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To: SMGFan
I think this is still true:

The Democrats have never elected a Black representative from a majority white District.

Republicans have done that at least three times.

J.C. Watts, Allen West, and I can't recall the third, maybe Senator Edward Brooke from Massachusetts.

21 posted on 04/27/2014 3:51:46 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Dems have those who can’t see past the superficial completely fooled.


23 posted on 04/27/2014 4:00:01 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: zeestephen

Are requiring beyond a simple majority a good or bad thing. It has lead to runoff defeats of African Americans candidates.


34 posted on 04/27/2014 4:29:46 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
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