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Contact: Austin Jackson FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE

Tel: 803.550.1794

Email:goydsc@gmail.com

ELIZABETH COLBERT BUSCH CONCEDES TO CONGRESSMAN-ELECT

SANFORD

YDSC Thanks Colbert Busch For Great Campaign, Vows to Press On

Dum Spiro Spero; while I breathe, I hope.

Our state motto has never been more true, especially now. We knew the stakes going

into the First Congressional special election, and they were high. This was a district

that Mitt Romney won by 18 percent at the last general election. The fact that Elizabeth

Colbert Busch cut this deficit in half is a testament to her team and the tenacity of

Young Democrats here and across the country for candidates who turned out to help

with this campaign.

We congratulate our nominee, Elizabeth Colbert Busch on a great campaign, and we

congratulate former Gov. Mark Sanford on his victory. It is our hope that the

Congressman-elect learns from his experiences in his campaign, his first three terms

in Congress, and his terms as Governor, and not completely ignore the people of his

District in favor of his beliefs. We live in serious times, and opposing ideas to the leftof Barry Goldwater out of hand is not a serious strategy.

We would like to thank the countless Young Democratsboth here and across the

nationwho made calls into the district; who took weekends off to canvass in

Charleston, Dorchester, Beaufort, and Berkeley counties; who made donations to the

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campaign. We also thank the Young Democrats of America, who set up our nationalphone bank for Elizabeth Colbert Busch in the final two weeks of this campaign. On

behalf of the Young Democrats of South Carolina and its members, thank you.

It is in times like these we find solace in the words of former President John F.

Kennedy: We choose to go to the moonand do the other things not because they are

easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure

the best of our energies and skills; because that challenge is one that we are willing toaccept; one we are unwilling to postpone... President Kennedy may have been

speaking on the moon shot, but our partys challenge in South Carolina has never been

a sprint. On the way to the moon, the Apollo program faced significant setbacks and

failures and it never stopped them. This special election wont stop us either.

Even in the face of defeat, we press on. We will move forward. We will, as Vice

President Biden told us last Friday, keep the faith.

The Young Democrats of South Carolina (YDSC) is the official youth voter outreach wing of the

South Carolina Democratic Party (SCDP). We work aggressively to encourage voters under the

age of 36 to actively participate in the democratic process while educating young people on the

core values and principles of the Democratic Party. Our mission is to unite and educate the

lives, minds, and practices of youth voters and serve collectively as the youth voice of the South

Carolina Democratic Party.