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Here’s the wrong way to write a thank you note to your supporters after you lose an election or withdraw:

“I wanted to let you all know I’ve decided to end my campaign for the 11th congressional district seat in Virginia. This is one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make because I am not a quitter and doing so feels like quitting.

It has become apparent this week that the Virginia Republican party wants a self-funding candidate. I would have thought as a party we could have seen that in recent elections self-funding doesn’t mean a candidate can buy the election. We saw this most recently in the Democratic Gubernatorial primary race where self-funding was trumped by message and ideas. We went down this road in 2008 and we lost badly. I hope in 2010 the results are different.

I cannot thank you enough for your early support. I plan to stay involved and work to ensure we elect a good crop of delegate candidates this November. If you want to get involved in helping join the OurVirginiaNow Facebook group.

Paul Miller’s letter to his supporters.

Here is the more graceful and right way to write to your supporters after losing an election or withdrawing:

As you know, last night Steve Hunt was elected as the Republican nominee for the special election to replace Ken Cuccinelli on January 12th. To Steve, I send my sincere congratulations and thanks for a positive campaign focused on the issues that are important to Northern Virginia.

Thank you for all your support over the last month. Penny and I enjoyed spending time with many of you and very much appreciate your encouragement, your good advice and your prayers. I am very proud of what we accomplished and am humbled by the generous donations and 100′s of volunteer hours that were given to the effort. God has blessed us with tremendous friends – both old and new – and we extend our deep thanks to all of you!

Now our job is to get behind Steve Hunt and to ensure that he is the next State Senator from the 37th District.

We are all behind you, Steve!

On to victory!

Will Nance’s letter to supporters.

Which one has more class?