Last Words on TN-9 Congressional Race

8 Aug 2008 Author: rikyrah

But….
But…
But….

I thought Black people ONLY voted for Black candidates. …..

Right?

Uh huh.

Congratulations Steve Cohen. May he represent well, the 9th Congressional District of Tennessee.

Tags: African-American Voters, Steve Cohen, Tennessee Congressional Race

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Miranda

"Memphis, Tennessee has shown CNN and The New York Times and MSNBC and everyone else that we are united, we are moving forward and we are a bellwether for what is going to happen in America when Barack Obama is elected president," Cohen said.

For the 37-year-old Tinker, it was a crushing end to a very difficult day and an uneven campaign. When the early-voting results were released just after 8, there were 12 people at her campaign party at Morgan Freeman's downtown club, Ground Zero Blues Club.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/aug/0...

GreenLadyHere

Found the final percentages on the total votes with 100% in:

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/stor...

Cohen: 79.34% - 50,284 votes
Tinker[Belle]: 18.64% 11,814 votes. :>)

TruthSeeker

Do you know what percentage of the AA vote he got?

Miranda

Looking at the celebration photos at his campaign headquarters....95%

TruthSeeker

Whoa...thanks. I think that's a definitive answer by the electorate.

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