McKinney In Runoff
Cynthia McKinney, fresh off her victory in her bout with the Capitol Police, was not able to score a knockout in her primary against challenger Hank Johnson. A runoff will be held on August 8th. The vote was incredibly close, 28,507 to 27,049.
McKinney drew less than 50 percent of the vote in her re-election bid, her first since a highly publicized scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer.
She edged her leading challenger, former county commissioner Hank Johnson, by fewer than 1,500 votes — 28,507 to 27,049 — and will face him again in an Aug. 8 runoff.
During her turbulent 12 years in Washington, McKinney, the first black woman elected to Congress from Georgia, has been criticized for suggesting, among other things, that the Bush administration had advance knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The latest attention-grabber was her March scuffle with an officer who had stopped her when he didn't recognize her as she entered a House office building. A federal grand jury declined to indict the six-term congresswoman, but she had to apologize on the House floor.
The winner of the runoff between McKinney and Johnson, who is also black and has roots in McKinney's core constituency, will face Republican nominee Catherine Davis in November's election in the heavily Democratic district.
"The battle's engaged and I intend to win," said McKinney early Wednesday.
One hopes Mr. Johnson has a good ringman. McKinney has a wicked right by all accounts.
By Becker, Wednesday, 19 July , 2006 @ 11:55 am
Actually, McKinney has a wicked left…
By Gaius, Wednesday, 19 July , 2006 @ 12:04 pm
Heh.
By Bobby, Wednesday, 19 July , 2006 @ 6:15 pm
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I would vote for McKinney before I would McCain (Deleted)
If Cynthia cannot be reappointed in her own district, there is a woman in S. California she could run against and she won't have to know spanish either. You don't need to be a resident of California to run for Congress anymore than you need to be a citizen to vote. Ms. McKinney knows her way around California just well enough. And who is to say? When Isaac Hayes is flown in at someone else's expense, maybe Congresswoman McKinney will take up Scientology and really contribute to society.
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