To all my volunteers, friends, and supporters: THANK YOU for walking through this journey with me!

In this election, we fought a really important fight — for our towns, for our freedoms, for ourselves and the generation to come. 

The results

In the end, we gained about 46% of the votes. I have much to reflect on regarding the race and loss. The results show that in every town I significantly overperformed Trump by 10-20%, and Kassner underperformed Kamala by a similar or greater margin. For example, in Ipswich Kamala received 5974 votes to Trump’s 3176; for my race it was Kassner 5347 to Tashjian 3697. There was similar or greater spreads in all towns, showing we did something that worked. 

We may not have won the election but we showed Beacon Hill that we care what happens in our towns and we will keep fighting. 

Despite the loss there is much to be grateful for. The fact that the Noresco vote failed in Ipswich along with the recent indefinite postponement of MBTA 3A shows that conservative, reasonable and fiscally responsible ideals still exist in a town that votes so staunchly Democratic. We also have much to be grateful for the state levels wins and most importantly President Elect Donald Trump. 

As with my story of overcoming challenges when I was younger, this election is a story of overcoming challenges. We overcame every obstacle, from the write-in campaign for the primary, to Kassner’s no-show for the candidate forum, to the droves of Warren staff brought in from outside the district to help Kassner’s race. 

I am stronger, and we are stronger, because of this race. What we cannot do alone we will do together. ​

​The people who stood with me

I had the most dedicated group of volunteers in this election who fought hard by my side. In particular, Stephen McWhittier and Duncan McNiel have been with me from the beginning, door knocking every weekend and then some to get the word out about our campaign! We had people stepping up for everything from sign holding to door knocking to calling people to organizing volunteers and meetings and so much more. 

Each and every town has formed a base of volunteers, homeowners to bear our signs, and communication to start pushing back against this government’s overreaches. I hope this is an opportunity for the RTC’s to be reinvigorated to increase your impact not just for Republican, but for conservative movements to prepare the foot soldiers for the next election season.
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I would also like to thank the town RTC’s, especially those in Georgetown, Newbury, Ipswich, and Hamilton. You all picked up a small and loosely organized band and formed it into an incredible team that stood strong and covered every moment of the election day sign holding. At times, your RTC chairs were the only ones holding signs leading up to the election. They embodied our campaign’s values of leadership from the ground up.
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I would also like to thank some of our current and former elected Republicans, especially Lenny Mirra, Doug Dawes, Lisa-Marie Cashman, and Michael Scarlata. 

I would like to thank the people of our towns. So many people stood behind me in many ways, either through volunteering, contacting me, challenging me on policies, or casting their most sacred vote for me. 

Last but not least, I would like to thank my incredible wife who has supported me through it all.

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​The way forward

So many people have asked what I will do now.

First, my wife and I will go on our honeymoon! 

Beyond that, I will be taking time to reflect and discuss the electoral climate with your RTC chairs and other people I am close to. I am not ruling out a re-run, but I will not commit to it at this time. 

I will commit to doing my best to keep serving our communities and supporting conservative movements. 

I will help other candidates, including at the town level. 

I will help truly balance the budget in Georgetown. 

I will reach out to some of the individuals I met along the way who need support and provide the support or direction I can, just as you all did for me.

Thank you for all your support during this campaign. 

Your humble servant,

Mark Tashjian

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