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By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal & Guide
In 2013, when Terry McAuliffe first ran for governor of Virginia, he lost the white vote by 20 points.
But McAuliffe won 90 percent of the Black Vote and that propelled him to a narrow 3-point victory over his Conservative Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli.
According to Dr. Eric Claville, the Director of The Center for African American Public Policy (CAAmPP) at Norfolk State University, McAuliffe secured 47.8% of the vote and Cuccinelli, secured 45.2%
A third-party candidate, he said, registered a historic and strong 6.5% of the electorate, pulling votes away from the Democrats.
Continue reading All Eyes On Virginia Governor’s Election at The New Journal and Guide.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
New York (AP) – For the Rev. Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember – and not just because it ...
Former Vice President Joe Biden has said, as recently as last month, that “we may have to do a virtual convention” due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus.
Search interest in Biden — as compiled by Google Trends — has fallen off a cliff since the first week in March when the former vice president effectively clinched the Democratic nomination even as the threat posed by the coronavirus was beginning to come into clearer focus.
Trump pressures Senate on Russia: Convinced, despite facts to the contrary, that former President Barack Obama and other high-ranking government officials were involved in a plot to hamstring his presidency from the outset, Trump looks poised to pressure Republicans in Congress to do something about it.
Republicans are wimping out (again): Late Friday night, Trump fired Steve Linick, the State Department’s inspector general.
If you took a private poll of the 53 Republican senators, the vast majority would admit that Trump’s firing of four inspectors general in six weeks is very, very problematic.
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The 2020 election unfolded smoothly across the country and without any widespread irregularities, according to state officials and election experts, a stark contrast to the baseless claims of fraud being leveled by President Donald Trump following his defeat. Election experts said the large increase in advance voting — 107 million people voting early in person and by mail — helped take pressure off Election Day operations. There were also no incidents of violence at the polls or voter intimidation. 'The 2020 general election was one […]
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It is official! CNN projects that Joe Biden has become the 46th president of the United States after a victory in his home state of Pennsylvania put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
[Daily Trust] The Executive Secretary, National Council for Democratic Development (NCCD), Prince Nwaeze Onu, on Sunday, warned politicians from the Southeast region of the country to do away with making calls for Igbo Presidency a sectional agenda.
The latest split of the opposition into two distinct factions, namely the MDC-T fronted by Thokozani Khupe and MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, was catalysed by a recent Supreme Court ruling which declared Khupe the legitimate leader of the MDC-T.
On the eve of the disputed 2018 elections, Chamisa, in a move described by some as rare feat of political ingenuity, but which seems to be backfiring now, had amalgamated various opposition parties including the MDC-T into the MDC Alliance with him at the helm of a formidable challenge against Mnangagwa.
Apart from Chamisa's legitimacy coming under sharp scrutiny, the raging divisions in the MDC (in its various squabbling formations) robs the opposition some of its leading and gifted minds while it gives Mnangagwa's regime ample time to paper over its economic mismanagement and galvanise support ahead of the 2023 elections.
Amid the internal squabbles choking the MDC, Zanu PF has swiftly moved in to stoke the raging flames of division, while distracting the opposition from effectively challenging the ruling party over its failure to tackle widespread corruption, foster constitutional governance and institute sweeping reforms seen as key towards extricating Zimbabwe from a debilitating crisis.
Yet some analysts see a silver lining in the threats by Chamisa's legislators to pull out of Parliament as the magic wand that will compel Mnangagwa to broker a national dialogue, which will usher in a transitional mechanism that will coordinate fresh elections.
Walter Rayford Tucker III is best known for his brief periodas a Southern California Congressman. Tucker was born in Compton,California on May 28, 1957 to awell established political family. Hisfather, Walter Tucker II, worked as a dentist and then entered politics in Compton in 1967 when hewas elected to the Compton School Board. Walter Tucker II became Mayor of Compton in 1970. Tuckers mother, Martha, was a writer andreal estate agent.
Young Walter Tucker graduated from ComptonHigh School in 1974 and then attended Princeton Universityfor two years before finishing his undergraduate education at the University of SouthernCalifornia in LosAngeles in 1978. Tucker earned his J.D. at Georgetown University LawSchool in 1981. Afterworking briefly in private practice in Compton,Tucker served as a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles Countybetween 1984 and 1986. During this timeTucker became an ordained minister at the Bread of Life Christian Center in Carson, California. He also married Robin Marie and the couplehad two children, Walter Rayford IV and Autumn.
