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<p>What are you insinuating? That candidates should be campaign contributors?
That a thank you note implies expected favoritism?
I am not sure what you are getting at here.</p>
<p>While I think sending a thank you is a nice gesture I don’t think it has much to do with winning a nomination. But that is not why one would send it. The only motivation is that it’s the polite thing to do.</p>