Posted on 09/10/2002 10:03:31 PM PDT by kattracks
ATLANTA, Sep 11, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- State Rep. Billy McKinney lost the seat he has held for 30 years in a Democratic runoff Tuesday, three weeks after his daughter was denied a sixth term in Congress.
McKinney was humbled by John Noel, who drew 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent for McKinney.
Noel, 31, had never run for office before and elicited little media interest until he forced McKinney into the first runoff of his career.
The longtime legislator deflected criticism he was too closely tied to his daughter. Both are known for making inflammatory statements, and the elder McKinney wore a baseball cap from his daughter's campaign while waiting for returns Tuesday.
Cynthia McKinney lost her seat after a string of outrageous comments, including accusations that the Bush administration ignored warnings of the Sept. 11 attacks because friends in the defense industry would profit from a war.
McKinney said he and his daughter were "targeted" by Republicans and victims of a conservative smear campaign. He also accused Noel, who is white and a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, of bigotry.
"He's never been for black people, I'll tell you that," McKinney said Monday. He could not immediately be reached for comment after his loss.
The elder McKinney was also heard on television before his daughter's primary describing why he believed she faced such a tough battle: "J-E-W-S."
Noel was careful not to strongly criticize McKinney, one of Atlanta's first black police officers and a major advocate for increased black political representation in the 1970s.
"He's a legend and a great and good man from what I know," Noel told WAGA-TV on Tuesday. "But I think what people are wanting ... is effective representation."
By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press Writer
Copyright 2002 Associated Press, All rights reserved
One by one...the traitors & enemies are taken care of.
Never go against the Family.
Could it be???? Could it be THE RACE CARD is losing its power to trump all other cards in the political deck?
Can't get too worked up about that - I got sick of watching his chins a'waggin' and a'collidin' with each other. Gross.
Plus, he's a ship-jumping twit.
Plus, he's a ship-jumping twit.
Ok, besides his chins, he was a very staunch Conservative. You'd rather have a liposuctioned RINO I take it.
He never jumped the Conservative ship.
(heavy mechanical breathing in background)
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