To all my friends and supporters,

I know you are a bit disheartened but you need not be. I can not tell you how many calls and e-mails I received this past week congratulating our campaign. In ten months, with no support from the State or National GOP organizations, and with a small operating budget of $600K, we were able to garner 45% of the vote. Over 130K people in District 22 voted for us on November 4th. This has sent a huge message to many across the district, South Florida, and indeed the Nation. We ran against a career politician, incumbent, with $4 million in his campaign coffers. We built an incredible grassroots base that was comprised of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. We showed the people true and devoted leadership.

I have been asked by many of you if I will run for this seat again for 2010. I want you to know that my family and I are heavily considering that possibility, but we have not made a decision. This is not over, and it is not about me, but rather America.

I need you all to understand that no one person shall ever destroy the United States of America. There could be some dark days and hard times ahead but we shall not succumb to any devastating far left socialist agenda. America is an indomitable spirit that is within all of us, and no one can ever take that away. Our Country was forged in hard times and as Thomas Paine stated, “These are the times which try Men’s souls, when the summer Soldier and the sunshine patriot shall fade away”.

We do not need any summer Soldiers and sunshine patriots at this time. We need dedicated Americans who will stand and fight to ensure our foundational principles remain the focus of our system of governance. If history teaches us anything, we know that this election cycle may lead to a mid term electoral victory for the reestablishment of strong conservative values. However, paramount to that premise is that we remake the image of this GOP to recommit to those values, define who we are, and stop compromising our principles for perceived, or ill desired, popularity.

We stand at a great moment in our nation’s history. America will seek out true leadership in a few short years, not resounding rhetoric and grandiose settings. Americans will be looking for Courage, Competence, Commitment, and Character, and we shall be right here to give them that.

Therefore, do not be disheartened but demand better from the GOP leadership, tell them to “Lead, Follow, or get the Hell out of the way.” If they wish to be irrelevant, not redefine the party, and not get back to basics, they must step aside and allow new focused and determined leaders to emerge. This is where we enter.

I am committed to you. God bless you all for your support and encouragement of this past year. We have much to do and the clock has started. I am a better man and candidate after this experience, and look forward to one day being your Congressional Representative. WE PRESS ON!

Go West
Sincere Regards, Allen