We started this journey in February 2025 with a simple belief: Washington didn't work for us, and we were going to change that. What began as a primary challenge to a sitting incumbent quickly became something bigger than one person or one campaign. It became a movement for an America that finally delivers to its people a decent standard of life.

Over time, things took a turn with mid-decade redistricting, something we didn't expect or plan for. But we never stopped fighting for the future we all deserved. Whether it was voting rights, the freedom to control your own body, or ending wars, we stood ten toes down for what we believed in.

While I won't be in the 120th Congress, I will continue my part to make the world a better place, now as a private citizen and outside of the political system.

Thank you to everyone who believed in and contributed to this campaign: every volunteer who knocked on a door, every organizer, every person who made a phone call, every donor (35k of you raising $1.4m) who gave $5 or $10, or $1,000, and everyone in FL-20 who voted for this vision.

Elections give us winners and losers. History asks something different: whether we give up when things get difficult, whether we surrender our convictions because the road got longer than we expected, whether we let disappointment turn us cynical, or whether we keep organizing and keep fighting.

What will you do in this moment?

- Elijah