Just a curiosity
Congresswoman would make Georgia history if she wins runoff
DICK PETTYS
Associated Press
ATLANTA - The political newcomer who booted fiery Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from office two years ago will try to make history again Tuesday in the Democratic runoff for the seat of retiring maverick Sen. Zell Miller.
A win would make Rep. Denise Majette the first black candidate to be a nominee for the U.S. Senate in Georgia.
Majette, 49, giving up her hard-won congressional seat after one term, led the state's July 20 Democratic Senate primary with 41 percent of the vote in a field of eight candidates but she failed to get the majority needed to avoid a runoff.
In the rematch, she faces white businessman Cliff Oxford, recruited for the race by top Democrats including former President Jimmy Carter because of his ability to self-fund his campaign.
Heavy spending on TV ads helped Oxford finish second in the primary with nearly 21 percent of the vote.
The winner faces Republican Johnny Isakson, who took former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's seat in Congress five years ago and won his party's three-way Senate primary. He is a heavy favorite in November in a state with an increasing tilt toward the GOP. If Isakson wins, Republicans would gain a seat in the Senate since Miller is a Democrat.
People keep saying ol' Zell is a Democrat instead of the Celebrity Mole. Why is that?
I don't know a damn thing about Majette other than that she annoyed me by being the blade of the hatchet job done on McKinney.
