Reply #87: ...who are not as 'bad' as McKinney - as seen from a RW perspective... [View All]

[rman]

If they can't get a Repub or DLC Dem elected, at least they can try to get rid of McKinney. They even can and will get the repub electorate to vote for McKinney's opponent. It has happened before:



Lawsuit Challenges McKinney Primary Defeat
Nov. 1, 2002
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/110402_mckinney.html

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Defendants named in the suit are the Georgia and DeKalb Republican parties, the Georgia Democratic Party, Majette, Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, and the DeKalb and Gwinnett election supervisors.

Republican strategist Mark Davis candidly admits to organizing a crossover effort for the 4th District race. But according to Georgia law, he said, there was nothing illegal about it.

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Davis claimed Majette's victory over five term incumbent McKinney was indeed largely the result of his and other Republicans' organized effort promoting the crossover vote. According to Davis' analysis of the race, nearly 24,000 crossover votes were cast for Majette, who topped McKinney by 19,554 votes overall.

McKinney won 61 percent of Democratic votes totaling 49,058. More than 50 percent of Majette's 68,612-vote total came from Republicans or registered Democrats who tend to vote Republican.

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