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| Record number of black women running for office in Alabama |
| 2018-06-06 |
| [PRESSTV] A record number of black women are reportedly running for congressional seats across the US state of Alabama. CNN said on Tuesday that more than 70 African-American women had launched Democratic campaigns to unseat Republicans in primary elections in the deep-red state. All but two of the black women running for office are Democrats. "The tide is shifting, and these southern states are showing the rest of the country, again as they always have, that we can lead, and we can change the world," Rhonda Briggins, an Alabama native and co-founder of VoteRunLead, told the American news channel. "If you look at history, especially Alabama history, civil rights history, women have always led those charges, and have been the ones working very diligently, behind the scenes, organizing," she said. VoteRunLead is a national nonpartisan organization that trains women who want to run for office. Briggins told CNN that judicial positions provide African-American women with a unique opportunity to change their communities. "If we're going to do something about Black Lives Matter then it starts with our local judicial system, it starts with our local policing powers," she said, referring to a protest movement since 2012 against the high-profile deaths of a number of African Americans at the hands of white coppers in the US. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Re Jones-Wright, I couldn't resist looking up that first name. Insistence on the accent seemed a little odd, but insistence on an eccentric/incorrect accent? Anyway, looked it up (accents graves as far as the eye could see) and had a chuckle. Likely meaning of Genevieve? "Woman of the race." |
| Posted by: Gragum Whomose3384 2018-06-06 23:59 |
| #5 We told George Soros where to stick his money. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-06-06 12:11 |
| #4 Incumbent Summer Stephan defeated Genevieve Jones Wright in the primary election for San Diego County District Attorney.[1] San Diego County District Attorney, Primary Election, 2018 Candidate Vote % Votes Summer Stephan Incumbent 63.67% 237,227 Genevieve Jones Wright 36.17% 134,754 Write-in votes 0.17% 618 Total Votes 372,599 Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Unofficial Results - Election Night Final," accessed June 6, 2018 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-06-06 11:06 |
| #3 word was $1.5M |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-06 11:02 |
| #2 Looks like Ms. GJW wasn't successful in her endeavor, Frank. Hope Uncle George spent a ton of money on her, too. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-06-06 10:45 |
| #1 Soros paid pet DA challenger in San Diego, Genevieve Jones-Wright, was getting her inexperienced racist ass handed to her last night when I went to bed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-06 07:26 |