When Walter Tucker II died of cancer during his third termas Comptonsmayor, younger Tucker ran for the mayors post and won the special election onApril 16, 1991. Tucker at 34 became thecitys youngest mayor. Walter Tucker III, however, presided over a differentcity than his father had known. Once a bustlingeconomic center of the Southern California oilindustry which could claim President George H.W. Bush as a former resident, bythe 1980s the town had experienced economic decline, growing poverty, andrising tensions between its black majority and a rapidly growing Latinopopulation. Sensing the changing racialdynamic of the city, Tucker decided to run for Congress in 1992 for the seat ofretiring U.S. Representative Mervyn Dymally. Although Dymally endorsed his daughter, Lynn, Tucker defeated her in theDemocratic Primary and then won 86% of the vote in the general election.
In March 1994, just 14 months into his term, federal prosecutorsrevealed
Former President Barack Obama has announced that he plans to release the first volume of his memoir \"A Promised Land\" on Nov. 17, two weeks after the
Tonight, Former President Barack Obama will take center stage with a first-of-its-kind event to congratulate graduating high school seniors in primetime.
The hour-long “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020” program airs at 7 pm CST and will include appearances by LeBron James, Team USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the Jonas Brothers.
Follow the online conversation by using the hashtag Obama is also set to make an appearance at “Show Me Your Walk HBCU Edition,” honoring graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The online event kicks off at 1 pm CST and will be live-streamed on Chase’s YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn channels.
For more info on “Graduate Together,” go to more info on “Show Me Your Walk HBCU Edition,” go to
[DW] In the past week alone, Somalia has been the scene of over a dozen deadly terror attacks by al-Shabab. The Islamist militant group is seen to be bent on thwarting the forthcoming elections in the Horn of Africa country.
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into the final week of the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 1 ___ THE NARRATIVE It's almost over. By this time next week, and hopefully much sooner, we'll likely know who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years. The ghosts of 2016 are keeping Democrats on edge, but they are hopeful that voters will make President Donald Trump the first incumbent to lose reelection since George H.W. Bush in 1992. Democrat Joe Biden is running significantly ahead of […]
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Former President Barack Obama released a list of songs he’s been jamming to this summer on social media. Obama dropped his 2021 Summer Playlist saying he’s been listening to “a mix of old and new, household names and emerging artists, and a whole lot in between.” It’s a tradition he’s been doing since his presidency. […]
It is difficult to legally predicate the next General Election upon the successful conclusion of the BBI process.
Former President Barack Obama remembered John Thompson not so much as a basketball coach but as someone who reshaped lives.
Former President Barack Obama knows a thing or two about organizing and building coalitions for change. As a community organizer... View Article
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The #CreepyTucker hashtag went viral after the Fox News host continued his fearmongering about COVID-19 shots.
Don’t Let High Turnout Distract You From the Reality of Voter Suppression
Kentucky and Georgia are having historic turnouts, but that doesn’t mean voters aren’t facing major obstacles
Voters cast fill out their ballot during Tuesdays Kentucky primary on June 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Photo: Brett Carlsen/Getty ImagesKentucky and Georgia’s historic voter turnouts for primary elections are a tremendous victory, one that speaks to the backbreaking work of thousands of volunteers, organizers, and candidates (many of them Black, Indigenous, and of color) who drove out the vote in their districts.
Though there appeared to be few issues during Election Day, poll workers temporarily locked out several Jefferson County voters who were unable to reach the polling place by 6 p.m. due to traffic leading to the Expo Center.
And now Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is refusing to mail absentee ballot applications to voters for the August runoff and November general election.
And though it may be true that Kentucky and Georgia broke records in their primary voter turnout, it is also true that these states, and many others, can do far better in November.
\"Happy birthday to my favorite guy,\" the former first lady tweeted on her husband's 59th birthday.
Meghan McCain is a proud Arizona native and as the historically GOP state continues to tally votes, The View co-host got on Instagram to... View Article
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Director of Sports Christopher Jones was today relieved of his position and sent on his annual leave but the APNU+AFC candidate says that once he receives the benefits that come with the termination of contract, he will have no difficulties with the termination but if not he would have to fight it
Jones told Stabroek News that he received the letter earlier today and it was headed ‘Termination of Contract’ and “essentially sending me off on leave as of today August 10th to September 13th”.
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