A Thanksgiving Gratitude List — For the People Who Make This Possible

This year, gratitude feels clearer than ever.

 

1. My wife, Saba.

Campaigns ask more of families than they ever ask of candidates.

Uprooting her life in Virginia, moving to Indiana, building a home together while I work seven days a week, and now raising a new puppy with 2 a.m. wakeups—she is the center of my world and the reason I can do any of this.

 

2. Tony Coelho.

My political mentor, my campaign chair, and one of the first people to tell me, “You need to explore this run.”

Tony believed in this race before it made sense on paper and his counsel has shaped every strategic and moral choice I’ve made.

 

3. Cleveland Douglas III.

My campaign manager, who left Louisiana to help build something entirely new here.

He is the operational engine, the strategic counterweight, and the person who keeps this campaign grounded in both heart and discipline.

 

4. Kevin and Noah.

Kevin, an Indianapolis native and one of our earliest volunteers, who knocked 20 hours a week as a volunteer before we could even hire him.

Noah, a grad student working another part-time job who still makes time to organize because he cares about building a better Democratic Party.

 

They are the soul of our field program.

 

5. My parents.

Every opportunity I’ve ever had is built on the foundation of their sacrifices and every door I knock is a repayment of that debt.

 

6. The community members of IN-07.

Too many to name—the folks who invite me into living rooms, church basements, neighborhood association meetings, porches, and park cleanup days.

They remind me daily why this race matters: because people deserve to be seen.

 

This campaign is a collective act of courage.

I’m grateful for everyone who lends their courage to it.