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Cynthia McKinney Gets A Big Win
By: Staff Reports, Atlanta Daily World July 21, 2004
The big story is the return of Cynthia McKinney to the U.S. Congress. Voters of the 4th District gave her the nod with 51 per cent of the vote. McKinney bested a field of five other candidates in a bid for the seat she lost two years ago to Denise Majette.
McKinney will face Republican Candidate Catherine Davis in the fall, but is favored to win the heavily Democratic District. Majette, the former 4th District Congresswoman who resigned to seek the U.S. Senate seat, is in a runoff for the seat with political newcomer Cliff Oxford. The winner of this race will face Republican Johnny Isakson in November. Isakson gave up his 6th District seat to seek the U.S. Senate seat.
Democrats blast GOP lawmaker's 'suppress the Detroit vote' remark
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democrats on Wednesday denounced a Republican lawmaker quoted in a newspaper as saying the GOP would fare poorly in this year's elections if it failed to "suppress the Detroit vote."
State Rep. John Pappageorge, R-Troy, acknowledged using "a bad choice of words" but said his remark shouldn't be construed as racist.
Pappageorge, 73, was quoted in July 16 editions of the Detroit Free Press as saying, "If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we're going to have a tough time in this election."
"I'm extremely disappointed in my colleague," state Sen. Buzz Thomas, D-Detroit, told reporters Wednesday during a conference call. "That's quite clearly code that they don't want black people to vote in this election."
Blacks comprise 83 percent of Detroit's population, and the city routinely gives Democratic candidates a substantial majority of its votes.
