Dear friends,

Thank you.

After an extremely long day and nearly a year of campaigning we have finally made it to victory. We’ve shared some amazing achievements over the course of the year, but last night we won the prize.

I am incredibly proud to have been selected by the voters of Massachusetts to succeed Joe DeNucci as the next State Auditor! And, I am incredibly proud to join Attorney General Martha Coakley to become Massachusetts’ second female constitutional office-holder!

Campaigning around the state this year has been both gratifying and humbling. It has filled me with alternating sensations of heady possibilities and sobering responsibilities. But every day has been worth it. Not just for me, but, I believe, for the Commonwealth as a whole.

Because this campaign has focused public attention on this incredibly important job, and it has helped set expectations high.

During this campaign I began a dialogue with the people of Massachusetts, and I look forward to continuing it, in order to enhance the public’s understanding of and input into the work of the State Auditor.

And I intend to work hard to get better results from our government and there by increase public confidence in it.

In my public life as a legislator and cabinet member, and in my personal life, I have been particularly motivated to act on behalf of those who are struggling – those who have lost their jobs, their homes, their health, or their hope, those suffering from addiction, discrimination, or the lack of education or opportunity. I have been proud to stand with them and for them.

As State Auditor, I will continue to act on their behalf, to ensure that our society and our government acknowledges and strives to meet their needs.

At the same time, I will be focused on making sure that our policies and programs deliver value to the taxpayers, who rightly demand that government respect their contributions to the public good, and that it spend those contributions wisely and well.

We all have legitimate concerns about how our tax dollars are being spent, but I don’t believe we need to compromise our values in order to find solutions.

I am grateful to each one of you who believed in me and who gave me your vote, your ideas, your labor, and your treasure. Thank you to my volunteers, staff, friends, and family for the million different things you gave to make this campaign a success. Thank you to our friends in labor, the Latino community, the LGBT community, the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus and all endorsing organizations.

Thank you for this honor.