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...Here Comes the New Wave of Barack Obamas Harold Ford may be in one of the most closely watched electoral contests this year, but he's far from the only African-American candidate running in a major race...
...Here Comes the New Wave of Barack Obamas Harold Ford may be in one of the most closely watched electoral contests this year, but he's far from the only African-American candidate running in a major race...
...part, Ford's strategy will be to treat Tennessee the way it usually behaves on Election Day--like three separate states. It is a variation on the game plan that got the state's popular Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen elected in 2002. Ford hopes his candidacy will boost African-American turnout to the levels it generally reaches only in presidential election years; that could add as many as 120,000 more votes statewide, about half of them from the western part of the state around Memphis. He is also working harder than most Democratic candidates do in Tennessee's conservative...
...Here Comes the New Wave of Barack Obamas Harold Ford may be in one of the most closely watched electoral contests this year, but he's far from the only African-American candidate running in a major race...
...although the most common reason to stay home for both groups was that they thought their homes would be safe, African-American respondents were almost three times as likely to cite lack of financial resources or a physical or medical condition as a reason for not evacuating...