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Home Front: Politix
McKinney Headed for Runoff
2006-07-19
Rep. Cynthia McKinney acknowledged about 12:50 a.m. that she is headed for a runoff election to see if she will represent the 4th District in Congress for a seventh term. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, McKinney had 46.9 percent of the vote, compared with 44.5 percent for Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr., a former DeKalb County commissioner. A third candidate, Alpharetta businessman John F. Coyne III, received 8.6 percent of the vote. A candidate must receive more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. She pledged in a speech to fight for her seat. “The battle is now engaged and we intend to win,” she said. “It is impossible to keep a good woman down.” She also touted her opposition to the Iraq war and her ability to bring money to the district. “I don’t mind speaking truth to power and I intend to speak truth to empower,” she said. The district encompasses most of DeKalb, half of Rockdale County and a sliver of Gwinnett County. A runoff will be held Aug. 8.
Posted by:Seafarious

#11  Good Woman? Curious. I was thinking more along the lines of good piece of shit.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-07-19 16:32  

#10  Do they allow drilling ?
Posted by: wxjames   2006-07-19 14:47  

#9  oops, Throbbing. PIMF
Posted by: jay-dubya   2006-07-19 12:28  

#8  When I lived there, Alpharetta was referred to as "Thobbing" due to it's proximity to Cumming, GA
Posted by: jay-dubya   2006-07-19 12:27  

#7  #1 how brain-dead crushingly stupid do you have to be to vote for Cynthia McKinney?
Posted by: 2b 2006-07-19 08:33

I'm sorry 2b, even in Georgia, voter literacy tests were unfortunately outlawed many years ago.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-07-19 11:14  

#6  Of course, unless those same Repubs (in N. DeKalb) "switch" parties again to vote in the runoff, McKinney could win. Having seen them in action 4 years ago, though, I don't imagine that's the case. Of course, she could "get out the vote" in south DeKalb and still win too.
Posted by: BA   2006-07-19 11:06  

#5  djohn: Alpharetta is the VERY affluent, majority white, portion of Northern Fulton County (right next to North DeKalb County), so he actually doesn't even live in the District(?). That guy's votes, by and large, will go to Hank Johnson. Heavily Republican in the Northern parts of those 2 counties (DeKalb and Fulton). In fact, North DeKalb County has been completely embarassed by her (it's also very affluent) and they were the ones who switched parties 4 years ago and voted in the Donk Primaries to get Denisse Majette on the Donk ticket (instead of McKinney). She doesn't really show her face in North DeKalb. A buddy I work with lives in N. DeKalb (Dunwoody area) and says there are TONS of "Defeat McKinney" signs everywhere there.
Posted by: BA   2006-07-19 11:04  

#4  8.6 percent that voted for Alpharetta, will they more likely vote for McKinney or Johnson because whoever gets them wins.
Posted by: djohn66   2006-07-19 09:32  

#3  Unfortunately, she is not a "Good Woman".
Posted by: newc   2006-07-19 08:57  

#2  ask her two attorneys
Posted by: Uleanter Ebbinenter1449   2006-07-19 08:38  

#1  how brain-dead crushingly stupid do you have to be to vote for Cynthia McKinney?
Posted by: 2b   2006-07-19 08:33  

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