Friends, Family, & Supporters:

Thank you so much for your tremendous support since I began my first run for
San Francisco School Board. As a first-time candidate, I made a good showing
of 52,000 votes (up from an Election Night tally of 32,000). Though I did not win this time around, I am well -positioned for next time, in 2 years.

I am so very grateful to the hundreds of people who made my campaign
possible. First, to my family, who knew that I was following my dream; second, to my
friends, who were, in many cases, making political donations for the very
first time. I would also like to thank my campaign manager, Ryan Chamberlain
of Seed Outreach, my field director Anthony Colello, and my voter data guru
David Latterman, all of whom were willing to take on the campaign of an
unknown, first-time candidate, when no one else would. My volunteer campaign
manager was Norm Ishimoto who was with me every step of the way, as was my
volunteer campaign assistant Stacey Hoang and volunteer campaign treasurer
Jeff Eng. My campaign advisory team consisted of Caryl Ito, Sandy & Jeff Mori,
Allen Okamoto, Myrna & Will Tsukamoto, and Rich Wada who were most generous
with their time and resources. I also had the benefit of advice from
Dr. Renee Golanty-Koel, and dozens of other political insiders.

It was an incredible privilege to have your extraordinarily generous
financial support. Many of you gave twice and sometimes three time to my campaign. This
support enabled me to be invited to over 50 endorsement meetings and
candidates fora, to reach 20,000 voters by mail, and to be a viable
candidate. And I am especially proud of the many high profile endorsements I received.
Inevaluating my campaign for next time, I would say that I need to start
earlier, raise even more money, and, in particular, organize volunteer help
to maximize voter contact. The candidates who won, Norman Yee (incumbent), Sandy
Lee Fewer, Bobby Lopez, and Rachel Norton, all were able to take full
advantage of volunteer support. Notwithstanding, dozens of folks really
stepped up these last 2 weeks to phone bank with me and from home, walk a few
precincts, stand at grocery stores handing out flyers, and e-mail friends and
colleagues to vote for me. I will need to grow this team next time.

Finally, I am so proud of what I have been able to accomplish. I believe
myself to be the first Japanese American woman to run for San Francisco
SchoolBoard and I am prepared to run again, with your help. Again, I can't thank
you enough for investing in me. I remain,

Forever grateful,

Emily