an incredible ride since without what you did for me then and my first congressional race in my first senate race, there would be no Lindsey Graham so thank you all very much. [applause] she passed the baton to scott farmer who is the best Campaign Manager [applause] [applause] in the United States. [applause] he is a terrific Campaign Manager, hes the better father and the better father and a better friend. I have the best campaign in the history of South Carolina. [applause] and it is wide it it is deep and if you take is on, you better get up early and you better stay late. And 130 million is not enough. [applause] to scotty who did the ads, well done, my friend. [applause] Seasoned Team just delivered it in every way possible. ,ur communication, thank you you all were incredible. [applause] i know more about the Digital World that i use to and i think we competed well in every aspect of it. Deep and i a wide in cannot thank you all enough. Team graham is a joy to be a part of. All i can say is that the results speak for themselves. [applause] tara, thank you for raising 108 million and counting, Lindsey Graham. Com. [applause] 2026 will be here before you know it. To the South CarolinaRepublican Party, drew, you knocked it out of the park for all of us. [applause] team, to the best run victory operation in the history of the state. [applause] and statetehouse Senate Candidates who sent out videos for me, thank you, this is a team sport and we are doing well in South Carolina tonight. To my Congressional Colleagues and compatriots, joe wilson, youre a great man, thank you so much for being my friend, congratulations to you. [applause] nobody works harder and he loves the military and if you want a keychain, tonight is the night. William timmons, thank you for all your did in the green vault spartanburg area and you have a bright future. To jeff duncan, you won the cyber war all by yourself. I think jeff enjoyed my campaign more than i did. And tom rice, youre just a joy to work with, thank you also much. We just have so much to be grateful for on this day. We have great representation and nancy mase will win. [applause] so the bottom line is, this is a team sport and i am lucky to have the support i have. It is wide and it is deep and to all who prayed for me, i felt it. Let me say, when nikki came forward, i appreciated that, thank you, nikki haley. [applause] heres a quick nikki story her mom and dad sent in an absentee ballot and they never got an acknowledgment it was received so they made michael get in the car and drive from charleston to richmond, they are 84 and 87 and stood in line two hours to vote for me. [applause] story. A heck of a to the haley family, thank you. To tim scott, the best partner anybody could have. [applause] tonight, the 20 22 race for senator scott begins. Tim scott. Com. Tim scott. Com. [applause] treasure and aal blessing to the Republican Party and to all who know him. The job is to be a senator, right, not just to run a campaign. I think i am the most blessed man on capitol hill. I have the best senate staff of anybody in the country. [applause] richard, wherever you may be, you have been with me since day one and you been a heck of a chief of staff and Strom Thurmond only something that sticks with me to this day. If you take care of people, they will take care of you. And richard, we take care of people. We treat every constituent like a customer, matt, van, all of you, the content went the constituents in the state are second to none. Would we try to give you a good, honest answer and we go to bat for you and we work hard. All i can say is this has been overwhelming, ive never been challenged like this and ive never had more support than i do tonight. There are people all over this country who came to my aid. People who had never given . 15, gave me what they could. Ted cruzs mother sent me 30. [laughter] ted said he never gave her anything. [applause] i cannot tell you how touching it is and how humbled i am to have over 2 Million People want to invest in my campaign. This is just been an incredible experience. God works in the most mysterious ways, doesnt he . I never saw this coming, did you . I never believed that we would be the center of attention for the senate races in the entire nation. I think it had a lot to do with just being on the right place at the right time but more than anything else, speaking up when i needed to. Speaking up for judge kavanaugh when he needed somebody to speak up for him. [applause] the republicans who came out in droves for me, i will not let you down. I will be there for the conservative cause and im probably prolife and will protect our rights under the second amendment. I will do my part to keep confirming judges. To my democratic opponents and challengers and friends, if you want to meet in the middle, we we will leave this here and go to a briefing by senator susan collins. Standing] [applause] senator collins i want to publicly thank sarah for her call. And i veryod talk much appreciated her taking the time to call. Extraordinaryt an honor it is to represent the great state of maine and to know that i will have the opportunity to serve all of maine for the next six years. [applause] and to know during our great all of maine bus tour, we traveled to all 16 counties but visited put than 80 communities, 6500 miles on the bus and had a wonderful time talking with people in their home towns, their workplaces. It was a wonderful experience, one that i will always enjoy. I feel that this is an affirmation of the work that im doing in washington, to fight hard every day3. [applause] for the hard every day people of maine. Say thatly, let me this is an honor that is historical as well. Mainthe first person since e to win a fifth term. [applause] to the people of maine, thank you, thank you. I will serve you with all my heart. I will work hard for you each and every day and together, we will come together to work on the problems and challenges that are facing our state and our country. I am so honored to have the responsibility, thank you so much to the people of maine, thank you. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Collins senator susan declaring victory in a race against her democratic rival, sarah gideon. We take into a live picture of the white house this afternoon with lots of vocal reaction to the Election Results so far. The race distilled still to be decided. We are expecting to hear from joe biden this afternoon at about 1 45 p. M. Eastern and we will have live coverage here on cspan. Both he and President Trump spoke to supporters last night